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Joseph Jefferson Award Nomination, Best Actress in a Musical
"From the moment [Tom] Zemon's Gantry meets Kerry O'Malley's Sister Sharon you know he wants her--and that he'll do anything to bed her...Director Eric D. Schaeffer is more concerned with bringing out the romatic elements in Gantry and Sharon's relationship--a choice enhanced by the considerable stage chemistry between Zemon and O'Malley. When these two kiss, you can feel the electricity in the air." -Jack Helbig, Daily Herald
"Our own attraction to Gantry makes us glad when Sharon succombs to him, but if this slightly dulls Sinclair Lewis' edge, Kerry O'Malley hones it again. No damsel in distress she, the luminous O'Malley makes it clear that it's glory Sharon wants, not Gantry." Jeanne Rattenbury, Coast to Coast Chicago
"The primary lure is not salvation, however, unless it comes in the arms of Sister Sharon Falconer (Kerry O'Malley, a red-haired beauty with a Bonnie Raitt voice and balletic bearing), the unexpectedly worldly and firecely driven woman who changes his life." -Hedy Weiss, The Chicago Sun Times
"Kerry O'Malley is alternately serene and sensuous as Sister Sharon Falconer, the evangelist who falls under [Gantry's] spell. With her red hair and porcelain skin set off by Nancy Missimi's pure white gowns, the actress looks picture-perfect as well." -Virginia Gerst, Pioneer Press
"Kerry O'Malley looks radiant as Sister Sharon. She does an especially credible job of portraying the hot blooded woman inside the preacher lady." -Dan Zeff, Copley News Service
"The two principles, Tom Zemon as Elmer and Kerry O'Malley as Sister Sharon, bring the requisite fire to their parts, not to mention a passionate sexual tension between the Preacher and the Revivalist." -Sherman Kaplan, WBBM News Radio
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