Joey McDaniel has completely metamorphosed from all the other roles he’s played in the past few years. McDaniel is gut-wrenching as he makes the audience understand his loneliness and pain.
~ Joanne Engelhardt via Mercury News 2019
McDaniel is wonderful as [the] comedic foil Fennyman, who glows with excitement
~ Karla Kane via Palo Alto Online 2019
He’s such a smart and adept actor, and when you throw out an idea, he’ll do it
~ Milisa Carey via Bay Area Plays 2017
McDaniel is hilarious and nasty at the same time, a kind of cross between Nathan Lane and the Sheriff of Nottingham
~ Mercury News 2017
Among the principals, the standouts are ... McDaniel as the hilarious, strutting Farquaad
~ Daily Journal 2017
McDaniel nails it as the pompous, insecure, and allergy-riddled William Barfee
~ Mercury News 2016
McDaniel is a wonder and his love song to the moon in Act 2 is another showstopper
~ Mercury News 2015
McDaniel is positively luminous as Fester
~ Palo Alto Online 2015
Joey McDaniel earns double and triple raves with his depiction of Amos
~ For All Events 2015
Joey McDaniel brings the house down as Amos Hart in "Mr. Cellophane"
~ For All Events 2015
As Igor, Joey McDaniel is a revelation
~ Mercury News 2014