Reviews cont'd

Silent Sky, Woven Theatre, Nashville, TN

Lapczynski's Fleming is a hoyden - bombastic and boisterous - yet she plays her with tremendous heart that results in a more fully realized character.

-- Jeffrey Ellis, BroadwayWorld Nashville , July 2017

Birds in Church, Rhubarb Theatre, Nashville, TN

In the scorching “Ten Dollar Drinks,” we meet an award-winning actress (played to haughty perfection by Dunaway), who has reluctantly agreed to meet an old friend (a delightfully caustic Lapczynski) for drinks. Feathers fly as the two ponder everything from the pitfalls of fame to good old-fashioned jealousy.

Lapczynski also closes the evening with an elegant monologue called “House Made of Air.” In it, she fully embodies the role of Matilde Neruda, offering a beautifully lyrical remembrance of her deceased husband, the Chilean poet and politician Pablo Neruda.

-- Amy Stumpfl, The TENNESSEAN, November 2012

“Ten Dollar Drinks” features the beautiful, somewhat understated, Lisa Dunaway as an Oscar-winning actress meeting an old, perhaps bitter, friend (played by the acerbic Kelly Lapczynski) for a cocktail—a reunion that is anything from congenial.... The two women revel in the moment and deliver the goods with the same zeal once reserved for dames like Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins.

Lapczynski gives an exquisite reading of Pintauro’s “House Made of Air,” playing the role of Mathilde Neruda who recounts the brutal slaying of her husband, poet Pablo Neruda, in the aftermath of the Chilean junta that overthrew the Allende government. Beautifully written, and stunningly brought to life by Lapczynski, the production’s final scene, however, seems thematically out of sync with everything that comes before it.

-- Jeffrey Ellis, BroadwayWorld Nashville, November 2012

Much Ado About Nothing, Artists Cooperative Theatre 1, Nashville, TN

... the real standout in this show is Lapczynski’s Beatrice. She handles the verse (though there's less of that in this play than in some other stories in Shakespeare's canon), so naturally you forget you’re hearing iambic pentameter; she’s so clear that it’s like listening to well-written modern prose. And Lapczynski brings emotional power to the part as well – when she protests the slander of Hero’s character you’d have to have a heart of stone to feel unmoved.

-- Evans Donnell, The TENNESSEAN, May 2011

Romeo & Juliet, Theatre Ensemble of Nashville, Nashville, TN

Kelly Lapczynski offers the most mature and satisfying performance as the Nurse, while also handling the role of Lady Montague with equal professionalism.

-- Martin Brady, Nashville Scene, February 2011.

Cake or Death, Encore Theatre Company, Nashville, TN

The entire cast is outstanding, but with a special tip of the hat to Ms. Lapczynski, whose over the top diva act is right out of a 1930s screwball showbiz comedy.

-- Jaz Dorsey, Behind the Scenes, March 2010.

The Odd Couple (Female Version), OnStage Playhouse, San Diego, CA

Best Lead Actress in a Comedy, Season, ACT San Diego

Lapczynski is outstanding. Her Olive is a tough, articulate sports nut who is eventually totally consumed by her dislike for friend Flo's all-consuming neatikism. Lapczynski has total command of the stage, not only with her physical presence, but with her voice and the very attitude she projects as Olive.

-- Robert Hitchcox, March 2005.

Kelly Lapczynski as Olive commanded the stage with her sheer presence and lofty voice. She seemed to channel Oscar into a perfect female version.

-- Paola Hornbuckle, La Prensa San Diego, March 2005.

Lapczynski was in total control of her character, inspired perhaps -- I think -- by the likes of Bea Arthur. She spouts out the correct sports answers to the trivial pursuit questions while begrudgingly funding, via telephone, her ex-husband's gambling with panache.

-- Cuauhtemoc Kish, San Diego TheatreScene, March 2005.

Move Over, Mrs. Markham, Poway Performing Arts Center, San Diego, CA

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy, Season, ACT San Diego

Our story begins when Joanna Markham's friend Linda (a deliciously droll Kelly Lapczynski) excitedly requests the use of the Markham home for her first illicit affair....

-- Rob Hopper, San Diego Playbill, June 2005.

The truly professional cast allowed us our moments of laughter so as to not miss the next plot twist.... There was never a dull moment. Wives and husbands and lovers and accused lovers mix and match for a delightful climax. This is an evening filled with laughs provoked by performers who are having fun entertaining you.

-- Robert Hitchcox, June 2005.

Boy Gets Girl, Poway Performing Arts Center, San Diego, CA

Best Lead Actress in a Drama, Nomination, Season, ACT San Diego

Kelly Lapczynski is superb as magazine writer Theresa Bedell. She has the character's personality down, a no-nonsense kind of gal who can express anger and fear when necessary. When she accepts a blind date with Tony, her life is never again the same.

-- Ruth Lepper, North County Times, March 2006.

This is Theresa's tale and Lapczynski excellently moves through the deteriorating life of the World Magazine (read: The New Yorker) writer. Her emotions are absolutely real. It is important to feel what a woman goes through when she becomes a victim of a stalker. Lapczynski shows us the pain and the supporting cast shows us what to expect if one of our own is ever stalked.

-- Robert Hitchcox, March 2006.

Kelly Lapczynski does well as Theresa Bedell, who is the object of a loner's obsessive romancing. Her uptight character -- a successful New York journalist with little time for a personal life -- goes from annoyed to angered to terrified with believability and appropriate intensity.

-- Michelle Diaz, Poway News Chieftain, March 2006.

The Importance of Being Earnest, OnStage Playhouse, San Diego, CA

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy, Nomination, Season, ACT San Diego

Set in New York in the 1950s against some attractive backdrops of the city skyline... Kelly Lapczynski plays a formidable Mrs. Bracknell (no lady in this one) and there is some earnest acting from the rest of the cast.

-- Jennie Prisk, SDTS Behind the Scenes, February 2007.

Kelly Lapczynski (Mrs. Bracknell) and Paola Hornbuckle (Miss Prism) help illuminate the production, particularly Lapczynski, whose brashness complements her New York accent.

-- Phillip Brents, The Star News, January 2007.

The OnStage production proves that Earnest is a winner, regardless of its setting and time period. Among the actors, my favorites are Lapczynski's wonderfully annoying Mrs. Bracknell and Bob Christiansen's dual roles as McLean and Rev. Chausible.

-- Jean Lowerison, The Gay and Lesbian Times, February 2007.