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Jennifer Babiak is a Jewish steel magnolia as Golde, and her duet with Tevye
("Do You Love Me?") is a tender rendition of the moving love song.
- Newsday
It also boasts a female lead, Jennifer Babiak, who as Eliza Doolittle has a vocal delivery to die for. This performer has a track record for possessing a voice with an impressive depth even in the highest register, as her portrayal of "Emma" in the theater's "Jekyll and Hyde: The Musical" amply attested.
- Newstimes
Also terrific is Babiak, one of the few principals new to the Folksbiene production, who sings beautifully and quietly reveals the loving compassion beneath Golde's pragmatism. Her duet with Tevye, "Do You Love Me?" ("Libst Mikh, Sertse?"), often plays as corny sentimentality. But there's a gorgeous poignancy to the song here - the milkman poses the question with affecting timidity to the wife he met for the very first time at their wedding, and she responds with thoughtful sincerity, persuasively conveying the notion that she's never stopped to consider it in 25 years.
– The Hollywood Reporter
Jennifer Babiak, a Long Island girl, was Eliza Doolittle and she was powerful. It is a tough role following Julie Andrews, Marni Nixon and Audrey Hepburn, but she was a good girl, she was! Just the right mix of vulnerability, passion, and what a voice.
- Patch.com
Jennifer Babiak exudes quiet strength as Tevye's wife, Golde, torn between devotion to her husband and wanting to see her daughters happy.
– Broadwayworld