The Modesto Bee Modesto, CA
'Hairspray' Grabs Ahold of Willing Audience
10 May 2009
By Lisa Millegan
"Ariel Tyler Page [is] wickedly funny as snooty, racist mother... Velma Von Tussle. "
The University News St. Louis, MO
You Can't Stop the Beat
30 April 2009
By Will Holston
“Erin Sullivan and Ariel Tyler Page, as the scheming mother-daughter duo of Amber and Velma Von Tussle, are appropriately manipulative and entitled in their roles as main antagonists to Tracy."
The Reading Eagle Reading, PA
'Hairspray' Most Fun Show of the Year
26 March 2009
By Stephanie Caltagirone
"Ariel Tyler Page plays broad and mean as the scheming Velma Von Tussle."
Roberta on the Arts Chicago, IL
13 March 2009
By Susan Weinrebe
"The conniving mother and daughter, Erin Sullivan as Amber Von Tussle and Ariel Tyler Page as her mother Velma, are juicy in their meanness... they vamp and slink and parody their way through roles that make the audience love to hate them."
Theater Review.com Atlanta, GA
22 January 2009
By Brad Rudy
“Erin Sullivan and Ariel Tyler Page give us a daughter and mother Von Tussle team that was suitably hissable...”
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Atlanta, GA
Broadway Smash 'Hairspray' Sure to Lift Your Spirits
15 January 2009
By Wendell Brock
"As former 'Miss Baltimore Crabs' Velma Von Tussle, Ariel Tyler Page milks her character’s curdled demeanor for some hilarious details."
The Vancouver Province Vancouver, BC
It's One Rip-Roaring Romp
20 November 2008
By Jerry Wasserman
"Ariel Tyler Page as Amber's scheming, Cruella De Vil-like mother Velma... turns in [a] strong performance."
Talkin'Broadway.com Cincinatti, OH
Hairspray
October 2008
By Scott Cain
"Ariel Tyler Page... shows off praiseworthy vocal talents."
Backstage East New York, NY
Given the Business
09 November 2007
By Ryan Thomas
"A good instructor can make a daunting subject seem at least manageable, if not fun. At New York's Pace University, senior Ariel Tyler Page has talked to agents and sat in with casting director Bob Cline -- her musical theatre auditioning instructor -- during a casting session for a production of The Full Monty. Page's senior-year requirements include auditioning class, a showcase, and The Business of Acting, for which she put together a business plan and weekly and monthly budgets. "I'm glad I'm learning it now so that when I graduate I don't have to think about it on my own," Page says. "This is a chance to consider what it's really going to be like. I'm glad I'm getting the practice."
The Pace Press New York, NY
Extraordinary 'Pippin' Brings Glory to Pace
09 March 2005
By Jerry Mac
"As the Leading Player, Ariel Tyler Page completely immerses herself in the show's scope of reality and balances the breaks of the fourth wall with keeping the audience's illusions in tact. Her side glances and reactions to the events and characters seem inadvertent but are carefully planned. Her vocal ability brings Apollo to tears of envy, and the combined result is the reason she has been tearing up the stage and worthy to a comparison to a younger version of Bernadette Peters." |
