AWARDS
WINNER! The StageScene LA Award: Star-Making Performance in a Play
WINNER! The Hollywood Encore Producers’ Award
NOMINEE! The Soaring Solo Artist Award
WINNER! Artist & Scholar Award (Tisch School of the Arts)
PRESS
5 Stars from All About Solo
First Look for MANDY PICKS A HUSBAND on Broadwayworld.com
Interview with Caro Moses of This Week London
Interview with From Page to Stage
Reviews for Mandy Picks a Husband
“Amanda Broomell, who wrote and performed this solo show, is funny and smart … with a humour and stoicism that gets under our defences. Jaws are dropped.
… this is a cleverly structured, neatly delivered and hilarious tale, with a heart of raw emotion that challenges and moves us.”
— Sam Chittenden, FringeReview Edinburgh
“Mandy is smart and very witty and very likeable … [she] cleverly peppers in snippets and re-worded 80’s and a few 90’s classics to convey her emotions or drive home a point. …
Despite being just one performer, Mandy totally captivated the audience’s attention … I couldn’t help being engaged and moved. There was a real rawness to the performance which I did not expect.
My only complaint of was that it was only an hour long, which left me wanting more!”
— Sabrina Fancy, Fairy Powered Productions London
“Unafraid to get personal, we journey through Mandy’s romantic history, as Broomell shares her story with a disarming and engaging candour.
… [Amanda] is a charming and likeable raconteur. The 60 minutes fly by …
Broomell refers to it as a ‘traumedy’ and that portmanteau fits this show like a glove.”
— Stephanie Ressort, View from the Outside London
“Amanda is a storyteller, actress, singer, and amazing entertainer. I found myself laughing out loud, crying or feeling as if I was living her story.
‘Mandy Picks a Husband’ is a powerful and vulnerable story and couldn’t be more relevant to the awakening that is happening today around how we protect our girls and what it means to be worthy as an adult woman.
This is a story that needs to be heard.”
— Carolina Zuleta, Women's Empowerment Coach
“Amanda is a musical gem. She sings her way through the disheartening, sometimes treacherous, hilarious, gut-wrenching landscape of the single woman’s plight to finding true love. What she ends up discovering (spoiler alert!) is her strength, self worth, and a wicked sense of humor.”
— Sally Weller, Actor and Writer
“A touching, entertaining, fun, emotional journey navigating love and relationships but mostly, relationship to self.”
— Tabitha Brownstone, Actor and Standup Comic
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