Urinetown

"A musical for our times . . . Uniquely outrageous."—Michael Kilian, Chicago Tribune

"What kind of musical is this? A fresh, unique, original, impudent, colorful, exciting, irreverent, surprising and wonderful musical, that's all!"—Rex Reed, The New York Observer

"Irreverent [and] nimble . . . Takes every Broadway banality and subverts [it] with refreshing cynicism."—Amy Gamerman, The Wall Street Journal

"Of course, you're not supposed to like that title—that's part of the big, good-natured, and remarkably successful joke that is Urinetown. A terrifically spirited sendup of musicals and their conventions."—Nancy Franklin, The New Yorker

"There simply is no show I've ever seen that gives off such a sense that the creators and perfomers are always on the same page of an elaborate, high-spirited joke, that they are the proud members of a cabal that knows what it takes to make the world a better place and that they are thrilled to share what they know. A sensational piece of performance art, one that acknowledges theater tradition and pushes it forward as well."—Bruce Weber, The New York Times

"Who would have thought that a 1999 Fringe Festival curiosity about ecological disaster, overpopulation and the right to pee would even make it to Broadway, let alone receive ten Tony nominations? . . . Kotis and Hollmann [have] proven that originality and irreverence can thrive on the Great White Way."—Jason Zinoman, Time Out New York

"One of the more original musicals to come along in a long time. The brilliant songs develop the story of corporate oppression and popular revolt and comment on the play itself, in hilariously sardonic homages to the Brecht-Weill canon, upbeat swing numbers and rousing spirituals."—Robert Hurwitt, San Francisco Chronicle

0 "A joyously cynical musical about musicals, whose barbed, knowing wit made me laugh so long and hard that my cheeks were sore all the way home."—Terry Teachout, The Washington Post

"A wild and happy mix of biting satire and loving parody."—Clive Barnes, New York Post

"Sly and funny."—Michael Feingold, The Village Voice

"A delicious piece of self-referential wit . . . Like the best of musicals, it has a serious point to make."—John Fleming, St. Petersburg Times

"A startlingly original musical . . . Sly, wry, and self-aware."—Detroit Free Press

"Urinetown is one of the cleverest, most adroit, funniest and irreverent evenings I've spent in a long season."—Liz Smith

"Elevated silliness of the highest order that makes a gratifying case for the restorative return to knowing foolishness and the smartly absurd. The show winks at everything from Hamlet’s father’s ghost to West Side Story, from the revolutionary pretensions of Les Mis to the revivalist joy of Guys & Dolls."—Linda Winer, Newsday