Reviews for Mary Poppins at the Players Guild
"Meg Martinez is flawless and riveting in the title role. Her Mary is not just a fountain of good cheer; she is commanding, enigmatic, compassionate and capable of magic. A talented actress and singer alike, Martinez gives a precision performance as the British nanny who travels by umbrella and heals the dysfunctional Banks family." - Dan Kane, Canton Repository (full review HERE)
"In the title role, Meg Martinez is an utterly magnetic presence. She’s an eminently gifted singer as well as very attentive to her character’s more subtle psychological underpinnings. Yes, she’s genuinely bubbly and loving. Yet despite her infectious charisma, she’s also a wise loner in a complicated sort of way, and fully capable of answering any sassy challenge to her position with sardonic wit." - Tom Wachunas, ARTWACH (full review HERE)
"Meg Martinez slips into the title role with an uncanny resemblance and a real talent for singing to birds!" - Arts in Stark press release (HERE)
"In the title role, Meg Martinez is an utterly magnetic presence. She’s an eminently gifted singer as well as very attentive to her character’s more subtle psychological underpinnings. Yes, she’s genuinely bubbly and loving. Yet despite her infectious charisma, she’s also a wise loner in a complicated sort of way, and fully capable of answering any sassy challenge to her position with sardonic wit." - Tom Wachunas, ARTWACH (full review HERE)
"Meg Martinez slips into the title role with an uncanny resemblance and a real talent for singing to birds!" - Arts in Stark press release (HERE)
Reviews for Mary Poppins at Near West Theatre
"Let's start off with the magical arrival and the performance of Meg Martinez, who perfectly imbues Mary Poppins. This is that spectacular occasion when an actor and role seem to be made in heaven for each other. Martinez has a phenomenal balance of maternal toughness, and an ingratiating kindness. She is the complete package to take charge of this musical and sprinkle sunshine all over the audience. She packs a powerful and clarion voice, along with acting chops for days, and she can break it down on the dance floor with the best of them. Martinez is the bomb. [...] There is no doubt that Julie Andrews [...] would be quite proud." - Kevin Kelly, Cleveland Stage Alliance (full review HERE)
"Meg Martinez is perfect in the lead and brings a perfect nanniness to the role. Her singing voice is wonderfully suited for the number of songs required, in a variety of ranges." - Mark Horning, Talkin' Broadway (full review HERE)
"Meg Martinez is properly prim as the title character, polished and poised even when kicking up her heels on a sooty rooftop." - Rich Stimac, Land of Cleve (full review HERE)
"Meg Martinez is perfect in the lead and brings a perfect nanniness to the role. Her singing voice is wonderfully suited for the number of songs required, in a variety of ranges." - Mark Horning, Talkin' Broadway (full review HERE)
"Meg Martinez is properly prim as the title character, polished and poised even when kicking up her heels on a sooty rooftop." - Rich Stimac, Land of Cleve (full review HERE)
Reviews for Sweeney Todd
"As the blade-crossed lovers, Robert Kowalewski (Anthony) and Meg Martinez (Johanna) completely kick ass. Each is equipped with beautiful voices and complete characterizations. Martinez soars like an operatic phoenix, as in her song "Green Finch and Linnet Bird", serving up beautiful dynamics. This dynamic pair absolutely crushes the duet "Kiss Me", with incredible diction and timing." - Kevin Kelly, Cleveland Stage Alliance (full review HERE)
"[Todd and Lovett] are supported well, notably by Meg Martinez and Robert Kowalewski who play the love-smitten Johanna (Sweeney’s daughter) and Anthony Hope, who rescued Sweeney at sea. Their voices elevate their songs." - Christine Howey, Scene Magazine (full review HERE)
"The other eight featured performers are also superb in voice and presentation, particularly Meg Martinez as the tragic Johanna." - Bob Abelman, Cleveland Jewish News (full review HERE)
"Lovely Meg Martinez (Johanna) has a fine singing voice." - Roy Berko, Broadway World Cleveland (full review HERE)
"[Todd and Lovett] are supported well, notably by Meg Martinez and Robert Kowalewski who play the love-smitten Johanna (Sweeney’s daughter) and Anthony Hope, who rescued Sweeney at sea. Their voices elevate their songs." - Christine Howey, Scene Magazine (full review HERE)
"The other eight featured performers are also superb in voice and presentation, particularly Meg Martinez as the tragic Johanna." - Bob Abelman, Cleveland Jewish News (full review HERE)
"Lovely Meg Martinez (Johanna) has a fine singing voice." - Roy Berko, Broadway World Cleveland (full review HERE)
Reviews for A Little Night Music
"As Petra, the maid who turns a life of limited choices into quite the opposite, Martinez is enchanting. Her handling of Sondheim’s very challenging “The Miller’s Son” is spot-on." - Bob Abelman, Cleveland Jewish News (full review HERE)
"Meg Martinez masterfully interprets 'The Miller's Son.'" - Roy Berko, Broadway World Cleveland (full review HERE)
"Meg Martinez masterfully interprets 'The Miller's Son.'" - Roy Berko, Broadway World Cleveland (full review HERE)
Reviews for The Rocky Horror Show
"Gidget-cute Meg Martinez (Janet) displays vocal and acting talent especially when reaching the heights of [her] sexual release." - Roy Berko, Broadway World Cleveland (full review HERE)
"Meg Martinez sing[s] powerfully and [is] spot-on as dorky Janet.” - Christine Howey, Cleveland Scene Magazine (full review HERE)
“Eric Fancher and Meg Martinez make the perfect prim-and-proper pair as Brad and Janet." - Rich Stimac, Land of Cleve (full review HERE)
"Meg Martinez sing[s] powerfully and [is] spot-on as dorky Janet.” - Christine Howey, Cleveland Scene Magazine (full review HERE)
“Eric Fancher and Meg Martinez make the perfect prim-and-proper pair as Brad and Janet." - Rich Stimac, Land of Cleve (full review HERE)
Review for The Gift of the Magi
"As the quaint and struggling love birds, Meg Martinez as Della and Robert Kowalewski as Jim are wonderful in both voice and their endearing characters. Martinez has a beautiful operatic tone and lands high notes as if she was throwing kernels of popcorn and effortlessly snatching them out the air." - Kevin Kelly, Cleveland Stage Alliance (full review HERE)
Press Release for Mary Poppins at the Players Guild
Press release including an interview with Mary and Bert, photos, and video, at CantonRep.com HERE
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Reviews for Princess Ida"It helps that Ida is interpreted by a performer as mature and self-assured as Meg Martinez. Martinez, aside from being the clear musical standout, plays Ida in a register perfectly suited to [the director's] progressive approach. She reads Ida's lines, meant to be shrill and insolent, so that they feel confident, justified, and--as Hilarion's quest grows closer to success--tragically earnest." - Blog Daily Herald (full review HERE)
"[Her] emotional depth shines through in Act III's "I built upon a rock"--an aria that was initially intended to highlight what a fool Ida was. Martinez's performance allows the audience to lament alongside her as she mourns the inevitable ruin of all that she had worked for." - Brown Daily Herald (full review HERE) |
Cleveland.com review of Doubt
"The quality of this extremely talented four-member cast combined with a brilliant script makes this a production not to be missed. [...] Meg Martinez as the naive, impressionable Sister James realistically emotes confusion and despair in a situation that she cannot control." - Shirley MacFarland, Cleveland.com (full review HERE)