Reviews

‘ A Wilder Christmas’ – Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal, December 16, 2015

“‘The Long Christmas Dinner’ and ‘Pullman Car Hiawatha’ are miniature masterpieces…” Read full review

‘ A Wilder Christmas’ – Time Out New York

Time Out New York, December 2015

“Peccadillo Theater Company presents two one-acts…” Read full review

‘ A Wilder Christmas’ – Theater Review New York

Theater Review New York, December 10, 2015

“Under Dan Wackerman’s direction, the Peccadillo Theatre Company’s…” Read full review

‘ A Wilder Christmas’ – Theater Review

Theater Review, December 15, 2015

“The fragility and fleetingness of life is examined by the Peccadillo Theater Company…” Read full review

‘A Wilder Christmas’ – Theater is Easy

Theater is Easy, December 15, 2015

“A beautiful production of two rarely seen one-acts by Thornton Wilder…” Read full review

‘Love; A Celebration’ At The Metropolitan Room

Cabaret Scenes, May 9, 2015

“Her deftness as an actress and gifts as a storyteller enabled her to give clear takes on material…” Read full review

‘Love: A Celebration’ At The Metropolitan Room

broadwayworld.com, May 10, 2015

“Giselle can sing, can act, and uses her language skills (English, French, Yiddish) and many dialects to create a distinctive Cabaret experience…” Read full review

‘Love: A Celebration’ At The Metropolitan Room

Phil Hall, May 10, 2015

“Giselle – a powerful actress and an exceedingly musical singer – had us in the palm of her lovely hand tonight as she sang a program largely about love…” Read full review

‘Journeys: A Celebration’ At The Metropolitan Room

Times Square Chronicles, November 10, 2012

“Giselle was mesmerizing. It was really an emotional Journey and Celebration as she sang in French, Yiddish, Spanish and English. Her physicality and vocal interpretations were spellbinding…” Read full review

‘Journeys: A Celebration’ At The Metropolitan Room

Times Square Chronicles, November 19, 2012

“Giselle Wolf is a charming amalgam of European elegance and free & easy American…” Read full review

‘Celadine’

Stage Scene LA.com, February 13, 2010

“Wolf has just the right glamour and sophistication to bring Celadine to life, as well as comedic flair and the dramatic chops needed to express the ever-present pain that accompanies the loss of a child.” Read full review

‘Celadine’ At The Colony Theatre

Los Angeles Times, February 18, 2010

‘Celadine’ turns out to be the story of a woman struggling to acknowledge a tragedy and move on. That she does so in a corset instead of on a couch, quoting Aphra Behn instead of Kubler Ross, is what gives this tale a surprising poignancy. Read full review

Women Shine In Ensemble

Glendale News Press, February 23, 2010

‘Celadine’, played wonderfully by Giselle Wolf Read full review

‘Celadine’ At The Colony Theatre

Back Stage.com, February 18, 2010

Wolf’s Celadine is handsome and spirited… Read full review

‘Molly’ Puts Nostalgia Center Stage

Park Labrea News/Beverly Press, December 17, 2009

“Giselle Wolf is picture and character-perfect as the garrulous, charming, oh-so-chic and clever wannabe party girl.” Read full review

‘Molly’

Nite Lights, 2009

“Giselle Wolf is captivating as Molly! …She looks like the cover of a fashion magazine, and chatters on like an exuberant child.” Read full review

Acting Underscored In Play

Glendale News Press, December 11, 2009

“Heading up the company in the title role is Giselle Wolf, whose expertise lies in her ability to make this character simultaneously endearing and maddening…” Read full review

Diva Does Damage In ‘Molly’ At Victory Theatre

My Daily Find, November 25, 2009

“Wolf revels in her role, flirting mercilessly with every person in the play, click-clacking about the house in high-heels and girlish gowns” Read full review

Accessibly Live Off-Line

“Giselle Wolf as the titled lead character plays her role as a bold woman who hides her unhappiness with excess drinking and smoking” Read full review

Cabaret Performance

Cabaret Scenes, August 22, 2009

“Appearing as part of the California International Theatre Festival, Giselle Wolf lived up to the international theme of the Festival…”

