about GODSPELL
“In a way, the most surprising thing about ‘Godspell’ is that Mr. Schwartz’s score still sounds so fresh, partly because of Michael Holland’s up-to-the-second arrangements”
- Terry Teachout, The Wall Street Journal
“Michael Holland’s orchestrations and vocal arrangements lend muscle and nuance, garnishing Schwartz’s scrumptious soft-rock score with contemporary flourishes.”
- Elysa Gardner, USA Today
about HURRICANE
“The 1938 hurricane is all but forgotten today, but this show shouldn’t be. Hopefully, it will haunt audiences long after the New York Musical Theatre Festival has closed.”
- Hilary Tuttle, Backstage (Critic’s Pick)
“The show is moody, evocative and full-voiced…Michael Holland and Eric Bernat have given us a show very much worth seeing.”
- Anita Gates, The New York Times
about GASHOLE!
“Who’s Gashole, you ask? A terrific award-winning singing duo – Michael Holland and Karen Mack – known for their sharp wit, glorious singing and the ability to mix the most unlikely songs into fascinating medleys. Intrigued? You should be – go check it out!”
- Paul Wontorek, Broadway.com
“Through all the song, tempo and key changes the duo does not miss a beat. Their harmonies are spot-on and they even sing instrumental sections to perfection. These arrangements are intricate and truly clever, something akin to a schizoid musical roller coaster, thrilling and just a bit dangerous.”
- Mona Finston, Cabaret Hotline Online
about OTHER RANDOM CRAP
BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS/BROADWAY BOUND:
“[Scott] Schwartz locates intent here that outstrips Simon’s rich but overwritten script, composer Michael Holland’s underscoring even more evocative than in “Brighton.”
- David C. Nichols, Los Angeles Times
(I’m assuming that was an editing error, but I think he liked it)
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE:
“Playing underneath it all is a comically Gothic musical score composed by Michael Holland.”
- Elaine Liner, Dallas Observer
BELIEVE IN ME…a Bigfoot musical
“Anyone who loves the lyrics of Tom Lehrer, Ira Gershwin and Gilbert and Sullivan will revel in the rhymes created by Michael Holland in this musical-comedy.”
- Liesl Schillinger, The New York Times
DARKNESS FALLS:
“The unifying thread throughout the album is deft songwriting that is, by turns, starkly confessional and smartly observational.”
- Larry Flick, Billboard
MORE THINGS:
Stephen Schwartz’s biographer Carol de Giere interviewed me one time:
http://www.musicalschwartz.com/godspell-broadway-cast-album.htm
So did Rodney Sexton:
http://showshowdown.blogspot.com/2011/10/michael-hollands-putting-spell-on.html