Star Tribune - Recommended

"...Peluso’s cast is first-rate in every respect. These are not deep characters, but every actor wears his or her comic chops to play types: Angela Timberman, as droll as ever, plays a local gossip who points out Byron’s faults with a razor-sharp assessment of truth. And that track suit she’s wearing? Nice costume work by E. Amy Hill. Jon Hegge is a convincing Norwegian bachelor and does very fine work as the radio show’s sound effects guy. Peter Thomson’s best bits come as the station manager who howls at Keillor’s indiscretions (is that Bill Kling?). Laurie Flanigan Hegge is sweet and bereft as a diner waitress, and charming as the eager part of a singing duo. Jay Albright does double duty as actor and music director."
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Twin Cities Pioneer Press - Somewhat Recommended

"...It's an odd, shambly, unfocused amalgam for most of the nearly 90-minute first act. But then "Radio Man" completely jumps the rails after the intermission of a show that meanders for two hours and 45 minutes. The second act is taken hostage by an elongated, highly-populated and tangential "News from Lake Wobegon" segment, which shoulders its way into the proceedings periodically. Keillor might intend the shaggy-dog story about the beloved Byron Tollefson -- who died suddenly and with some carnal secrets -- as a personal metaphor. But it's hard to know for sure."
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How Was The Show - Recommended

"...Are you a fan of A Prairie Home Companion? If so, you’ll adore Garrison Keillor‘s Radio Man (at the Great American History Theatre, through Oct 26). It’s all there: Guy Noir, The Lives of the Cowboys, The Hopeful Gospel Quartet, The News From Lake Wobegon, performed with infectious zest by what GAHT calls the “ensemble,” a super-talented gaggle of performer/singers who rip into this material with gusto and verve."
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