Chicago Tribune
- Somewhat Recommended
"...Cheryl Snodgrass' production isn't quite the zippy, daffy, warped confection it needs to be, either, although it does contain a priceless scissors-to-the-cheek gag, and a pitch-perfect line from Sol complaining that film funding has 'dried up like a plate of blintzes in the Sahara!' "
Chicago Sun Times
- Recommended
"...Director Cheryl Snodgrass keeps the 90-minute, intermission-less show zipping along. Fight choreographer Sara Pitard is also to be commended for a scene involving a scissor toss that was handled particularly well and elicited both gasps and laughs."
Chicago Reader
- Highly Recommended
"...In this Chicago premiere from Hell in a Handbag Productions, the actors deliver their campy dialogue with aplomb. Costume designer John Nasca's over-the-top 60s fashions are a delight, and videomaker Mindy Hilt hilariously creates a bad acid trip straight out of a Roger Corman flick."
Windy City Times
- Highly Recommended
"...To some, Die! Mommie, Die may just look like a self-indulgent excuse for fabulous drag and recycling old Hollywood quotes. To others ( meaning a large portion of this publication's readership) , it's pure camp heaven."
Chicago Free Press
- Recommended
"...Much of this exercise in excess amounts to blatant overkill. But more of it is classic camp served with shameless style. Rob Peck’s pink pastel parlor is a showroom of 1960s kitsch, while John Nasca’s period-pretty costumes, Robert Hilliard’s spare-no-memory wigs and make-up and Katie Claudnic’s psychedelic lighting leave nothing and everything to the imagination. Finally, Mindy Hilt’s video headlines cleverly chronicle Angela’s tailspin from celebrated crooner to cheap chanteuse. If you love sheer, in-your-face emotional extravagance, this is your promised land."
Centerstage
- Highly Recommended
"...In addition to John Nasca's fabulous 1960s fashions, Robert Hilliard's over-the-top hair/wigs and makeup, Rob Peck's funky and functional set design, and Mindy Hilt and Jon Steinhagen's inventive opening film montage and musical composition all enhance this late-night entertainment."
Time Out Chicago
- Somewhat Recommended
"...With his world-weary smirk, unplaceable mid-Atlantic accent and striking resemblance to Joan Crawford, Cerda delivers a wonderfully hammy performance, exaggerated and campy but also well-defined and precise. The problem with Snodgrass’s production is the supporting cast. With the exception of Merrie Greenfield’s solid turn as a Bible-thumping maid, they lack a sure command of the style, without which the comedy is indistinct and less effective. Broad and frenzied, these performances belong more to farce than trashy melodrama."
