Press
Application Pending, 2017
“In Circle Theatre’s latest production, Janelle Lutz proves she isn’t solely a musical theatre genius and shows off her acting chops by transforming herself into over forty different roles …”
Broadway World
A Very Judy Christmas, 2018
“Judy Garland lives, one more time, as Janelle Lutz channels her in ‘A Very Judy Christmas.'”
The Dallas Morning News
End of the Rainbow, 2017
“Not only does Lutz convey Garland’s tremendous charisma and almost maddening sense of being always “on,” but her delivery of the star’s iconic songs is manic and magnetic, leaving it all out on the stage.”
East Bay Times
Application Pending, 2017
“Her characters were all differentiated by voice and the physicality Ms. Lutz gave them and the exchanges between Christine and the characters were crisp and precise.”
The Column
Thoroughly Modern Millie, 2016
“Lutz, her versatile visage especially equipped for withering deadpan, nails Millie’s self-negating self-assurance. When she does strength, she’s Patti LuPone; when she does pratfalls, she’s Lucille Ball.”
The Column
Sammons Cabaret Artist of the Year, 2016
“Named the 2016 Sammons Cabaret Artist of the Year for her phenomenal cabaret performances … Janelle Lutz is also an award-winning actress who has won the hearts of North Texas audiences and critics alike. “