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The New York Times (NYT Critic’s Pick)
Ben Brantley
“Kristoffer Diaz’s crazy-like-a-fox comedy about television wrestling, is the real thing. This delightfully muscular production…courses with the vital sap of an able-bodied satire enjoying a rollicking love-hate affair with its subject.”

Chicago Tribune
Chris Jones
“If Kristoffer Diaz's "The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity" does not become a hulking hit for Victory Gardens this fall, and rapidly move on to bigger matches beyond Chicago, you can come right over and kick me in the head and stomp on my stomach.”

Variety
Steven Oxman
“A personal, charming, clever play with a hip-hop bent.”
“An extremely welcome voice in American theater.”

The New York Times (NYT Critic’s Pick)
Jesse Green
“Ambrosia with an afterkick… Public Works has turned it into a much more significant story, one in which everyone, not just the stud in the toga, has to learn to be a hero.”

Broadway World
Michael Dale
“Kristoffer Diaz's bright and comical adaptation…tinkers with the storytelling to stress how community members, when banding together, can heroically conquer the hardships of their everyday lives.”

The A.V. Club
Caroline Siede
“Kristoffer Diaz also seizes the opportunity to make some small yet impactful updates to Jonathan Larson’s beloved but flawed source material.”

The New Yorker
Emily Nussbaum
“A carbonated blast… a joyride.”
“Smartly plotted, with characters that deepen in the course of the show."