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Great play but bad title!

Bravo, most enjoyable.

Souvenir was a difficult story to attempt. It requires an audience to sit through the first half of the play listening to terribly wrenching off key vocals. In ending the first act when you did, you risked having the audience return for the second (and final) act. Our party talked about leaving, but I don’t like ‘giving up’. To my surprise, the first act set the stage for the very delightful second act. Both cast members were extremely talented, but the actor who played the pianist/composer unequivocally stole the show. His reactions to the Jenkins character as well as his eventual admiration for her was humorous, touching and real.

by far the worst play we have seen at Northlight in our years as subscribers; stupid and boring. left after the first act. we could have left after five minutes.

Absolutely awful - a dreadful production. The original premise was flawed. What were you thinking? Worst production I have ever seen. As a subscriber I was furious. Left before it was over.

I enjoyed the play–but I was hoping that the lead actress would sing more than one song in her real voice. The last number she sang in her real voice was beautiful. I would have liked an encore.

I attended “Souvenir” with a friend who had already seen the show, but was eager to see it again with a “virgin”. I had done some research on Jenkins prior to the performance, and accessed her recorded music…it is quite…unique?…in it’s dreadfulness, but, coupled with the incongruity of her self image, it definitely piqued my interest. The performers in this production did a remarkable job in revealing the delicate relationship the two developed with each other, as collaborators and partners in a truly bizarre adventure. The singing in the production greatly over-exaggerated Florence’s actual technique, no doubt for comic impact, but in no way did it detract from the overall performance, rather, it gave those un-initiated to her true “artistry” an inspiration, perhaps, to further investigate her music. It is unfortunate that the detractor in the previous comment did not hang out for the second act…even though I knew what was coming, I was moved to tears at the final scene, so touchingly was it presented. Bravo, cast of Souvenir. A job well done.

I loved this play. Actors were balanced and fleshed out performances that could have been cartoonish. Story seems so very relevant with popularity of current “Reality television” talent shows, Susan Boyle, etc. My gut feeling (completely personal) is that if you didn’t enjoy this show, you didn’t “get it.” Really plumbed the depth of friendship, folly a deux, talent, love of music, humor, etc.

And, as a 2-person play in which one trained singer/actor had to sing/act out-of-tune; the other sang, acted, and played the piano (quite well) this play–the theatre experience was quite satisfying.

This was a terrific performance. It is so very difficult to purposefully sing off key, and the star of the show did with such professionalism. Her actual voice is magnificent which I knew it would be. Thank you for a wonderful theatrical experience.

We thoroughly enjoyed this performance. The interaction between the two performers, showing how the characters relationship grew into a deep trust was beautifully done. And it exposed us to a person of whom we had no previous knowledge.

Very enjoyable show.

Thank you to Northlight and the two actors.