Theatre and Reviews
REVIEWS
The Addams Family at Cabrillo Stage, Aptos, CA 2017
“The show begins in a graveyard, where the entire Addams clan—led by proud patriarch Gomez (Adam Saucedo) and his slinky wife, Morticia (a seductively deadpan Danielle Crook)—arrives for its annual celebration of the dear departed. Gomez’s long-awaited tango with Morticia concludes the show on a note of rollicking high spirits.” Lisa Jenson, Good Times Santa Cruz
“As his commanding, icy wife, Morticia, Danielle Crook holds her own with Saucedo, and has several delicious moments of her own (Act 2’s “Death is Just Around the Corner” is one). Together, Gomez and Morticia nail the “Tango de Amor.” It’s fast, sexy, and expertly danced.” Joanne Engelhardt, Santa Cruz Sentinel
“The musical score leans heavily on tango rhythms and a final, explosive flamenco routine between Gomez and his wife Morticia, played by gorgeous and spooky Danielle Crook.” Philip Pierce, Performing Arts Monterey Bay
TRUE at 8 Tens @ 8 Festival, Santa Cruz, CA 2017
“Act II opens with panache in Richard Chin’s “True,” directed by Anita Natale. Chin throws in a lot of clever dialogue, most of which come out of the mouth of the delectable, adroit Danielle Crook. She just nails it as the saleswoman trying to sell a customer (innocent-faced Alex Garrett) on a robot companion.” Joanne Engelhardt, Santa Cruz Sentinel
“Clear audience favorite was Richard Chin‘s TRUE, a slick piece of social satire with a bemused Alex Garrett now busy considering the purchase of a robotic erotic partner with the help of smarmy saleswoman Danielle Crook.” Philip Pierce, Performing Arts Monterey Bay
Woman in Mind at Jewel Theatre, Santa Cruz, CA 2015
"...the flawless Danielle Crook as Lucy, Susan's fake and unbelievably beautiful daughter." Joanne Engelhardt, Santa Cruz Sentinel
“The hallucinated family (Danielle Crook as a dolly-girl Lucy, David Arrow as a smarmily smitten Andy, Jimmy Allan as a relentlessly upper-crust Tony) project an initial sweetness that is campy enough to seem as fake as it is vulnerable. The dream trio become more and more vindictive as they pressure Susan into modes of attack against their real life counterparts.” Philip Pierce, Performing Arts Monterey Bay
“Through this gateway pour Susan’s doting husband Andy (David Arrow), adoring daughter Lucy (Danielle Crook), and devoted younger brother Tony (Jimmy Allan). They seem to have wandered in out of a 1930s Noel Coward play, in their sporty white outfits (costumes by the great B. Modern), wielding tennis rackets and glasses of vintage “champers.” Good Times Santa Cruz
Office Hours at 8 Tens @ 8 Festival, Santa Cruz, CA 2015
"Individual actors such as Danielle Crook in “Office Hours”deserve admiration." Santa Cruz Sentinel
“In Office Hours by Bryan Harnetaux, journalism student Danielle Crook confronts prize-winning author/professor MarNae Taylor with an awkward discovery about Taylor’s recent prizewinning book, raising a series of significant shock discoveries, both literary and personal, about both of them. The performances are effective and the plot strong.” Philip Pierce, Performing Arts Monterey Bay
Enter the Guardsman at Jewel Theatre, Santa Cruz, CA 2014
"There’s a winsome wardrobe girl played by the blonde Danielle Crook." Philip Pearce, Performing Arts Monterey Bay
"An able supportive threesome of smooth-voiced Steven Guire Knight as Wigs, coquettish Danielle Crook as Wardrobe and earnest Allen Darby as ASM provide both texture and context for the more flashy characters." Joanne Engelhardt, Santa Cruz Sentinel
“The backstage team of Koss, Steven Guire Knight, Allen Darby and Danielle Crook are great fun as a singing Greek chorus, commenting on the action. All of them do justice to Adler’s clever songs. The ensemble piece, “She’s A Little Off,” is a wry showstopper.” Good Times Santa Cruz
Escaping Queens at Cabrillo Stage, Aptos, CA 2013
"Crook is marvelous both as Mama’s helpful, sympathetic sister and as the sultry siren who (for some unfathomable reason) loves the hapless Herman." Joanne Engelhardt, Santa Cruz Sentinel
"Some of the best musical moments of “Queens” come when the three female cast members join in two (and sometimes three)-part harmony. Alvarez and Crook (as Rose) are reflective and sweet in “A Few Moments of Magic." Lisa Jensen, Good Times Santa Cruz
For Art's Sake at the 8 Tens @ 8 Festival, Santa Cruz, CA 2013
“The beauty of the girl (an enchanting Danielle Crook), and the clarity of her lovely singing voice saves this little entry." Joanne Engelhardt, Santa Cruz Sentinel
“For Art’s Sake” by Elyce Melmon goes for a bit of magic realism when a beauty in a painting (the delightful Danielle Crook, fair of face and gorgeous of voice) steps out of the canvas to confront a narrow minded young computer geek.” Paul Myrvold, Theatre Notes
Elyce Melmon's “For Art's Sake,” directed by Helene Simkin Jara... imagines a museum encounter between a young techno-geek (Nat Robinson), and the young woman (Danielle Crook, who also has a lovely singing voice) in Bouguereau's symbolic painting, "The Broken Pitcher." Lisa Jensen, Santa Cruz Good Times
Harvey at Mountain Community Theatre, Ben Lomond, CA 2012
“Danielle Crook is a sweet and smart Nurse Kelly.” Katie Hughes McKee, The Santa Cruz Sentinel
The Music Man at The Western Stage, Salinas, 2010
“Danielle Crook is an impressive actress as Marian the librarian. She has a voice with a sterling quality of depth and richness. She can bring out the quasi-operatic depth of her music in sweetly singing ”Goodnight My Someone” and “My White Knight.” Her voice soars as she expresses her tender dreams and she does some fine spellbinding herself in making the ending happy.” The Monterey Herald
The Importance of Being Earnest, at Cabrillo Theatre, 2008
“Danielle Crook is sweetly innocent as Cecily; she is courted by Algernon under false pretenses and manages to survive the confusion of the evening with a certain demure grace.” Ann Bennett,Santa Cruz Sentinel
“Danielle Crook plays the part of Cecily, an aloof and love-struck young woman so intent on marrying any man named Earnest that she concocts a roller-coaster of a romance with one in the pages of her diary.” Carley Stavis, City on a Hill Press
The Threepenny Opera with Santa Cruz Chamber Orchestra, May 2008
“The entire ensemble — including sexy whores Miya Mikheyenko (Dolly) Danielle Crook (Marie), and Nicole DeBergalis (Coaxer) gave their all.” Mark Alburge, 21st Century Music
Guys and Dolls at Cabrillo Stage, Santa Cruz, CA 2006
“Crook’s Sarah is appropriately prim and proper until she hits the night scene in Havana and discovers the pleasures of rum. She harmonizes well with Valente.” Joyce D. Mann, Metro Santa Cruz
“Danielle Crook plays Sarah, the Salvation Army doll who wins him over against all odds, with real class.” Ann Bennet, Santa Cruz Sentinel
“…Crook is a great actress and has a face like an angel.” Jennie Tezak, Register Pajaronian