(Girl Talk Magazine)

Lypsinka

Lights, Playback, Attitude! The art of lip-synching has been around since… well, longer than me, and some people find it boring. However, this show is a theatrical ride: attitudes, style, grace, glamour, rage, and insanity, delivered in a fast manic style that never leaves you waiting.

A myriad of lighting hues dress the emotions of the moment, and change with no warning. You get the feeling you’re on SLD -- looking into a dream, but it’s someone else’s -- and it’s fabulous. From the opening scene that has Lypsinka wearing a straightjacket singing Once In A Lifetime, you know right away to expect the unexpected.

Filled with one-liners, including her famous telephone bit, Lypsinka can rage on to a Joan Crawford recording, then, instantly morph into a high-brow finishing school instructor explaining the idea of what chic is. “Audrey Hepburn is chic, and though beautiful, Liz Taylor ... is not.” The sound bites are strung together so cleverly that it should inspire a whole new awards category.

This is a production that has created living art from conceptual thought. As I Lay Lip-Synching integrates sound, sight and style into a one of a kind show: comedy in high couture.  Fluid movement and comedic facial expressions are wrapped comfortably in the glamour of a 1940s starlet, and her name is Lypsinka. 

AS I LAY LYPSINCHING off-Broadway @ Minetta Lane Theatre (one block south of 3rd St., just off 6th Ave. More info: www.lypsinka.com   

Copy right 2003 - Brie Austin - All rights reserved