Hal Goldberg

"Exuberant! NERDS casts a web of digital delight! Deliciously shameless! The wackier the show gets, the cleverer it becomes. NERDS is an unrelenting hoot, and it sucks you in like a high-speed download!"

"An enormous crowd-pleaser! The show brims with energy, charm, and young talent! A terrific cast!"

"Tremendously entertaining! Catchy score! [Hal] Goldberg's score is a clever combination of pop, hip-hop, heavy metal, and gospel. Allen-Dutton and Weiner's witty lyrics complement [Hal] Goldberg's musical beautifully in songs that are at once funny and shrewd in their ability to reveal character and move the story forward. An innovative and enthusiastic production that is a blast of fresh air!"

"You'll have a good time at NERDS! Hard to resist! Catchy music! Not one weak performer! Choreography is clever and engaging! This show will definitely make you laugh!"

"A spirited sendup! A dandy panorama of fun and songs! A super cast!"

"...a high calibur of talent onstage as well as backstage... The songwriting team of Hal Goldberg and Stan Richardson does come up with some real winners."

"...the book and songs hit their marks effectively in the moment… a bizarrely lengthy sequence in the second half that charts Sessions and Rayson's time-sensitive zombie investigation while a horny Hiller (in a fabulously frumpy wig) vampily tries to reach them by radio. The resulting musical scene, which utilizes some terrific music and beautifully blended vocals, is probably the most extravagantly realized 13 minutes of musical nothing NYMF - or any theatre festival - has ever seen.".