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Rooms: A Rock Romance reviewed by Andy Propst
This familiar tale is made plausible, and curiously pleasant, by the performers, who uncover surprising depths in these Scottish youths

New York Daily News

'Rock Romance' makes a fine duet
Can a quirky female lyricist and a reclusive rocker who can wrap his guitar around a melody make music - and find love - in the big city?...

New York Post

It's Scot fun to be in love
It's hard enough to pull off a rock musical, let alone an intimate two-hander. Add an accent - and not just any accent: a Glasgow brogue - and you have a daunting task on your hands. And yet Paul Scott Goodman's "ROOMS a rock romance" turns out to be an appealing surprise. Much of the credit goes to Leslie Kritzer and Doug...

Associated Press

Youthful romance musically flourishes in 'Rooms'
It's a sound formula for fun musical theater -- rock 'n' roll with an edge, youthful romance and fresh comedy performed with an exaggerated Scottish brogue.

Variety

Review: Rooms: A Rock Romance
Off Broadway has a potential hit in "Rooms," Paul Scott Goodman's "rock romance." Goodman's varied and impressive score combines with Scott Schwartz's canny staging and strong performances from Leslie Kritzer and Doug Kreeger to offset a certain inevitability in the plot.

TheaterMania

Review: ROOMS: A Rock Romance
This two-handed tuner quickly turns into a mirthless melodrama

Talkin' Broadway

Review: Rooms
Any room - or theater - is more interesting when Leslie Kritzer is in it. With a stunning belt voice, the crack timing of a Golden Age comedienne, and a naked connection to her soul, she’s one of the few young

nytheatre.com

Review: Rooms: A Rock Romance

CurtainUp

Review: Rooms
A disappointing two-hander about a reclusive musician, and the far more ambitious womanwho coaxes him out of his room for a brief trip to the top of punk rock stardom