"Shani Lynn Nielsen as Dr. Jekyll's proper love interest, Emma Carew, is up to all the requisite belting, and she and Annie Berthiaume as the prostitute, Lucy, make for a wonderful dueling divas in "In His Eyes."   Paul Lamar   The Daily Gazette   April 11, 2001

"Nielsen, portraying the refined, devoted Emma, sings with angelic clarity and her portrait of loving bewilderment balances Hyde's maniacal flamboyance."  Joel Hirchhorn  Thousand Oaks   March 9, 2001

"Portraying the virginal Emma can be a thankless job, but Nielsen knows how to play sweet without being syrupy.  Her Emma is a three-dimensional character who quickly endears herself to the audience."  Nancy Stetson   Naples Daily News  December 11, 2000

"Shani Lynn Nielsen played Emma Carew, Dr. Jekyll's prim and lovely golden-haired fiancée.  Her sweet voice played well against his strong baritone."  Denise Scott  The News-Press   December 10, 2000

"Shani Lynn Nielsen is marvelous as Emma, the sweet, young woman engaged to Dr. Jekyll.  Her interpretation of "Once Upon  A Dream" in the second act was hushed, yet mesmerizing."  Mark Kellam   Oakwood Times  November 15, 2000

"Nielsen has a strong voice that's backed up by her strong performance as a woman doomed to lose the man she loves.  She and Berthiaume create vocal magic when they team up on the duet "In His Eyes," a song that seems all too short as they sing together, but as if they are alone in their thoughts."  Janet Martineau  The Saginaw News  November 6, 2000

"Shani Lynn Nielsen played Emma, the "good" woman who also loves Dr. Jekyll.  Nielsen has a lovely soprano voice."  Linda Dimon   November 4, 2000

"Shani Lynn Nielsen as Emma displayed smooth, radio-ready voice and impressively sure sense of pitch."   Derek Donovan   Kansas City Star   October 11, 2000

"Leading lady Emma, fiancée of obsessive Dr. Henry Jekyll, was able and purely portrayed by Shani Lynn Nielsen, Miss Indiana of 1996."  Pat Hendricks  The Charleston Gazette   October 5, 2000

"Shani Lynn Nielsen embraced the yearning of Jekyll's betrothed, Emma Carew, in "In His Eyes," performed with Lucy, and in her wistful "Once Upon a Dream.""  Roger McBain   Courier & Press   September 20, 2000