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NJ Star Ledger "The Jersey City-based Van Reipen Collective’s eclectic résumé includes 'Tender Buttons' — a performance which set the 1914 Gertrude Stein prose-poem to an alt-rock score as the smell of garlic and onions wafted to the audience from an onstage hotplate." (see full article) Jersey City Independent "Together, they bring to life Stein’s playful words...as deliberately nonsensical as the text with seatless chairs, unbreakable eggs and a giant chicken." (see full article) Jersey Journal Out.com The Jewish Week Stagebuddy.com Scene4.com Scene4.com An interview on KUHA fm "The Front Row," discussing Tender Buttons, performed as a concept album. (listen here) NYtheater.com "Imagine a jazzier, sweeter take on the Wooster Group, add the intellectual earnestness of the TEAM, stir in a dash of sixties girl-group cool and some Wizard of Oz references and you get an idea of the aesthetic of the Van Reipen Collective, the interdisciplinary group making a stunning FringeNYC debut with Shelly's Spherical Journey." (see full article) Theatre Reviews Limited "This brilliant performance piece is what FringeNYC is all about...Keep your eye on the Van Reipen Collective." (see full article) Leipzig Volkszeitung "bewitching...an oblique, sexy live rock-and-cooking-show performance" (see full article) |
Tender Buttons. Photo by Martin Esters
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