"With the emotional temperature of this musical hovering around the freezing mark, it's up to the singers, dancers and musicians to turn up the heat. As Velma Kelly, Terra C. MacLeod has a smoky voice and a frosty charisma. It's easy to believe she killed both her sister and her husband." [The Ottawa Citizen]
"As the leggy killer Velma Kelly, actress Terra C. MacLeod immediately pulls the audience in with her inviting spectral whiteness emerging from the gloom. In addition to her easy, sultry voice on tunes such as 'All That Jazz' and 'I Know a Girl,' she's a dancer with high endurance and the stealthy precision of a mob hit man. DeJean and MacLeod work together like a pair of aces."[The Commercial Appeal, Memphis,TN]
"Canadian Terra C. MacLeod, obviously in her element as vixen Velma Kelly, shows off dynamic athletics to go along with her smoky vocals" [Todd Nickel , Winnipeg Sun ]
"Terra C Macleod's Velma seizes a musical like a tiger. spitting out each word with venom. A hardened Diva used to getting her way, her single -minded intensity drives the shows narrative." [Winnipeg Free Press]
"Terra MacLeod, with her shiny chignon and Betty Boop eyes, is an appealingly hard-bitten and energetic Velma—she's at her (flexible) best in "But I Can't Do It Alone." [Broadwayworld]
"Dejean has a great partner in Terra C. MacLeod’s devilish Velma Kelly. MacLeod slinks across the stage throughout with a joyful wickedness. Her Velma is a desperate creature in search of stardom and approval. While MacLeod’s Broadway Velma was a whirling dervish, her work here is much more focused and clear. She is a sexy dancing machine with a strong, affecting voice. Her pleading “I Can’t Do it Alone” is a highlight. She leads the talented ensemble in a rousing “All That Jazz”. DeJean and MacLeod play wonderfully off of each other. They are a perfect pair. It is quite clear that both are having a wonderful time. Their "My Own Best Friend" makes for a thrilling close to Act I." [Robbie Wach , Broadwayworld.com, Seattle]
"Patent Leathered-tressed Terra C Macleod is an icy amazon as Roxy's rival, Velma Kelly, and she dances with scalpelwielding precision." [Palm Beach Post]
"Terra C Macleod the dark haired beauty with a husky voice can melt the bars in any jail cell." [The Waterbury Republican-American]
"The Sun Sentinel calls Terra C Macleod a Chita Riverish Velma Kelly."
"Terra C Macleod is an almost doppeldanger of Bebe Neuwirth in her interpretation of the caustic Velma. The resemblance goes beyond the white pallor and severely pulled back hairdo: Her throaty singing voice has just the right combination of bitterness and resignation." [The Orlando Sentinel]
"As Velma long and lanky Terra C Macleod, with her classic features and high cheekbones could probably sing the role in French, since she has done it in Montreal and Paris, but lucky for you she sings in English and is splendid." [Entertaining U Florida]
"It is Macleod whose theatrical savyy makes the enticing but steely Velma so fetchingly effective. Both possess strong voices, ably demonstrated in I Cant Do it Alone and Class. And the dance? Well between Macleod and Bridgewater and the shows ensemble you will not go away dissappointed." [The Lincoln Journal Star]
"Marroquin, MacLeod and Harrison are delightful. They also remind us in a reassuring way of those who've gone before them in this show: Marroquin's humorous humanity is reminiscent of Gwen Verdon, while her spunk has a sparkle of Reinking to it; MacLeod's sexual magnetism recalls both Chita Rivera and Bebe Neuwirth; and Harrison is a charming rake who succeeds just as Jerry Orbach and James Naughton did before him." [The Tennessean]
In the athletic cast Terra C. Macleod as Velma is a dancing dynamo who tears through her scenes with palpable physical dynamic precision." [The Ottawa Sun]
"Outstanding performances are given by DeJean, as Roxie, and Terra MacLeod who plays fellow convict, Velma Kelly. She [DeJean] is well contrasted with MacLeod whose role as Velma brings a harder,more calculated and controlled character into the mix. Both have exceptional voices that are ideally suited to their roles." [The Gulf News, Dubai, UAE]
"The delivery of the actors was flawless and the charisma of the three leads, Terra C MacLeod , Michelle DeJean and Gregory Evigan... Magnetic" [Emirates Today, Dubai, UAE]
"The jail's superstar is Velma Kelly (Terra C. MacLeod), a vaudeville veteran who busted up her sister act and her marriage when she caught sis and hubby ''practicing'' some moves in bed. MacLeod is a sensational, angular dancer who is sometimes reminiscent of Bebe Neuwirth, the first of many stars to play Velma in this revival on Broadway." [The Miami Herald]
"Terra C. MacLeod incarnates the hard-bitten Velma Kelly with a knife-edge aura that proclaims she may be venal, but she's no hypocrite and nobody's fool" [The Sun Sentinel, Ft Lauderdale]
"Terra MacLeod, who has played Velma in roadshow productions since 2003, is as lean as a butcher knife, working Reinking’s backbreaking choreography with stunning ease" [The Naples News]
"The tall, leggy MacLeod -- a Broadway Chicago veteran and an explosive dancer -- about letting movement suffice and dispensing with the space-filling chuckles, guffaws and grunts." [Detroit News]