The Actors Fund’s Showcase

The Los Angeles Times, March 26, 2008

“Giselle Wolf’s reading of “It’s Been a Long Time” found the song’s heart” Read full review

‘A Wilder Christmas’ – Theatre Reviews

Theatre Reviews, December 10, 2015

“The Insane Woman, powerfully played by Giselle Wolf, animates with clear-thinking…” Read full review

‘A Wilder Christmas’ – NY Theatre Guide review

NY Theatre Guide, December 12, 2015

“Giselle Wolf, as his religious and loving wife, was delicate and hearty at the same time…” Read full review

‘A Wilder Christmas’ – Huffington Post review

Huffington Post, December 10, 2015

“Perhaps Thornton Wilder’s chief glory is his belief in and conviction of…” Read full review

‘A Wilder Christmas’ Review Highlights

Various Publications, January 2016

We have had over 30 reviews for “A Wilder Christmas” with overwhelmingly positive feedback. Read review highlights

The Actors Fund’s Showcase

LASplash.com, March 2008

“Christa Jackson, Linda Purl and Giselle Wolf were not only lovely to look at but stylistically
lovely as well” Read full review

Cabaret Performance

Glynn MacDonald, Director of Movement, Shakespeare’s Globe, London

“Giselle Wolf is an interpreter, whose consummate skills can deliver these messages of love, joy, sadness, regret, loss and just being human” Read full review

One Touch Of Venus

Musical Stages, Issue 30, Autumn 2001

“There is a very stylish Girl Friday, wisecracking and sassy, from Giselle Wolf who has ‘Broadway’ all over her. She is a lesson in the style of the period” Read full review

Musical Hits All The Right Notes

The Stage, August 2, 2001

“There are other delights among the supporting cast…including Giselle Wolf, in best Eve Arden mode as Savory’s wise-cracking assistant” Read full review

A Goddess To Love

The Telegraph, August 2, 2001

“Giselle Wolf has exactly the right hard-boiled, wise-cracking manner as the secretary who secretly holds a torch for him” Read full review

One Touch of Venus

The Sunday Times, August 2, 2001

“One Touch of Venus has more than a touch of class” Read full review

One Touch of Venus

August 2, 2001

“Fabulous complications ensue involving the owner of the statue, two hoodlums, a wise-cracking Rosalind Russell-style secretary and even Dr Crippen” Read full review

‘Going On’

The Stage, April 11, 1991

“Giselle Wolf and Tim Earle have (energy and creative mugging) in abundance. Wolf’s cookie charm and the sheer pace of the proceedings kept (the audience) entertained” Read full review

‘Going On’

International Herald Tribune, March 27, 1991

“Giselle Wolf as Lynn and Tim Earle as Alfred give performances of brittle, waspish energy and intelligence” Read full review

Dressing Room Blues

March 27, 1991

“It is delivered with clarity and verve by both actors who seem to spark each other off…Miss Wolf breathes real life into the part” Read full review

Stage Struck

The Stage, August 2, 1990

“Wolf is a very fine actress. She gave a free-flowing performance with her lines and movements highly coordinated but never through contrivance” Read full review

‘Going On’

The Guardian, July 14, 1990

“Giselle Wolf as Lynn offers garrulous false ebullience in act one, brittle confidence is act two, and just enough glimpses of the basic insecurity that informs both” Read full review

Giselle Makes Her Mark

“With only a telephone, a lamp, a bed, a mirror and screen, Giselle Wolf riveted the audience. A worthy evening’s entertainment” Read full review

Just Walking By The Telephone

The Surrey Comet, July 7, 1989

“The multi-talented Giselle Wolf examined the tragic and the comic sides of love and romance…With a beautiful and precise voice, Miss Wolf both acts out and sings a handful of songs” Read full review

When Life hangs By A Phone Line

“Giselle Wolf gave a superb performance in Cocteau’s demanding ‘The Human Voice’ at the Thorndike last week. The actress once again proved what a versatile performer she can be” Read full review

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