> selected press quotes

The New York Times called him "NYC's hipster playwright" and said "Mr. Jarrow’s songs are catchy, straight-up melodic rock with a strong beat."

The New Yorker wrote, “Mr. Jarrow is the kind of writer who likes to provoke people."

The Village Voice wrote, “Jarrow is a playwright both droll and humane" and praised his "pop rock scores, irony so thick it's spoon edible, [and] unexpected tenderness."

The New York Sun wrote, “Jarrow's rapidly growing body of work proves that just because something is entertaining doesn't mean it's trivial.”

The LA Times called him “an iconoclast” and called Scientology Pageant "lethally gleeful... an instant cult classic."

The Huffington Post wrote, "Jarrow's sharp dialogue and crisp pace are stellar."

The Austin Chronicle called him “a wunderkind."

DC Theatre Scene wrote, "Kyle Jarrow is a true maverick of musical theatre."

The Chicago Sun-Times called Scientology Pageant "the most hilariously funny, perfectly realized and in many ways most profound hour of theater now on a Chicago stage."

Time Out New York called Kyle "a weird and endearing dramatist" and called Hostage Song "a devastatingly poignant, strangely philosophical meditation on salvation that just happens to sport a sick downbeat."

Variety says his writing has "antic charm."

The New York Post called Scientology Pageant "a modern classic."

Curtain Up wrote "Jarrow's writing is messy, giddy and poignant, and at its best, all three at once. Most importantly, Jarrow's work continues to prove that he is not afraid of playing with fire."

Boston's Weekly Dig wrote "Jarrow's melodies are insanely catchy... [he's] a Brooklyn-based whiz kid."

St Louis Riverfront Times writes "Jarrow's music is definitely of the downtown New York scene, with riffs that sound by turns like modern-era Sonic Youth and classic Patti Smith."

Paper Magazine called his band The Fabulous Entourage "Entrancing... it's as if the Scissor Sisters and Hedwig got together to cover old Meat Loaf songs. In other words, it's absolutely fabulous."