Lila Rosen
Lila Rosen
Musicals Magazine
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.
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Neue Zürcher Zeitung
The five member orchestra, under the direction of Andy Herrmann, plays a jazzy mix all the way from Tango to Chanson. And boy, does Mathys show her skills: she sings with virtuosity, and with a quick tongue.
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Thurgauer Zeitung
The pillars upon which the musical is built are the strong vocals of the songstress and the saucy lyrics of the songs themselves ( Dirk Witthuhn). Not only with cheeky and provocative word play does Sue Mathys bombard her audience, but she also shows an extraordinary charisma, and a versatile acting talent. At times, tender, at times, soft; desperate, then demanding and loud, she also is sensuous and wildly determined to not let life get her down (…) These emotional roller coaster rides were able to captivate the audience, who, at the end, didn’t allow the artist to leave the stage without an encore.
Zürcher Oberländer
[The songs] are performed by Sue Mathys to the accompaniment of a multi-sided five-member live orchestra, with arrangements that always remind one of the highly dramatic quality of the scenes. Under Barbara Michel’s direction, which is richly varied especially in the second act, Ms. Mathys acts with powerful vitality, with whimsical poses, and with flirtatious charm.
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Aargauer Zeitung
For two hours, Mathys is fully present from head to toe above all with her multi-layered-modulating voice: at times softly-melting, then bitterly-hard, then high-spirited, then expansive and strong.
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Linth Zeitung
Sue Mathys thrilled the audience not just with her fantastic voice, but the story itself of the strong but sensitive woman Lila Rosen also invited the audience to be amused and to reflect. This one-woman musical event was a very special and masterly structured performance. […] She romanticized, suffered, laughed and railed on the stage – and the audience did so along with her. […] The five-member band was also incorporated into the action of the play: wherever Lila Rosen went, she was followed by the looks of the five men. And at times there was a hot flirt – an electric bolt between two people – passion, perfectly staged.