Daddy Long Legs
Jerusha Abbott

Lyric's production featured Samantha McHenry as Jerusha ... With the bulk of the show relying on each actor reading, writing, or singing about a letter exchange, the success of this musical relies on two performers who can intimately engage an audience with little more than a simple costume and spotlight. And fortunately for Dallas audiences, both McHenry and Deaton were up to the tough task. McHenry brought to the stage a contagious spunk that captivated the audience from curtain up to her inevitable bow. Her warm soprano proved to be a perfect fit for the show - an important quality for a character featured in twenty of the show's thirty musical numbers. 

- Kyle Christopher West - Broadway World Review (Daddy Long Legs with Lyric Stage at the Dallas Majestic Theatre)

McHenry has a powerful, haunting, and deeply moving monologue in Act Two in which she reveals to her Daddy Long Legs her affections for someone else. McHenry engulfs her heart within her pain that just devastates you. All alone with a lone light shining on her, she holds the audience in the palm of her hands as her eyes well up in tears...

- John Garcia - The Column (Daddy Long Legs with Lyric Stage at the Dallas Majestic Theatre)
http://thecolumnonline.com/review/01-20-2018_DADDY-LONG-LEGS/

​Samantha McHenry and Christopher J. Deaton deliver resplendent performances. Both display not a hint of modernism behavior. Their body posture, diction, and mannerisms stay firmly in 1912. Their arc to their chemistry is extremely believable that just fills your heart. Both actors focus on each other’s subtext within the lyrics thus allowing the audience sincerely feels their emotions. Both have luxurious singing voices. Both performers have an armful of solos, plus duets that are sprinkled throughout the evening... [There were] natural, honest, performances from both Ms. McHenry and Mr. Deaton. There is not a hint of false emotion and the subtext flows from both actors.

- John Garcia - The Column (Daddy Long Legs with Lyric Stage at the Dallas Majestic Theatre)
http://thecolumnonline.com/review/01-20-2018_DADDY-LONG-LEGS/

Lovely Score. It was remarkable how Samantha McHenry ... filled the mighty Majestic Theatre with feeling and song. A well deserved standing ovation on opening night.

- Dallas Morning News' Nancy Churnin (Daddy Long Legs ​with Lyric Stage at the Dallas Majestic Theatre)

Samantha McHenry is appealingly but always politely energetic as Jerusha. Both have attractive voices well-suited to this intimate musical...

- Theatre Jones (Daddy Long Legs with Lyric Stage at the Dallas Majestic Theatre)
http://www.theaterjones.com/ntx/reviews/201801201075224/2018-01-20/Lyric-Stage/Daddy-Long-Legs-the-Musical

Of Thee I Sing
Diana Devereaux

... Lovely, funny Samantha McHenry plays beauty contestant Diana Devereaux...

- Dallas Morning News (Of Thee I Sing at Lyric Stage)
www.dallasnews.com/arts/theater/2016/11/04/presidential-election-meets-bachelor-1931s-lush-witty-thee-sing-lyric-stage

Samantha McHenry is vivaciously energetic as the jilted beauty queen Diana Devereaux.

- Theatre Jones (​Of Thee I Sing at Lyric Stage)
​www.theaterjones.com/ntx/reviews/20161104070013/2016-11-04/Lyric-Stage/Of-Thee-I-Sing-in-Concert

Hairspray! 
Penny Lou Pingleton

As Tracy’s best friend, Penny Pingleton, Samantha McHenry has some great moves too. Her physicality for the part is excellent, creating a contrast [with Tracy] as she moves long, lanky limbs in spider-like motions. It’s fun to watch her fall in love with Seaweed Stubbs and see her character grow from submissive to defiant... and [it's fun] to see the two of them [Seaweed and Penny] create a couple that was sparkling with sexual tension.

- Encore Michigan (Hairspray! at Hope Summer Repertory Theatre)
www.encoremichigan.com/2016/06/hairspray-at-hope-summer-rep-is-an-explosion-of-joy/

BroadwayWorld Interview 
Promoting Daddy Long Legs for Lyric Stage at the Dallas Majestic Theatre
https://www.broadwayworld.com/dallas/article/BWW-Interview-Christoper-J-Deaton-And-Samantha-McHenry-of-DADDY-LONG-LEGS-at-Lyric-Stage-20180117

​WZZM Channel 13 News
Promoting Hairspray for Hope Summer Repertory Theatre 
www.wzzm13.com/news/local/holland-zeeland/hrst-presents-hairspray/247444212
and Dr. Suess' Cat in the Hat for Hope Summer Repertory Theatre
www.wzzm13.com/news/local/holland-zeeland/hope-summer-repertory-theater-presents-kid-friendly-shows/280107925

Podcast Interview
Discussing the National Tour of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer with fellow castmate, Sara Kreski
https://www.tcu360.com/2016/12/cultured-podcast-122116/

Samantha McHenry as Jerusha Abbott in Daddy Long Legs with Lyric Stage at the Dallas Majestic Theatre - January 2018
Photos courtesy of Michael C Foster Photography