"The principals, delight in roles they seem born to play. Showing amazing versatility are the two female leads, Terra MacLeod as the dark Velma (her opening 'All That Jazz' prepares the audience wonderfully) and Michelle DeJean as the fiery redhead, Roxie (her rag doll ventriloquist dummy is wonderfully slinky). The two have infectious personalities and show exquisite rhythm and timing." [The News Journal, Delaware]
"You know you're in for a special evening's entertainment when Terra C. MacLeod as Velma Kelly opens with 'All That Jazz.' She is sexy, graceful, tough, has a beautiful voice and a beautiful body, which she knows how to use. She is Velma." [The Post and Courier, Charleston, NC]
"Terra MacLeod's sexy, saucy, scintillating portrayal of Velma soars during her rendition of 'All That Jazz.' When the two (Michelle Dejean as Roxie) combine for 'Nowadays" and "Hot Honey Rag," the result is electrifying." [Richmond Times, Richmond, VA]
"Terra MacLeod is cool in the 1950s sense and icy cold—indeed, almost reptilian—as a former vaudevillian who killed her husband and her sister and former song-and-dance partner in a fit of rage when she walked in on them unexpectedly and caught them dancing the horizontal mambo." [Triangle Theatre]
"Terra C. MacLeod plays Roxie's foil, Velma Kelly, with no ambiguity. Velma's only out for fame. If she has to kill a couple of people to get her name in the headlines, then so be it, even though she swears not to remember anything about the crime. MacLeod, with her hair pulled back tight, scowls and growls through each song as Velma watches Roxie steal her lawyer and her headlines." [The Fayetteville Observer]
"MacLeod is the cool cucumber in 'All That Jazz' and the hot tamale in 'When Velma Takes the Stand.'" [The Gazette, Albany, NY]
"Long-legged Terra C. MacLeod - Velma - owns a spectacular voice. She cranks up the heat early on with 'Cell Block Tango' and doesn't stop until - with Robin Givens [Roxie] - 'Hot Honey Rag.'" [Pride Source Detroit]
"Terra MacLeod plays Velma Kelly, the third lead character. Her performance is a rarity in musicals. She seems to approach the role more as an actress than as a singer and dancer. Like Givens, MacLeod's character work as the worldly, thoroughly jaded Velma is the best part of her performance." [GoandDoMichigan]
Macleod has appeared on Broadway and wears her Character like a second skin. Her Velma is brittle and calculating the star amongs the Merry Murderesses of the Cook County Jail. She sets the tone for the proceedings with the opening number and only shows vulnerabililty when shes begins to lose the headlines." [Toledo Blade, Toledo Ohio]
"Terra C Macleod {Kelly) and Michelle Dejean ( Hart) give high caliber performances. They are among the best I have encountered. Their Characters exude a sense of crackle that drives the show. Macleod is sinfully wicked and born to be bad. Both women have strong voices and are striking partners to boot. Macleod sets a sultry tone combined with her ability to present her dance moves in a sizzling fashion. In the show's opening number" All that Jazz", she dares to invite us, with wicked abandon, to enter a world that is seedy and deliciously uncompromising. [St .Cloud Times, St Paul, Mn]
"Velma Kelly Played by Terra C Macleod is an Amazon of a dancer whose stamina, spontaneity, and animal magnetism never quit" [Ballet Dance Magazine, San Francisco]
"The ladies of the hour are Michelle DeJean (Roxie Hart) and Terra C. Macleod (Velma Kelly). Both showcase their skills excellently, having experience in the Broadway cast. Macleod spectacularly bedecks the stage with ferocity and power, oozing Velma's raw balance of confidence and anxiety. Her scenes alongside Carol Woods (Mama Morton) are especially enjoyable. " [Broadwayworld.com, San Francisco]
"Terra C. MacLeod, as Velma, towers over her rival. She has an awesome elasticity, whether doing pirouettes over a chair, making faces at Roxie's expanding ego, or plotting with Mama. Her voice has a clarion quality reminiscent of Ethel Merman's confident brassiness, and it's the kind of singing one longs for in an era of musicals awash in mushy vibratos." [The Boston Globe, Boston]
"MacLeod -- a Broadway "Chicago" veteran and an explosive dancer cuts a stark Velma, right from the show's signature opening number, 'All That Jazz,' which she bites off with searing edge." [The Detroit News]
"The book of Chicago by Fosse and Ebb, and indeed the Kander/Ebb songs as well, give an advantage to the actress playing secondary murderess Velma Kelly. Terra C. MacLeod uses this textual and musical advantage as well as her standout triple threat talents and subtleties in her line and lyric readings to steal the show.The competitive edge between Roxie and Velma works well between the pair, however, so their closing "Nowadays"/"Hot Honey Rag" (the latter with the original Fosse choreography) is indeed scintillating." [David Edwayd-Hughes , Talking broadway san Francisco]
"Chicago is still a razzle dazzle musical and the current cast of the touring production is terrific. Terra C. Macleod (originated the role of Velma in Montreal and Paris) is a husky and earthy Velma. She has a voluptuous voice belting out the songs. Her moves are dynamic and she is captivating in the role of Velma." [Talkinbroadway.com, San Francisco)
"Terra C Macleod and Michelle dejean give a superb performance. Montreal native And Vancouver favorite , Macleod as Roxie,s rival Velma Kelly is cool and edgy. Both performers have amazing voices and interpret the irresistibly arrogant routines with typical Fosse swagger" [Broadway across Canada , John Jane]