“What excels above all, though, in this otherwise delightful production, is the peddler girl transforming into a gracious young lady. In every scene, Molly Bremer is a splendid Eliza –– expressive, lovely, and beautifully voiced…Bremer simply sparkles. (Happily, we’ll see her again later this season, in ‘Beauty and the Beast.’)
— Barbara Adams, Ithaca.com
“Molly Bremer is everything you’d want in a Belle, and more. As achingly beautiful vocally as Paige O’Hara, the voice behind the 1991 Disney animated film, Bremer echoes the original source material but isn’t imitative. Her Belle is more knowing, more intellectually rooted (even, possibly, more of a subtle but snarky wise ass in her Gaston scenes) than animated Belle. She wears the obligatory blue dress, the yellow ball gown, but she’s not brunette—and you’ll never miss it.
Bremer plays the cartoon role with depth, remaining true to the character while making it her own; it’s a performance that sweeps away any memory of other live-action characterizations. In short: step aside, Emma Watson—there’s a new Belle of the ball.”
–Linda Lowen, Syracuse.com
“Let me begin by saying that this is the type of show that one actor carries on her back, and they found exactly the right woman to do so.
Molly Bremer brings a fresh, modern take to Eliza Dolittle…Her voice is clear and strong, and her growth throughout the show had me feeling for her as if she was a friend…
The way the leading characters chose to play their roles drove the show’s point home, and made it so real, and raw, that I had to reflect on my ride home on every dynamic I’ve had with men.
It wasn’t even Bremer’s delivery that made the wheels turn in my head, it was also the light draining from her eyes as she slowly realizes her place in the world.
While she was a more comical, poor person’s princess in act 1, her confidence grows in every single scene of act 2. The script goes far beyond what I expected in its feminist lens. I kept thinking about how wonderful it must have been for the women of the 1950s to see a character develop like this.“
–Lily Byrne, The Cortland Standard
“I was mostly excited for it [Beauty and the Beast] because Molly Bremer, who starred in “My Fair Lady” at the theater in June, played Belle. Bremer did not take the safe route when playing a Disney princess, she instead leaned into Belle’s awkwardness.
I loved her subtle, effective character choices, such as holding up three fingers when Mrs. Potts asks her “one lump or two?” for her tea. Bremer was born with the vibrato of a princess and gave insanely passionate renditions of Belle’s songs.
In her solo “Home,” which I always thought of as an overdone audition cut, Bremer breathed a panic attack into the lyrics, showing us an overwhelming fear and anxiety that I haven’t seen from a princess before. Cortland is lucky to have seen this actor in two iconic roles.“
–Lily Byrne, The Cortland Standard
“Any production of ‘My Fair Lady’ rises and falls with the casting of Eliza. At CRT, Molly Bremer sings in a crystalline soprano and has the wide-eyed look of an ingenue. Her Eliza the flower girl musing ‘Wouldn’t It Be Loverly’ is vulnerable and delicate, but as the show unwinds and the now lady-like Eliza sees how Higgins has used her, Bremer’s ‘Without You’, Eliza’s declaration of independence, reveals a woman with a spine of steel. The transformation is glorious…The Cortland Rep production pops to life…with Molly Bremer celebrating Eliza’s awakening and lifting all our spirits. And that is just ‘loverly'”
— Len Fonte, Syracuse.com
“You want to be able to say you saw her before she became a star.”
– Producer Scott Siegel
“[Broadway by the Season opened with] a beautiful unplugged rendition of “Think of Me” from Phantom […] by breakout star Molly Bremer, who brought her clear soprano voice and meaningful expression, movement, and gestures to her impressive BBTS debut.”
– DC Theater Arts
“Molly Bremer, brimming with emotion, hit a home run”
– Broadway World