Olson makes the first big impression, bouncing back and forth between a wry narrator in the future, and an impassioned young man in the narrative. - Rev, Adam McKinney (The Weekly Volcano)
Lakewood Playhouse captures multifaceted richnesss of ‘The Glass Menagerie’ - Tacoma Weekly2/23/2018 Olson is splendid as Tom, the snide, knowing, cynical young man (who is also a self-portrait of Williams himself). He is suave as the narrator and spirited during outbursts when he is cornered by his mother and is forced to blurt out hard truths - Dave Davison (Tacoma Weekly)
The structure of Menagerie, with narrator Tom Wingfield (Niclas Olson) stepping in and out of the character and even signaling when lights should be turned up or down, is a masterful stroke and one of the most inventive uses of “breaking the fourth wall” I have seen. Olson and Director Micheal O’Hara can be credited with this. - Alec Clayton
Olson is in his sweet spot in the role of Tom. Director Michael O’Hara uses Olson very effectively in a dual role. He’s Tom, but he also conducts the action in a very real way as the show narrator. To be sure, no one raises and lowers the lights with quite the Southern flourish as does Nic Olson. - Kim Hastings (Drama in the Hood)
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