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

This high energy, high stakes physical comedy show unleashes the audience into a world of romance, spaghetti eating, and pillow fights by one of San Francisco’s most dynamic, risk taking, funny girls. Summer breaks down the axiom that when you are not concerned with looking good, you look really good! She is sexy, charismatic and hilarious. Get ready for a live connection.

In the Press

“In The Boudoir tells a deceptively simple story about a young female clown’s love life. When a date fails to show up to a candlelit dinner for two at the clown’s house, she compensates for her disappointment by engaging the audience in elaborate romantic fantasies. Veering erratically and erotically between the clichés of the helpless, ditzy female and the aggressive femme fatale, Shapiro both explodes stereotypes while making us recognize the universal desires for romantic passion within us all…Shapiro conspired to make the entire audience fall at her feet…a sweetly scathing performer.”

-Chloe Veltman of SF Weeky

For full review visit the Arts Journal article

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