"raises the craft of clowning to new levels." - NYTheatre.com
"Shapiro is a master of physical comedy. She speaks volumes in the raising of an eyebrow or with the flick of her wrist." - NYTheatre.com
"a masterful, sweetly-scathing performer." - Chloe Veltman, lies like truth
"a kinetic poem" - Cultural Capitol, NY
"an overwhelmingly beautiful piece of art" -That Sounds Cool, NY
"masterful" - LA Entertainment Today
"utterly mesmerizing" - Show Business Weekly, NY
"It's impossible not to be delighted by Summer." - John Gilkey, Cirque Du Soliel

Legs and All

This is the subhead for this particular post. It will be grabbing, like MJ doing the moonwalk. Slick, like rick, or a pommade hair-do.

A physical exploration of limits, perspective and chocolate cake.  Rooted in physical comedy and set to music, it takes a magical look at the mundane where two people stumble into the extraordinary. It peeks at human loneliness and hits up against reality’s glass ceiling to poke about in the breathing space beyond.

The Story

A man in an attic meets a woman in a box. As they lure one another into their worlds, their curiosity unfolds to expose a hilarious, mind-bending, innovative allegory for the classic man-meets-woman story.

Rooted in physical comedy and drenched in imaginative stage illusion, LEGS & ALL is an inventive exploration of human loneliness set to an evocative tango-meets-bluegrass score.

The Rarity

San Francisco’s beloved physical comedienne teams up with equally talented clown Peter Musante (Blue Man Group – NY), for 50 minutes of kinetic comedy and subtle pathos, all supported by a tango-meets-bluegrass score by fiddle virtuoso Jordan Woods-Robinson.

What You’ll Remember

The story of life, served upside-down with chocolate cake on the side. Legs and All is physical storytelling at its best. It’s “a bittersweet and hilarious” interpretation of the age-old man-meets-woman story, told imaginatively in 50 “masterful” minutes.

Awards

Direct from a 3 time award winning, sold-out run at the 2009 San Francisco Fringe Festival, LEGS & ALL balances childlike whimsy and sophisticated wit for a tantalizing 50 minutes all audiences will enjoy.

“Best of The Best in 2009 Bay Area Theatre”

2009 Ticketholder Award for Best Special Event/Performance

In the Press

“an inspired bit of performance art created and executed splendidly by two world-class physical comedians”
-LA Entertainment Today

“I was entranced… Shapiro conspired to make the entire audience fall at her feet… a masterful, sweetly scathing performance.”
- Chloe Veltman of SF Weekly

“a brilliant translation of the details of conversant life as we know it, taking these details a few steps beyond Harold Pinter and flinging them with utmost precision into kinetic comedy.”
- SF Bay Times

“Sparks fly when the brilliant physical comedienne Summer Shapiro teams up with equally-talented clown Peter Musante for a bittersweet and hilarious show”
- Chloe Veltman of SF Weekly

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