“Nothing short of brilliant … [Olivia] Sargent’s success has been singular: she IS Barbie … It entertains and amuses and at the same time it elevates the period of the sixties into a new and different reality. Less than half-way through the evening you realize that you really do care about this doll and her effect on the world.”

“Olivia Sargent is the epitome of loveliness as the mayor’s daughter, Zaneeta. With her long blonde locks, she has a damsel in distress look about her; you could easily see her as Johanna in Sweeney Todd. We get to witness so many shadings, dimensions, in her character, a young woman wanting to break free and enjoy the company of a young man. And when she dances in the marvelous group numbers, the audience can’t help but watch her stand out from the rest.”

“This actress was all too convincing as mean Mary Tilford in Lillian Hellman’s The Children’s Hour at Tampa Rep. Sargent’s Tilford was no sympathetic adolescent; she was a narcissistic, poisonous brat, a girl who lied and bullied and blackmailed her classmates while destroying a couple of teachers who passed too near. Anyone who survived middle school knows that Mary Tilfords exist; kudos to Sargent for painfully reminding us”