Ben Brantley: "The best new musical since SPRING AWAKENING."
Linda Winer: "The only thing I miss is the original Act I finale, in which a very cute doctor morphs into a Hot Rock God, right before our eyes. If they'd just moved the crazy lady out of his way, that'd have been enough of a change."
John Heilpern: "NEXT TO NORMAL has moved to Broadway, and, as far as rock musicals about damaged mothers go, it's still far too normal for my taste."
Terry Teachout: "The worst new musical since SPRING AWAKENING."
"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum