Here's What They Say
Here are some wonderful letters
from people we have worked with
and entertained over the years!
 
 

December 19, 2010

Re: You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown

Dear Jen & Peter & All,

What you bring out in those children is fantastic, amazing, wonderful!!! At the final song "Happiness is..." I wanted to sing and jump up and down and cheer and hoot and holler, which I did. OMG! We were so excited and happy for all the children, not only the "stars". Amazing song.  Congratulations. Another job well done.

Pat and Sam Eubank

 

Sound of Music - Feb 2009

Shelley Dodt 

Everything about the show is just perfect, Colleen is ravishing, fresh and enchanting. She sings like a songbird. Josh has my whole heart by that one tear he does (he already had it before that) but he is amazing. Trinna and Mike very impressive and Katrina and Ryan are so heartwarming. Those nuns are a full show in themselves, I hope someone is getting the sound track. And of course the kids are all so adorable, you can feel the chemistry and love and they live it in real life too. I have seen every show and could keep right on watching it forever and love it more everytime. Did I forget to mention Matt? He is wonderful too. The whole cast has just been a major love fest for everyone. Kim said she adores working with the adults, they have all been so kind.

   
 
November 12, 2008
 
ANNIE JR.
 
What a show!!! The work the two of you do with the kids is just too wonderful for words. The self-confidence they exude, and the determination they show will extend far beyond the stage.

Hope all is well.

Ellyn Stevenson
   
 

StarStruck's 'A Chorus Line', Lyric Theatre

Reader Review, May 5, 2008

STUART -- On Friday evening we went to see "A Chorus Line" which was produced by Peter and Jennifer Jones' StarStruck Performing Arts Center.

Before moving to the Stuart area we had the pleasure of seeing this wonderful show four times on Broadway. The show is filled with humor, sadness, spirited dancing and wonderful music.

We enthusiastically applaud the young and energetic cast of "A Chorus Line" for their stirring performance. Without being emotional, we must say we enjoyed the StarStruck performance of this hugely successful Broadway show every bit as much as the professional performances we saw in New York.

As the beautiful and gifted Jennifer Jones wrote, "They (the cast) can meet any member of any 'A Chorus Line' cast anywhere in the world and do all the same steps." We could not agree more.

Jennifer and her highly talented husband Peter Jones are to be applauded for bringing together a group of local junior high and high school students, and molding them into an almost professional troupe.

Along with choreographer Rita Jenkins-Gaynes, the Jonses are a precious asset to the culture of our area and particularly to our young men and women. Thank you for all your good work.

Gerry and Marge Tache, Stuart

   
 

COMPANY

From TCPalm - Letters to the editor

 

If you're searching for funny yet thought-provoking theater performed by a Broadway-caliber cast, don't miss this presentation. "Company" looks at marriage (and non-marriage) through the eyes of commitment-phobic, perennial bachelor Bobby, his married friends and his three frustrated love interests. Through a series of vignettes with these characters, we explore personal relationships: what we get from them and give up for them, and how we grow because of them.

Although the show debuted in 1970, its statements about the difficulty of personal relationships in an increasingly dehumanized society ring truer than ever (think e-mails vs. phone calls, cell phones vs. personal interaction).

The score can be extremely fun, with songs like the manic "Getting Married Today" and the Andrews Sisters-like "You Could Drive a Person Crazy," yet it is deceptively difficult to perform, and perform well. StarStruck is more than up to the challenge.

Though the high points of the show are many, one of my favorites was Jennifer Jones' scathingly sizzling "Ladies Who Lunch." This is a true ensemble show, however: everyone had their chance to shine, and they made the most of it.

In the interest of full disclosure, I am a longtime Sondheim enthusiast, and have been a contributing writer to the Sondheim Review magazine. Does this make any Sondheim show a slam-dunk with me? Quite the opposite. If anything, I'm more demanding than most - and I thoroughly enjoyed this production.

Kudos to StarStruck for extending the reach of locally produced theater beyond the basics, and doing it incredibly well. I highly recommend this show.

Denise Belizar, Jensen Beach

   
 

Letter from The Entertainment Group

 
  Letter from Robert Eckert, President of the Lyric Theatre
   
  Letter from Ehthel Christin of Palm City