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PRAISE FOR AXIS COMPANY PRODUCTIONS
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...A wonderfully extravagant production... impressive... compelling... Axis Company manages to tickle the audience intellectually and visually... —New Theater Corps
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...Terse and cryptic... fascinating... a worthy examination of (Oppenheimer's) historical significance... spooky... meticulous... —offoffonline.com
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...Extraordinary and intense... Trinity 5:29 is a work of theatre that needs to be experienced... —NYtheater.com
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"Nowhere do the lines between legend and history, living and haunting, so noticeably blur... you'll want Edgar Oliver to tell (the story)..." —Back Stage | Critics Pick
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"Edgar Oliver('s)... guileless and charismatic weirdness is pretty irresistible... a taut and utterly involving hour. It is very funny, and also oddly touching and affecting. It makes us hungry for more..." —NYtheatre.com
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"Oliver delivers his tale with grace and honesty: the show seduces as an artifact of a New York that is endangered, if not extinct. —Show Business Weekly
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"...heartwarming and heartbreaking, the production masterfully captures the idiosyncrasies (of) city living... Oliver's sweetly off-kilter delivery... his nostalgia for the past, combined with his focused engagement with the present, make (him) a masterful storyteller." —www.offoffonline.com
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"...a cast of unforgettable characters and so, so many comedic... and sharply bittersweet moments." —Toxic Pop
"... theater at its purest... he takes the stage and... you can see why the man is a downtown legend... darkly hilarious, heartbreaking..." — theatreiseasy.com
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"... a Lynchian balance of horror, humor and weirdness... leaves the audience amused ... ready to return for the next episode." —Flavorpill
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"...arresting, thrilling, tantalizing, and—in terms of its physical production—spectacularly impressive." —nytheater.com
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"...a highly pleasing piece of absurdity." —The British Theatre Guide
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"...the annual production of Hospital is one of the few reasons to stay in New York for the summer... It is surprisingly bizarre, heartbreaking, and hysterical."
—Obscene Jester —Performance Art Blog
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"from fun to scary and back again." —NY Daily News
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[Axis] bristled with energy and absolutely rippled from the moment the ensemble catapulted from behind the simple red curtain. —Total Theatre
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Sharp's adaptation of ...A Glance at New York is stylistically impressive.
—Edinburgh Evening News
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[Axis has] managed to creat one of the freshest pieces of theatre on the Fringe...
—The List (Edinburgh)
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Axis Theater... one of the Best of 2005 at Theatermania.com
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The sterling off-Broadway theater group, The Axis Company, has created a wonderful new holiday tradition...
www.OffOffOnline.com
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One of the brightest stars in the Off-Off Broadway firmament...
Time Out New York
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...just as enjoyable and fascinating as it is convoluted. ...Hospital offers an incredibly accessible and artistically rich experience that will keep the audience coming back for more.
www.OffOffOnline.com
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...playful, odd, resonant...poetic. It is truly experimental.
– The New York Times
In exploring the Hawthorne-Melville relationship, the company again proves itself to be an exciting, evolving presence on the downtown theater scene.
– TheatreMania.Com
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Axis Company's narrative exploration of the friendship between literary
luminaries Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville might be based on
historical facts, but its approach is purely imaginative. In Token of
My Admiration envisions conversations between the two men through
poetic dialogue, film, and even an inspired vaudeville act. Using a
sparse, industrial space with a small stage and three screens, the
scenes focus on lean dialogue between the two stage performers and the
actors on film. The conversations are mostly suggestive, however, and
it's left to the audience's own imagination to fill in the blanks.
– Flavor Pill
...what could be better than a play that asks you to shout? Well, one that asks you to sing.
– The New York Times
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...the roles are so deeply realized...this play tickle[s] and torment[s] one for days.
– The New York Times
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Chosen by Time Out New York as one of the top ten reasons to applaud New York Theatre
Chosen by The Village Voice: Only the Best: Fall 2001 Arts Preview
"...creates a compellingly unsettling evening...[which] reflects Axis's clear and powerful artistic vision."
– The New Yorker
"...a welcome spark... the evening is a vivid study in honor and its discontents."
– The New Yorker
"Seamless is the word I'd use to describe the Axis Company's new production ..."
– Time Out New York
"...check out this production by a theatre company which is emerging as an important force."
– nytheatre.com
"... so mind boggling the first time around that a second visit was required.... a promising aesthetics in progress."
– The Village Voice
"These people are really doing the most innovative and compelling work around...best use of film in any theatre I've ever seen...Very funny, unpredictable... an atmosphere heady with history...I'm so grateful [they're] in my neighborhood...[They've] got something going there I've never seen the likes of."
– Janet Coleman WBAI Radio
"Credit is due to this rather bold company with a distinctive mission, vision and talent to make it happen."
– Show Business Weekly
"...A thought provoking production...an apple pie holocaust!"
– TheatreMania.Com
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