Perhaps best of all is Bill Nolte, whose goggle-eyed Franz Liebkind, the neo-Nazi nitwit, possesses a booming voice, a hearty presence and a splendid unawareness of his own idiocy.
NEW YORK TIMES

A gruff, exaggerated and excellent Bill Nolte plays the benighted Nazi playwright, Franz Liebkind.
NEW YORK POST

The bug-eyed Bill Nolte is jolly and most amusing as Franz Liebkind, the author of "Springtime for Hitler", the worst musical ever written.
THE JOURNAL NEWS

Bill Nolte’s gruff Franz Liebkind is the best I’ve seen.
CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Bill Nolte takes hilarity to a new level.
KANSAS CITY JEWISH CHRONICLE

But the stand out performance that steals the show is Bill Nolte as Franz Liebkind, the German playwright whose children are pigeons. Nolte's growling German accent is perfection. The way his voice, volume, and tongue cover the accent is side splitting hilarious. This tour finally matches the original Broadway production when Nolte finally appears midway through act one. It was here when I heard the laughs soar loud and often. Each of Nolte's solos was met with resounding cheers and applause. His performance of 'Haben Sie Gehort Das Deusche Band',  an uproarious number, slayed the audience in laughter.
JOHN GARCIA, TALKIN'BROADWAY, DALLAS

As for thinking it was best privately in the cast, writer and Bill Nolte which plays the Franz. Is fascinated doubtful part mysterious performing was done in any case. Although it is the atmosphere full load which fears also the appearance with the giant, the form which holds the lovely pigeon the gap is funny in any case highest. Of course also song being perfect, the The Producers it came to the singing which bass the beam beam is sounded!
REIKO, TOKYO

Nolte's stage presence is as big and bold as his knockout bass voice
and he's an inspired comic.
OMAHA WORLD HERALD

Bill Nolte happens to have one very powerful voice and a very forceful stage presence. One of his scenes, with Sieg Heiling pigeons, is a comic masterpiece.
COLUMBUS FREE PRESS

Nolte's portrayal of the Nazi screenwriter is the single funniest performance of the show. His German accent is appropriately overdone, his singing is wonderful and his physical mannerisms are hilariously authoritarian.
RENO GAZETTE/JOURNAL

The smaller roles all come off marvellously here, with Mr. Nolte especially impressive.
THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS

Nolte is a triple-threat hoot in swastika and boots.
JACK NEAL'S NEVADA EVENTS

Bill Nolte, who often steals scenes with bug-eyed abandon, plays ex-Nazi playwright Franz Liebkind with a dash of bizarro menace that's funny and creepy.
SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS

Bill Nolte gives a scarily funny performance as Franz Liebkind.
STAR TRIBUNE, MN

The not quite sane Bill Nolte is Franz Liebkind, a neo-Nazi playwright.
SAN FRANCISCO WEEKLY

Bill Nolte as Franz Liebkind, the German playwright, is the best thing you'd want to see in lederhosen.
IDAHO STATESMAN

Along with must-see performances by Bill Nolte, as crazed playwright and Nazi Franz Liebkind who I might mention, may be the perfect lead for Brooks and Stroman's future stage collaboration "Young Frankenstein."
EW ONSTAGE/BALTIMORE

Nolte is a cut above everything else, taking a wild role and bringing it alive.
SUN GAZETTE

On the other hand, the secondary cast is top-notch, particularly Bill Nolte as the crackpot Nazi fugitive Franz Liebkind, whose "Springtime for Hitler" script is chosen by Max and Leo as their surefire Broadway flop. Nolte gives a wild-eyed, goofy performance that's among the best in the show.
NORTH COUNTY TIMES

Bill Nolte is a hoot as the insane Nazi author of the worst play.
TALKIN'BROADWAY

Bill Nolte's Liebkind is all the funnier for taking himself so seriously.
BALTIMORE SUN

The cast here is uniformly strong, particularly Bill Nolte.
CONTRACOSTA TIMES

Bill Nolte is particularly hilarious in the role of the self-deceived neo-Nazi Liebkind.
STANDARD TIMES

Bill Nolte is terrific as Franz, the colorful and ultimately loveable Nazi playwright.
ONSTAGE BOSTON

Bill Nolte, with his deep voice, is the perfect Franz Liebkind. His scene with his pet pigeons up on the roof is one of my favorites.
REGISTER-GUARD/EUGENE, OR

Bill Nolte as Franz Liebkind is the “way out there” nutso Nazi, author of the fiasco.
Only Mel Brooks could create such a weird, twisted character that you would not otherwise consider funny.
He is hysterically comical in all his scenes.
MORGAN HILL TIMES/BOSTON

One of the best things about the show remains Bill Nolte as Franz Liebkind,
the Nazi playwright with a soft spot for Dah Fuhrer.
ONSTAGE BOSTON

Last week's opening night performance was the fifth time I've seen the show and I must say that it was thoroughly enjoyable. Bill Nolte as Franz Liebkind is the best Liebkind I've seen, making this round of performances as enjoyable as the one I saw in New York and the others in Chicago.
INSIDE CHICAGO

But then Max and Leo, in search of a surefire Broadway flop, arrive at the rooftop rookery of one Franz Liebkind (the hilarious Bill Nolte), a Bavarian lunatic who has written a stage valentine for his beloved Fuhrer, "Springtime for Hitler," and suddenly an off night in the Catskills is transformed into the Broadway gut-buster that we've all been waiting for.
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

The supporting characters are spectacular, especially Bill Nolte as Hitler worshipper Franz Liebkind.
CHICAGO READER