"Common wisdom says a director should be wary of directing himself, especially not in a leading role, but Olson does just that quite regularly, and he does it spectacularly. " - Alec Clayton (Tacoma News Tribune)
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"Olson portrays the figure as brooding, thoughtful and ruminating. He’ll stand in the semi dark, having a sip from his pocket flask and forming his thoughts as he nurses a cigarette. It is like viewing a fire that is fuming rather than burning. Yet the slightest breeze causes the coals to glow and sparks to fly. Hamlet looks dark, but the flames are volatile, apt to flare up at any moment, at the slightest provocation" - Dave Davison (Tacoma Weekly)
Olson plays Seymour as more dopey and innocent than Rick Moranis' nebbishy take, but it's a full-bodied comedic performance that capitalizes on the more cartoonish aspects of the show. - Rev. Adam McKinney (The Weekly Volcano)
The multi-talented Olson... exhibits not only his acting skills... but also demonstrates that he is an accomplished vocalist as well as an able-bodied puppeteer. - Dave Davison (Tacoma Weekly)
Niclas Olson... is great from head to toe. Not only is he an excellent singer, but he has the Seymour Kelbhorn shamble down to a tee... Mr. Olson brings all of that to the part and is generous to his co-performers. This is his finest on-stage performance in recent memory. - Kim Hastings (Drama in the Hood)
Sweet (and sweet voiced) nerd Seymour (Niclas Olson) works for gruff but likeable Mr. Mushnik (Tim McFarlan) at his failing skid row flower shop. - Michael Dresdner (Dresdner's Theatre Reviews)
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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