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The
Hipmas Carol - Rave
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A Hip New Season.
Jazz and avant-garde improv guitarist, Ritch Valadez joins the veteran performers. He is the guitarist for two Chicago bands, “Digable Cat” and “The Illustrated.” The versatile musician has performed at The House of Blues, The Double Door, The Note and The Wise Fools Pub, to name a few. He studied with John Mclean and David Bloom, has played with Rick Shandling and had a #1 hit on songplanet.com. Ritch is also the guitar player for the well known musical improv troupe, “Baby Wants Candy.” |
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Time
Out Chicago
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| “[A] ‘Hip’ replacement,
HeadCheese Fatboss
reimagines Scrooge,
Beat-style.” |
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| “THE
BEAT GOES ON. Coffeehouse
jazz is alive and
well…” |
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| “As
far as Dickens’ story
line is concerned,
Bohne and Zielinski
never deviate from
it as they alternate
between straight
narrative and character
embodiment.” |
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| “The
Hipmas Carol” is
happenin’,
man.” |
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Chicago
Free Press
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“…Harnesses
the power
of tale-spinning
make-believe,
rather than
special effects
and huge casts
to reinvent
a holiday
treasure.” |
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“It
has all the
immediacy of
a Greenwich
Village coffee
house.” |
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“Bohne
and Zielinski
have put the ‘cool’ into
Yule.” |
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“Dickens…would
find this
hip version
true to the
heart and happiness
of his original.” |
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Chicago
Tribune
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“…There
really is no
doubt: “The
Hipmas Carol” is
my favorite perennial
cup of holiday
good cheer.” |
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“…Perfectly
in sync with
the environment
and the material.” |
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“…far
more faithful
to the heart
of the original
than many overblown
and overlong
productions.” |
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“Bohne
and Zielinski
have such flawless
command of their
storytelling
technique…True
magic.” |
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“Bohne
and Zielinski
deliver the familiar
tale with loose
ease and a touching
emphasis on the
joys of simple
camaraderie as
an antidote to
existential despair.” |
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“…Thank
the Spirits Past,
Present and Yet
To Be that ‘The
Hipmas Carol’ has
returned.” |
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“…No
better way to
celebrate the
season.” |
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Chicago
Reader
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“Every
line resonates
with sincerity
and warmth.” |
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“Zielinski
and Bohne have
topped [Lord
Buckley] with
a whip-smart
text all their
own.” |
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“A
marvelous story…even
the most cynical
humbug might
here be moved
to remember.” |
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“Zielinski
and Bohne are
better than ever.
There’s
a looseness to
their patter…at
once extemporaneous
and assured.” |
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“Wonderful
Lifers be
damned…This
remains the
best holiday
play I’ve
seen in years.” |
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