the group’s productions were widely and positively reviewed, and, with its theatrical emphasis, it became one of the first feminist theater groups reviewed in the new york times on an ongoing basis. howard thompson in his ny times review called the collective's productions, "witty and original.". mel gussow said that the collective's productions work both as "a course in consciousness raising and a call to arms." debbie wasserman in her "show business" review of "the wicked women revue" noted, “it is certainly a pleasure to see a crusading group which doesn’t use its crusade as an excuse for bad theatre, but rather uses good theatre to assist its crusade.”