"What helps, too, in the current revival is the excellent casting, with Kristin Chenoweth, Brian d'Arcy James and Marc Kudisch doing wonders for their roles in all three acts, however disparate the stories. ...Both [Chenoweth] and d'Arcy James sing exquisitely, and Kudisch is right up with them as a tempter in a snakeskin jacket who insists that a chestnut, not an apple, is the forbidden fruit. ...[In Act II, a]gain, there are catchy songs, smart lyrics and expert singing. This time Kudisch is the sardonic balladeer who acts as canny narrator. ...[In Passionella,] Kudisch gets to strut his impressive stuff as a cynical fairy godfather."

— John Simon, Bloomberg

"Eve can’t be sure of Adam’s attention; this gives the Snake (the commanding Marc Kudisch) his opening. He expertly pitches knowledge as a form of power over Adam’s heart, holding Eve in his arms as he sings, 'With your nifty, newfound education / He’ll relish every conversation.'"

— John Lahr, New Yorker

"A frequent term for the kind of sky-high star quality that Kristin Chenoweth, Brian d'Arcy James, and Marc Kudisch exhibit profusely in The Apple Tree is "je ne sais quoi." You could also simply call it "charm," although that word is equally difficult to define with any specificity. No matter how you quantify whatever this triumvirate has, they clearly have it by the sleighful in the Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of the Sheldon Harnick-Jerry Bock three-part musical. ...Both d'Arcy James and Kudisch have glorious voices; more important, they also both have the manly grace and self-deprecation that actors such as Cary Grant and Robert Preston had to spare, but isn't a common commodity in today's musical leading men."

David Finkle, TheaterMania.com

"Such ... liveliness as flourishes onstage comes from Marc Kudisch."

— Michael Feingold, Village Voice

"Kudisch is surprisingly good as a Snake (he's got cobra-like body lingo down) and as a dapper fairy godmother."

— Joe Dziemianowicz, New York Daily News

"Kudisch ... can be adorable and creepy in the same instant."

— Linda Winer, Newsday

"Marc Kudisch...adds devilish humor as the snake who worms his way into Eden."

— Elysa Gardner, USA Today

"Same goes for Marc Kudisch -- a dependable class act but underutilized here. He plays the satanic Snake in "Adam and Eve," complete with serpentine head moves; a twangy folk balladeer in "Tiger"; and a droll narrator in "Passionella.""

— David Rooney, Variety

"As Snake, Balladeer and Narrator, Marc Kudisch provides a fiendishly subtle triple threat."

— Clive Barnes, New York Post

"And with splendid support from Brian d’Arcy James and Marc Kudisch as the men in her characters’ lives, she emerges as a mighty conqueror. ...And whatever your feelings about the portrayal of the original man and woman as prototypes for a race of silent, dim he-creatures and chatty, nagging she-creatures, it’s almost impossible not to be seduced by the jokes, songs and sentimentality as rendered by Ms. Chenoweth (as Eve), Mr. d’Arcy James (as Adam) and Mr. Kudisch (as the snake). All three of the principals have angelic voices, which give luster to the show’s most charming songs. ...And Mr. Kudisch, who becomes two very different but equally droll narrators in the second act, has a canny grasp of the styles he is sending up."

— Ben Brantley, New York Times

"Kudisch [is] a most debonair snake."

— Michael Kuchwara, AP

"As for Kudisch, he so slithers through "Diary" as the nefarious Snake who convinces Eve to taste the forbidden apple that you might find his demented logic just as seductive as she does. He later becomes so likeable as the Balladeer who leads us through "Tiger" and as the narrator of "Passionella" that he seems an entirely different performer altogether, as unthinkable playing the serpentine Snake as puffed-chest stuffed shirts and borderline-demonic types he's played so brilliantly throughout his career. Never has he seemed so comfortable, so versatile, so light on his feet."

— Matthew Murray, Talkin Broadway

"The mega talents of Kristen [sic] Chenoweth, Brian d'Arcy James and Mark [sic] Kudisch... Marc Kudisch as the snake in Act I and narrators in Act II deserves much credit for wringing so much juice from essentially dry roles."

— Roma Torre, NY1