Olivia Stevens - Swedish/American actress, singer, performer

This is a collection of reviews starring Olivia. Click here to read Olivia's personal stories about her experiences.

"Stevens, is a find"
"Stevens - an international performer in her own right, in classical drama, musical theater and television - is a find, adding her European sensibility, charm, and rich, supple voice to the city's cabaret stages. She is also wise enough to enlist several of cabaret's finest pro's behind her."
- Peter Haas, Cabaret Scenes NYC

Live at Carnegie Hall

”The most daring expedition of the evening was Olivia Stevens’s performance… she puts on an impressive show.”
- William Wolf

Kabarett Fete - Helen's Hideaway, NYC

“…a wholly admirable show...never fails to hold our interest."
- Roy Sander, formerly of Back Stage

“Olivia Stevens brilliantly solves the conundrum of playing the diva …”

”…a dazzling array of talent in the kind of acts one searches for, but rarely finds,when on vacation in Europe.”   ”Brilliant”.
             - David Noh – Gay City News, NY

La Tentation Délicieuse (Avignon, France)

"Olivia Stevens, an accomplished singer and film actress in both Sweden and the United States, …leads us with charm and humor…"

- John Paval, La Compagnie Trans Atlantique

Lincoln Center, NY Cabaret Convention

"Olivia Stevens is disarming."

"She is an actress. Her voice is strong and versatile, taking her into intoxicating low tones and gentle higher territory. It is her acting talent, however, and her energy and dance training that drive her performance with drama and grace."

- Elizabeth Ahlfors Cabaret Scenes

Cabaret - Studioteatern, Sweden

"Magnificent...Excellent! She is completely radiant "
- Tony Kaplan, Arbetet

“Miss Stevens as Sally Bowles…sings explosively like a young Liza Minelli"
- Leif Zern, Dagens Nyheter

"Forget Minelli! Olivia Stevens as Sally Bowles has an authority and singing voice that makes you forget about the movie’s Liza Minelli"
- Barbro Westling, Expressen

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West Side Story - Riksteatern, Sweden

"Rich with emotions...convincing and gripping"
- Calle Pauli, Dagens Nyheter

"Olivia as Anita... is the funniest, the wildest and the hottest on stage"
- Annika Burholm, Västerbottens Folkblad

"Outstanding!... Not only can she sing and act but she dances like a Goddess and has a charisma that blows you away"
- Örjan Arwidsson, Bergslagsposten

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Off Broadway - The Zipper Factory, NY, & Sweden Tour

“Steven’s voice goes straight through your skin. She nuances between defying self-confidence and fragility in both singing and acting and her charisma blows you away”
- Therésia Erneborg, Teater Stockholm

“A colorful singing actress…brilliant!
- Ingrid Strömdal, Svenska Dagbladet

" Olivia Stevens as the Cabaret Diva delivers shimmering moments when everything falls into place”
- Jenny Aschenbrenner, Dagens Nyheter

Olivia Passion - The Metropolitan Room, NY

Highest rating in Cabaret Exchange, NY

"Brilliance and naked honesty."
"Stevens knocked us out with her ferocious performance…"
- Joe Regan Cabaret Exchange

"A One-woman musical and theatre extravaganza"
- Arthur Shafman AAAArtists International

"Stevens is passion from the moment she walks on stage…Intoxicating!"
- Elizabeth Ahlfors, Cabaret Scenes

"The Swedish-born Stevens sings of deep emotion as only the Nordic can."

Pleasure & Peril - The Manor & The Metropolitan Room, NY

"…a tremendous acting and singing talent and versatility..."

"She is over and above an actress and chanteuse, whose energy and verve, deep-throated voice and overwhelming talent and beauty - a combination of Elizabeth Taylor, from the nose up, and Annette Benning from the nose down - can bring the house down. And that's exactly what she did…"

"Stevens, as no other cabaret performer at The Manor could accomplish, entertained and drained the audience, all at the same time. When she regains her composure, and her ultimate strength in the future, the patrons…would appreciate another encore performance."

- Bea Smith, The Independent Press

Pleasure & Peril - The Story of Zarah Leander (Berns, Klara Soppteater, & Finland)

"A grandiose performance"
"She sings You want to see a Star? and Zarah Leander is reborn in the summer night."
- Kvällsposten Expressen, Ulf Peter Hallber

"WUNDERBAR!"
"It’s intelligent, funny, dramatic and super professional"
"Stevens has…a dazzling stagepresence and charisma"
- EXPRESSEN, Tony Kaplan

Passion - The Victoria Theater, Sweden

"Success entertainment for gourmets"

"A magical and fascinating story…full of humor - with a tragic twist."

- EXPRESSEN

Berlin Cabaret - Lenya, Marlene, & Zarah - German Forum & The Liederkranz, NY

"Olivia Stevens, along with David Pearl, gave a first class performance."
- Austrian Chamber of Commerce member

"On behalf of the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce in New York, I would like to thank you for The Cabaret at the Liederkranz, Olivia was absolutely amazing."

Broadway Baby Bistro - NYC

"The roots and flavor of international cabaret were much in evidence as two seasoned performers from abroad… combined their individual talents and warmth for the first time…” ”A charming tour through life and love as expressed in songs sung in German, French, Swedish and Danish – selections made comfortably accessible to the audience as sung both in their original languages and in translations. Frans…, and Olivia,… make an excellent and attractive fit."

- Peter Haas,

Chess - Oslo

"Olivia Stevens blossoms..."

- Carl Håkan Larsén Sydsvenska Dagbladet

I Do! I Do! - Sweden

"Her characterization
is impressive"

- Ingemar Olander,
Kristianstad Bladet

Théâtre du Soleil - Paris

"A tour-de-force that transcends theater and pulls back the curtain on our own lives to reveal the familiar memories that haunt us and the hope that we share."
- frenchculture.org

East Beyond West West Beyond East
Elverket, Stockholm, & Warsaw

"Brilliant… a performance of high professional standards"
- Agneta Pleijel Dagens Nyheter