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HENRY AND MUDGE
Lucille Lortel Theatre, December 2006

“TheatreworksUSA’s latest production is full of luxurious romps in the grass, tender caresses and big, wet kisses…Kait Kerrigan, who wrote the show’s book and the lyrics for Brian Lowdermilk’s ebullient score, provides very funny monologues of Mudge’s thoughts and offers a wry take on a dog’s perspective.”
The New York Times

“TheatreworksUSA has done it again. They have produced a five character musical for children and their parents that is thoroughly entertaining, spiritedly acted and well sung, lively, funny and short. Henry and Mudge – an adorable story about a boy and his dog and his cousin - with a quick witted book and smart lyrics by Kait Kerrigan and peppy, jazzy music by Brian Lowdermilk is lots of fun.”
Talk Entertainment

“Kait Kerrigan’s forthright book pulls no punches when it comes to children’s (and dogs’) feelings, and the songs (by Kerrigan and the composer Brian Lowdermilk) transport the audience still deeper into Henry’s childhood world: a sweet, slightly uncertain place, with a scary forest just beyond the picket fence.”
The New Yorker

“Any opportunity to see a Kerrigan-Lowdermilk musical is worth savoring. Perhaps the most important young writers in musical theatre today, they have a gift for connection and emotional insight not matched by many of their colleagues, and it manifests itself as completely in Henry and Mudge as in their adult shows; the depth of the relationship that develops between boy and dog in merely an hour is remarkable, and if you're moved to tears by their realizing their feelings for each other - well, you're not alone.”
Talkin’ Broadway

THE WOMAN UPSTAIRS
New York Musical Festival, September 2004

"Sometimes, a musical comes along that announces itself from its first few notes as something very, very special... Overtones are being created, individual threads of music are weaving together to form a tapestry of emotion and sense of place that overcomes you like a wave crashing against the rocks. The sound is New York, and it's as familiar as the constant rush of the sound of the streets, but simultaneously invigorating and musically new."
Talkin’ Broadway

“Jot down the name Brian Lowdermilk, the composer-lyricist who has written the astonishing score for The Woman Upstairs. Incorporating additional lyrics by director-librettist Kait Kerrigan, Lowdermilk has tossed out a cornucopia of melodies and counter-melodies that rocket him upward on the list of people who are pointing to exciting new directions for the book musical.”
Theater Mania

"This week's New York Musical Theater Festival seems like an open audition for an heir to the astoundingly successful Rent. The sweet music of Brian Lowdermilk's The Woman Upstairs -- a tale of antagonistic Greenwich Village neighbors who find romance in close quarters -- has a decidedly 'Seasons of Love' quality."
The New York Times

"Still waiting for wide recognition is the season's best musical, which almost no one saw. The Woman Upstairs...is the type of brilliant show that, on paper, seems ridiculous: the anti-romantic, barely plotted posturings of a music-hating physicist and the blind violinist who lives in the apartment below. How could such a show possibly work? In most writers' hands, it couldn't. But the two writers hit upon the only way to make a story like this play: Set it against the ever-bustling backdrop of New York City."
Talkin’ Broadway 2004-05 Season Wrap Up

RED
Pittsburgh Playhouse, November 2003

“Those who wonder where the next generation of musicals will come from need look no farther than the Playhouse of Point Park College, where RED had its world premiere Wednesday evening.”
Pittsburgh Tribune

“Never crossing the line to pretentiousness, the writers challenge conventions at every turn.”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“Above whatever else I want to tell you about The Playhouse Conservatory Company’s world premiere of RED...I want to tell you that it’s an astonishing evening of theater.”
Pittsburgh City Paper

AFLOAT
Raw Impressions Music Theatre Marathon, February 2005

"10 minutes in length or not, this show is a real winner. With it, Lowdermilk further cements his reputation as one of New York's most important young musical theatre talents."
Talkin’ Broadway

HER OLD POSSESSIONS
Burton Taylor Theatre, Oxford, UK, February 2003

The author takes precise aim and the observations hit their target with disturbing accuracy. The play moves through a range of social issues from the seemingly trivial (but hilarious!) differences between men and women to more thought provoking situations.
Oxford News

FULL ARTICLES

Fusion: Kait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermilk
by Matthew Murray
Reprinted from Stage Directions Magazine

What’s New On The Rialto? Brian Lowdermilk and Kait Kerrigan
By Rob Lester
Reprinted from Talkingbroadway.com

Broadway's Next Generation: An Interview with Brian Lowdermilk and Kait Kerrigan
By Robert Diamond
Reprinted from Broadwayworld.com