reviews
a partial list
GYPSY
Rose
Sue Mathys, as Rose, is a powerhouse tucked into a small package. You can feel her bringing more bravado to each song until her formidable finish, when she shakes the rafters and makes your hair stand on end. Mathys makes the entire role her own, standing in no one’s shadow, and it's exhilarating.
-The Examiner, September 2011
CHICAGO
Matron Mama Morton
As Mama Morton, Sue Mathys held the audience in the palm of her hand beginning with her wonderful rendition of “When You’re Good to Mama.” The duet “Class,” sung by Mathys and Patty, was also a delight. The ironic song was staged simply, allowing the considerable vocal chops of the two performers to shine.
-Broadwayworld.com
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There is amazing singing and dancing, shimmying and shaking. [Sue] Mathys’ performance of “When you’re good to Mama” says it all. -The Island Packet
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SUNSET BOULEVARD
Norma Desmond
Piaf, Kurt Weill, the Broadway stage – singer and actress extraordinaire Sue Mathys does it all, casting a singular spell over the listener. -Bistroawards
CABARET
Frl. Schneider
Fortunately, the show features a secondary love story that’s absolutely irresistible – one of the most beautiful I’ve seen on a stage, ever – between Landlady Fräulein Schneider and shopkeeper Herr Schulz. The accomplished actors inhabiting these roles (Sue Mathys and Bruce Sabath) are as good as musical theatre gets – their characters breaking our hearts, making us laugh, then breaking our hearts again. And their voices! Imposing and tender and everything in between. I really can’t heap enough praise on this pair of deeply gifted performers.
-The Lowcountry Weekly, Coastal South Carolina, 2009
TWO WORLDS ONE VOICE
Concert
Sue Mathys is both a singer whose glorious voice fills a stage, and an actress whose in-depth interpretation of a song brings its character and meaning alive […] it takes a powerhouse actress to play and sing the part of another, mad actress. Sue’s closing numbers at Urban Stages, the Desmond character’s “As If We Never Said Good-Bye” and “With One Look” created a thrilling finale. -Cabaret Scenes
PIAF
Edith Piaf
Sue Mathy’s presence on the stage is breathtaking. She sings, laughs, screams, drinks, loves, and rages with unabated intensity.
-Freundin
CABARET
Sally Bowles
Sue Mathys as Sally Bowles: This role demands as much skill as an actress as it does as a dancer and singer. Sue Mathys unites routine with conviction. Her voice is seductive and full of spirit and sentiment. -Frankfurter Nachrichten
HEIDI
Johanna Spyri
The absolute highlight of the evening is musical theatre mezzo soprano SUE MATHYS, who sang the role of Johanna Spyri at the World Premiere in Switzerland. With her full and nuanced-rich voice, she takes the listener through all the diffrent levels of emotion. -Der neue Merker Wien
DREI BRÄUTE FÜR EIN HALLELUJA
Artemis
Mathys is a performer through and through, who can truly depend on her voice. (…) With “I’m a woman, W.O.M.A.N” the evening comes to a rousing conclusion (…) The audience in the Theater Casino was riveted. -Zuger Presse
LILA ROSEN
Lila Rosen
Sue Mathys, who can look back on numerous successes, is on stage for two hours in this solo show, holding the audience tightly in her grip. Her great stage presence is convincing. She masters ironic asides, as well as direct communication with her public. Her singing demonstrates a wide vocal spectrum of colors. -Musicals Magazine
HEIDI & JOHANNA (Heidi Part 2)
Johanna Spyri
The distiguished Sue Mathys continues to be world-class.
-Tages-Anzeiger Zürich
NUNSENSE
Sister Robert Anne
Inspired to give their all, Susanne Peter, Dodo Hug, Sue Mathys, Gabriele Ramm and Sylvia Rudolf, albeit constrained in their movements by their nuns habits, sing, dance and act so masterfully that the evening becomes a pure pleasure, (…) Watching their mimicry and gestures, and listening to their vocal capers made the evening fun. -Neue Zürcher Zeitung
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SUE MATHYS SINGS BROADWAY & PIAF
Live recording with Luzerner Sinonieorchester
As Piaf, Sue Mathys was tops. She has ever since made an excellent name for herself as a Musical Theatre singer. Her latest CD unites her two passions: Piaf Chansons and Musical Theatre songs. From PIAF to FUNNY GIRL to STELLA DALLAS, she masters whatever is to be mastered in this genre. Wonderful also is the accompaniment: Lucerne’s Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Jay Dias, presents itself with Sue Mathys from an altogether new and thoroughly convincing side. A good opportunity to dismantle prejudices against Musicals and Classical music. -Luzerner Woche
WEST SIDE STORY
Anita
The credit for the most beautiful performance goes to Sue Mathys, who lends Anita her unmistakable personality, her versatility as an actress and a voice of expressive vigor. With this interpretation, the highly talented artist seems to have achieved her breakthrough. -Der Bund
