Musical Theatre Testimonials

'...I was struck by one very special performer. In the extravaganza presented last night by The Town Hall, Oakley Boycott stood out as a rare, unusual talent with a specialty number that shone and pointed to potential future stardom.

I had noticed how unusual she looks as she stood far to stage left among members of the Broadway by the Year Chorus …then lo and behold, in the second act, Boycott stepped forward into her own spotlight to dazzle the crowd... 

Boycott is tall and string-bean slim with a curly mop of blond hair and distinctive facial features that she can maneuver into numerous offbeat expressions. 

With her accented Dietrich-style smoky voice, here styled for comedy, and astute musical timing, she made the immensely entertaining number distinctively her own, and as they say in show business, brought down the house. 

We should be hearing a lot more from the talented, very different Ms. Boycott. I haven’t experienced that feeling at a show since I watched the early Barbra Streisand emerge as Miss Marmelstein in “I Can Get It For You Wholesale.”

-Wolf Entertainment Guide, NYC

'...the hands-down winner was scene-stealing newcomer Oakley Boycott...'

-Wall Street Journal 

'the wonderfully named Oakley Boycott, tall, svelte and dressed to the nines in a glittery, clinging silver gown...sank her talented vocal chords into every Germanic consonant and gleefully tore through all the double entendres and Brooks’ over-the-top-shtick.'

-'Theatre Pizzazz'  

'Comedic credit must also be given to Oakley Boycott. She is stunning and takes passionate madness to a new level.'

-The Express, NYC

'...Show-stopping quality. I was dazzled by tall, slim Oakley Boycott’s fiercely funny interpretation…She has energy, comedy ideas and stage presence to spare.'

-Wolf Entertainment Guide NYC

'Oakley Boycott fizzes with old-school musical comedy moxie and a spot-on comic sense as the Hollywood starlet who wants to be taken seriously but not at the risk of losing her sexpot appeal. Tall, lean and sporting wavy blonde locks, she seems a campy cross between Marilyn and Marlene, selling her songs with satirical seductiveness'

-Broadway World

'Shows written for Ethel Merman, Mary Martin or Barbra Streisand are a hard act to follow but choosing irrepressible Oakley Boycott for the Judy Holliday role in the Musicals Tonight! revivial of the 1956 musical comedy Bells are Ringing was inspired casting. Not only is this standout talent an excellent actress, singer and dancer, but she is more glamorous than Holliday ever was and has a bigger vocal range. Needless to say she makes the role of Ella Peterson aka Melisande Scott entirely her own...don’t miss Oakley Boycott’s breakout performance as the buoyant and inventive Ella Peterson.'

-TheatreScene, NYC

'Oakley Boycott is a hoot as sex-on-the-hoof without a brain. Her wide-eyed mugging would fit into any silent film. Voice and accent are beautifully irritating. Timing is terrific – as if she simply can’t process anything quickly. Body language is skilled.'

-Woman About Town

"The next delight, because I didn’t know her at all, was Oakley Boycott, doing a smashing rendition of “I’m a Stranger Here Myself” from One Touch of Venus."

-NY TheatreWire

''Oakley Boycott, a tall, lean attitude machine, used it all, asking "Where's the Beat?"and claiming she has no rhythm. Nevertheless, she sure could strut the stage and work the lyric.'

-CurtainUpNYC

'Lean, tall and wiry Oakley Boycott with a Marlene Dietrich-like presence in a slinky black beaded dress carrying and tossing around a fur jacket raucously landed every double entendre of Mel Brook’s raunchy comic gem.'         

-TheatreScene,NYC

'Oakley Boycott (who apparently can twitch her right eye on demand) had us laughing along as she sang in a fake German accent.  Her smashing, silver embroidery-embellished black dress is still imprinted in my mind'

-Times Square Chronicles,NYC

'Oakley Boycott: you will be hearing about her for decades to come.'

-Scott Siegel, Writer/Host/Producer

'Oakley Boycott plays Bowles beautifully. One doesn’t know whether to sympathize with her or slap some sense into her. And she belted out the title song with incredible emotion'

- The Daily Jeffersonian

'Oakley Boycot was a particularly fine dancer and dramatic singer in the role of 'Sally Bowles'...'

