Star Tribune - Highly Recommended

"...From the opening number ("Urinetown)," Greenwald gives the narrator, Officer Lockstock, style and charisma. He heightens his performance with physical humor. Rodau's Penelope Pennywise, a municipal factotum, is sassy and stern, especially on "It's a Privilege to Pee." But she ultimately shows a big heart."
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Twin Cities Pioneer Press - Highly Recommended

"...It's not a deal-breaker, though. Under the direction of John Command, who finds just the right balance between loving musicals and lampooning them (I'd say it's about 70/30), "Urinetown" is a ton of fun, and you should totally go. I know I'm mixing my bodily waste metaphors here, but "Urinetown" is a gas."
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How Was The Show - Recommended

"...The Jungle Theater's delightful, exuberant production of Urinetown is occasionally hoisted on its own humorous petard. The show first premiered in New York over a decade ago-its brand of insider humor-commenting on the cheesy musical even as it presents us with, well, a cheesy musical-has infected our entire culture, from television comedies to blog posts. While it's still packed with laughter (though more chuckles than belly laughs), its own success has taken the bite out of some of its satire. But its tale of a greedy CEO who uses a water shortage as an excuse to tyrannize a small town has become oddly prescient-both environmentally and for its sneaky "Occupy" infected politics. And the faux-Brecht/Weil construction of the whole enterprise has an infectious giddiness that lifts it above a mere joke-machine."
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Aisle Say Twin Cities - Highly Recommended

"...On the opening night of URINETOWN: the Musical, Jungle Theater Artistic Director Bain Boehlke proclaimed that this was sure to be the "runaway hit of the summer." Artistic hubris? No, Boehlke is absolutely right. With a brutally sharp message and a five-star cast that can sing and dance like Lyndale Ave is the next Broadway, Urinetown is one of a handful shows I have seen that I would enthusiastically recommend to just about everyone I know, regardless of whether they even say they like musicals."
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