A Grand Night For Singing

“Miss Wintersteller is – forgive the cliché, but I know it was minted for her – a perfect long-stemmed American beauty rose, and a rose that can sing (thank you Gertrude Stein!) like anything. A woman of subtle yet overpowering allure, whose aristocratic sensuality lightly wraps itself around a song and you, and never lets go of either. Her singing, her loveliness are a limpid mountain pool…you can drown equally happily in either of them.”
– John Simon, NEW YORK MAGAZINE

“Wintersteller, a lanky brunette who would have been called a triple threat (actor/singer/dancer) if the breed wasn’t virtually extinct, is the very incarnation of ‘Something Wonderful’ (The King & I).”
– Marc Peyser, NEWSWEEK

“Yet it is in the more serious, heartfelt number such as ‘Something Wonderful,’ done by Wintersteller with aching intensity, that the revue reaches its musical and emotional high point.”
– Michael Kuchwara, ASSOCIATED PRESS

“Lynne Wintersteller (she’d be a star in summer, too) seems grace personified.”
– Clive Barnes, NEW YORK POST

Closer Than Ever

“Lynne Wintersteller has impressive credentials and can do whatever acting is required. It should be mentioned that she is attractive as well as gifted and thoroughly deserves her luck in having such refreshing, tender, witty songs to sing.”
– Edith Oliver, THE NEW YORKER

“But tall Lynne Wintersteller is best. Beautiful from the front and droll in profile, she combines elegance and humor (rare) with a firm, lilting voice without a break in it (rarer) and with acting ability (pure platinum!).”
– John Simon, NEW YORK MAGAZINE

“Lynne Wintersteller possesses the kind of rich theatrical voice that elevates a show tune. She could stop a show with ‘Row, Row, Row Your Boat’.”
– Scot Haller, PEOPLE MAGAZINE (Picks & Pans – CTE CD)

I Sent A Letter To My Love

“Lynne Wintersteller as Amy Evans, the central character, is a woman who might almost have stepped out of a William Inge play. Ms. Wintersteller’s readings of the songs are strong and heartfelt.”
– Stephen Holden, NEW YORK TIMES

“Wintersteller perfectly embodying that sad spinster mix of devotedness and frustration.”
– Jeremy Gerard, VARIETY

“The most difficult role is probably that of Lynne Wintersteller as Stan’s sister Amy, and she plays it with enormous grace and understated passion.”
– Clive Barnes, NEW YORK POST

“Melissa Manchester has composed an ambitious music-theater score, roiling with complex trios and pent-up solo turns for Wintersteller…the elegant Wintersteller conveys a new urgency in her singing.”
– Jan Stuart, NEW YORK NEWSDAY

“Wintersteller’s voice has great range and maturity.”
– Howard Kissel, DAILY NEWS

“The incomparable Lynne Wintersteller is immeasurably charming.”
– John Simon, NEW YORK MAGAZINE

Music In The Air

“The performances in this semi-staged production were delightful, and I was particularly taken by the singing and wit of Lynne Wintersteller as a grand and glamorous operetta diva.”
– Clive Barnes, NEW YORK POST

“A far more spirited presentation. You came away loving it especially in the hands of performers like Lynne Wintersteller.”
– Howard Kissel, DAILY NEWS

“The sensation was Lynne Wintersteller as a tempermental, irrepressible, irreplaceable operetta diva. Miss W. has done great work for years – her voice, acting, looks and wit are matchless – and the only reasons that her name is not a household word are that she is a bit taller than most leading men, and that Broadway these days is a bit smaller than her talents. Could one of these things be changed?”
– John Simon, NEW YORK MAGAZINE

“The company was fine, with Lynne Wintersteller especially fun as the diva. (Wintersteller is an underutilized talent; how about one of the New York companies staging Do I Hear A Waltz? for her?)
– Ken Mandlebaum, THEATRE WEEK

Miscellaneous

“There are a few buried treasures…Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields’ heart-stopping ‘Pink Taffeta Sample – Size 10’ wistfully sung by Lynne Wintersteller.”
– Joanne Kaufman, PEOPLE MAGAZINE (Picks & Pans – Lost in Boston III CD)