-The Charleston Gazette

'My vote for standout performance goes to Oakley Boycott, who is a scene stealing and show stopping topping as platinum blonde film star Lina Lamont with her hilariously squawky, screechy accent. Boycott somehow manages to provide the over-the-top caricature of preening and love-to- hate-her-viscous pettiness the role requires while giving a few glimpses of pathos.'

-LowCountry Weekly

'If I were delusional enough to think my scribblings could turn an unknown into a star overnight, then I'd be writing these words fully confident that by tomorrow morning every Broadway producer in town would want to sign a young musical comedy actress named Oakley Boycott…

Yes, Oakley Boycott is her actual name and as a performer she's as unique as her moniker...Very tall, very thin and very blonde, Ms. Boycott seems fully aware that she does not blend in with the crowd and is very happy to stick out. 

She combines classic Hollywood confidence and elegance with an aggressively boisterous sense of comedy; a sort-of punk rock Cyd Charrisse...the crowd saw the likes of beloved clowns like Judy Holliday and Barbara Harris on Broadway, roared with laughter and gave her the kind of cheering ovation usually reserved for better-known names.

 It's still very early in her career, but, as a performer, Oakley Boycott is the kind of outlandish talent that Broadway used to harvest and write shows around; the sort of performer that has no better use for anyone but to be musical comedy star.'

-BroadwayWorld

'The minute I knew that Oakley Boycott had a spot in the show, I was certain there would be something special, and there sure was. Boycott, a show business original if ever there were one...She made that number totally her own, with voice and body twists and turns that oozed sex appeal, coyness, brassiness and humor in an immensely appealing mix of showmanship.'

-Wolf Entertainment Guide, NYC

 'For me, the ringer was the performer with the wonderfully absurd name of Oakley Boycott. She was a gangly, notably tall and eye-catching presence...Boycott nailed this number milking every laugh...

When they turn Robert Altman's movie Popeye into a Broadway musical, Boycott simply must play Olive Oyl.'

-Huffington Post

'Eccentric and Twiggy look-alike.....She managed to slither both while standing up and on the floor of the stage with a boa and body-hugging evening dress.  She is a fresh actress with a dramatic face and a very physical presentation.  You can tell that she likes to use her body in her performances – very stylized and picturesque..

It was very hard to follow the dynamo, Oakley...'

- New York Cabaret Scenes 

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'Striding onstage in a gold and black sequined gown and a fur boa, she milked for every drop of Mel Brooks broad humor. A show-stopping moment...'

-CurtainUp, NYC

'...wonderfully named Oakley Boycott, tall, svelte and dressed to the nines in a glittery, clinging silver gown sank her talented vocal chords into every Germanic consonant and gleefully tore through all the double entendres and Brooks’ over-the-top-shtick...'

-Theatre Pizzaz, NYC

'In a slinky, thin, black dress, patterned with splashes of red and gray, tall, lean, and curly haired Oakley Boycott (“not a stage name” according to the program) was sensational.  She turned Irving Berlin’s naughty “You’d Be Surprised,” from Ziegfeld Follies of 1920, into a mini-Bob Fosse-like production number.  Gyrating on a stool and swirling a red feather boa, she was visually and vocally stunning with exquisite comic timing as well.'

-TheatreScene, NYC

'Blonde bombshell Oakley Boycott had the crowd in stitches...' 

-Cabaret Scenes

'As Gloria, the talentless usherette who was supposed to be groomed as the new Hollywood starlet, Oakley Boycott hilariously channels Lesley Ann Warren’s blond bimbo shtick from "Victor/Victoria" in the role

originally played by Tina Louise.' 

-NYTheatre

'Stealing the show, however, are Joan Barber and Oakley Boycott. Ms. Boycott nails the screechy-voiced blonde starlet Gloria Currie...

Like Barber, she makes her material seem much better than it is.'

-TheatreScene

'The night’s standout performances included 

Oakley Boycott’s take-down-the-house interpretation'

-TheBroadwayBlog, NYC

'Oakley Boycott was fabulous as protagonist 'Sally Bowles'…                                                            

...Yes, she really did drink both raw eggs.' 

-The Hawk Eye 

'Oakley Boycott as 'Sally Bowles' delivered a very workmanlike performance, finding the sweet spot between Sally's impulsive nature and her humanity. This was no spoiled brat, but rather a frightened young woman who sought the shelter of friends and lovers rather than independence...we saw flashes of a real talent at work. Her rendition of the title song was very touching...she's on her way to becoming a Broadway triple threat.'

-ARTS AMERICA