Don't Hug Me Reviews

What the critics said about the original Don't Hug Me:

"A new musical play about small town Scandinavian personality quirks has been drawing full-house audiences and garnering rave reviews in Los Angeles."

                                 - Norway Times (click to read article)

"A lot of laughs!...The cast is perfect!...A great time!...Go see it!" - Tom Barnard, KQRS Radio

"A hokey-jokey karaoke crowd pleaser!" - Los Angeles Times

"A quirky, charming musical!" - Joel Zwick, Director of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"

"Terrifically silly!" - LA WEEKLY

"Immerse yourself in two hours of fun and farce!" - The Tolucan

"Delightful!...Adorable!...Silly!...Funny!...A real crowd pleaser!" - Valley Vantage

"Outstanding!" - American Eagle News

"Sensational!" - The Blade

"A feel good love story!" - NoHo LA

"Oh fer sittin" on the cat, it"s a dern good night out at the local bar." - Canyon News

"A delightful musical farce!"The Olson brothers have done for karaoke what Christopher Guest did for folk music in "A Mighty Wind." - Sherman Oaks Sun

"This is the funniest show that I"ve seen in the longest time!" - KPFK Radio

"Hilarious!"Part of the fun was seeing who laughed the loudest and at what!" - Sons of Norway

"A loopy valentine to his home turf in snow-ravaged Minnesota!" - Backstage West

"More than the typical hotdish musical review""Don"t Hug Me" beats lutefisk!"
- Minneapolis Star Tribune

"One of its songs rhymes "Minnesota" with "Abe Vigoda" and you just have to love that!" - St. Paul Pioneer Press

"The performances are outstanding!...An awful lot of fun!" - WMGT Radio

"The quintessential definition of fun!...It's hard not to laugh!...If you're Minnesotan, it's your dad on stage!" - KLBB Radio

"Don't Hug Me" will make even the most frozen-faced Scandinavian laugh!" - Rick Shefchik

"What do you mean Don't Hug Me? I want to hug everyone involved in this delightful musical!!" - Ronald Jacobs, Producer/Director/Writer - Andy Griffith Show, Dick Van Dyke Show

"I highly recommend this play to all ages and I promise that you will laugh your hearts out!" - Stephen Senior, 9 year-old student at Campbell Hall

WINNER!

Best Original Musical

Best Author Original Musical

Best Director

Best Ensemble Cast

Los Angeles Artistic Director Achievement Award

WINNER!

Best Director

Best Ensemble Cast

Best Choreographer

5 Best Actor Awards

NW Region Ohio Community Theatre Association Awards

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