"A Comic Gem... A Show Stopper"
Wayman
Wong - NY DAILY NEWS
"Benson
is devastating singing a torch song, turning it into an aching
heartbreaker."
Bob
Harrington - NY POST
"Cindy
Benson is an outstanding comedienne and singer, the sort of performer
who helps make Broadway musicals the worldwide success they are."
William Ruhlmann - NY CITY TRIBUNE
"Benson's
exceptionally well-styled comedy blended with pathos in song makes
for an outstanding cabaret event. Bursting onto the stage like
a tiny tornado, she takes the audience on a roller-coaster ride
of emotional riffs. She has a penchant for physical comedy, easily
identified with some of the greats of yesteryear, and rivaled
by few of her contemporaries...A gifted interpreter of ballads,
nothing short of sensational"
John
Hoglund - NY NATIVE
"Energetic
ebullience and distinctive star quality, Benson's a ball of fire,
and an extraordinary musical comedian to boot. Her physical comedy
recalls Lucille Ball at her best... she echoes Imogene Coca. But
there is an originality to Benson that makes her very much her
own creation."
Bob
Harrington - NY POST
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"In
her one woman show, Cindy Benson is reminiscent of Shirley
Maclaine, a musical comedy voice that can pierce to the
rafters."
Stephen
Holden - NY TIMES
"In
Cindy Benson we have an extraordinary talent who is equally
at home in a large Broadway theatre and an intimate cabaret."
Robert
Goodman - NY WOMAN'S NEWS
"Standouts
and surprises were the diminutive Cindy Benson who tore
up the house with 'Ridin' High' ".
Gary
Walker - THE DESERT SUN
- Palm
Springs Cabaret Convention
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"Cindy
Benson takes cabaret's risks to new heights in her show."
Roxane
Orgill - THE RECORD
"Cindy
Benson is stupendous, and just about knocks the place apart with
a little-known number called "My Collection of Pets."
What presence! What Class!"
SHOW
BUSINESS
"Standouts
and surprises were the diminutive Cindy Benson who tore up the
house with 'Ridin' High' ".
Gary
Walker - THE DESERT SUN
- Palm
Springs Cabaret Convention
"Perky
talent is the likes of Benson. This vibrant performer who looks
like a young Anne Baxter, can come on sassy as Ethel Merman yet
can draw upon a considerable wistfulness when the occasion demands.
Her "Down In The Depths" is usually sung as a lament.
Benson kids it, toys with it, employing a guttural-gargly tone
at times. It works!"
Don
Nelsen - THE DAILY NEWS
"The
performers, who play multiple roles, are uniformly superb in the
Ridiculous Theater mode. Particularly impressive was Cindy Benson"
Stephen
Holden - The New York Times
The Colony
Theatre's - A… My Name Is Alice
"Zany
comedian Cindy Benson scores!"
Neal
Weaver - LA WEEKLY
"There
are few comediennes more mirthful than rubber-faced Cindy Benson,
a cross between Lucille Ball and Martha Raye, who's always a welcome
presence in local cabaret and theatre offerings."
Les
Spindle - BACKSTAGE WEST
The Colony
Theatre's - The Man Who Came To Dinner
"Cindy
Benson is memorable as Sheridan's long suffering Nurse Preen."
Philip
Brandes - Los Angeles Times
"The supporting cast shines especially Cindy Benson as the
meek, terrified Nurse Preen."
Matt Verboys - BURBANK LEADER
Theatre Neo's- Love in the First Degree, Hudson Theatre, Los
Angeles
"Lauren
Cloud gives her performers a long leash - a wise move, especially
given Benson's considerable gifts as a physical comedian."
Paul
B. Cohen - LA WEEKLY
"Cindy
Benson, in a hilarious comic turn recalls the inspired clowning
of Imogene Coca." Les
Spindle - FRONTIERS NEWSMAGAZINE
"Love
in the First Degree takes first place for sheer comedic impact,
thanks mainly to the inspired antics of its divinely paired actors.
Cindy Benson as a deliciously demented dame has an india-rubber
face and small, bouncing-ball body, both capable of incredible
contortions; think John Cleese"
Polly
Warfield - BACKSTAGE WEST
