Critical Reaction

Critical Reaction

"Packed with talent and creativity"
– The New York Times

"A wholly serious comedy about a macho culture that encourages men to be faithless to the women who love them."
– The Wall Street Journal

"Has many things in its favor. ...Bookwriter Jeffrey Lane gets a lot of mileage out of the dizzying situation of passionate women converging in brokenhearted turmoil."
– The LA Times

"This grand-scale farce about love and all its attendant lunacy feature a sensational score by David Yazbek, whose credits include The Full Monty and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and whose clever lyrics here are paired with music that ranges from a tango and disco number to comic arias."
– The Chicago Sun-Times

"A bustling, mesmerizing package.... The heightened emotions and lyrical expression in the original Women on the Verge... lend themselves to song and dance and the broad comedy that often accompanies them."
– USA Today

"Benefits from source-material that's practically a musical already."
– New York Magazine

"Much to enjoy... [including] Jeffrey Lane's frequently funny book, David Yazbek's perfectly professional Latin-infused songs.Jeffrey Lane's frequently funny book, David Yazbek's perfectly professional Latin-infused songs."
– Backstage

"In today's hectic world of work and worry, a ticket to see the fantastically funny Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown is just what the doctor ordered. ...Left me laughing and eager for more with this silly, finger-snapping musical montage of romantic madness."
– The NWI Times