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Theater Reviews for Greg Shapiro’s Leaving Trumpland 2.0: No Country for Old Men

27 September, 2024

DE VOLKSKRANT – 4 STARS: ‘GIFTED, LIVELY, MOVING ..TIGHTLY CONSTRUCTED PERFORMANCE’

THEATERKRANT – ‘MASTERFUL IMPROVISATION ..VERY WITTY ..EXTREMELY FUNNY’

ARTS TALK MAGAZINE – ‘BRILLIANT, MUST-SEE SHOW’

Below is a sampling of some Theater Reviews for Leaving Trumpland 2.0: No Country for Old Men

DE VOLKSKRANT – 4 STARS ‘GIFTED, LIVELY, MOVING ..TIGHTLY CONSTRUCTED PERFORMANCE’

Joris Henquet – 23 September, 2024
[translation: Google / Shapiro]

Stand-up Comedian Greg Shapiro Harnesses His Fantastic Trump Impersonation One More Time.
This gifted American Dutchman covers all the relevant US campaign news in lively English. But he also examines the emotional undertones.

Greg Shapiro would really like to leave ‘Trumpland’ behind. But still, we need to talk about Donald Trump one more time. …He is a gifted speaker, a lively speaker …You could argue that Trump jokes are easy laughs, when all you need to do is quote his statements to be funny (‘in Springfield…’). Yet Shapiro usually manages to give it a nice twist.

In this tightly constructed performance, he offers more than American politics. He shares his American view of Dutch society, his adventures with the Amsterdam comedy theater Boom Chicago – and he movingly tells of the bond with his family in the US.

The battle between Trump and Harris is neck and neck, the outcome is unpredictable. And so Shapiro will have to continuously adjust his performance in the coming months. But with him, the task is in good hands.

Read the full review here (in dutch):
De Volkskrant – www.volkskrant.nl

THEATERKRANT – ‘FLAWLESS TRUMP ..MASTERFUL IMPROVISATION ..VERY WITTY ..EXTREMELY FUNNY’

Patrick van den Hanenberg, 23 Sept. 2024
[translation: Google / Shapiro]

Flawless Trump Imitator Wrestles with New Political Reality: Can You Still Make Fun of Trump?
An excerpt:
“…The encore of the show was actually the best. Shapiro did a Q&A with the audience – as Trump. Shapiro, one of the founding fathers of Boom Chicago and now half Dutch, responded to the questions like a master improviser. The completely derailed answers were not only very funny, but also gave Shapiro the best opportunity to show his contempt for Trump.”

Read the full review here (in dutch):
https://www.theaterkrant.nl/recensie/leaving-trumpland-2-0-no-country-for-old-men/greg-shapiro/

ARTS TALK MAGAZINE – BRILLIANT, MUST-SEE SHOW

Michael Hasted 13th September 2024

An excerpt:
“Greg Shapiro is a difficult man to dislike. His humour is not belly-laugh, rolling on the floor, tears in your eyes comedy but easy going, relaxed and friendly and, unlike many contemporary comedians, inoffensive – you will be relatively safe sitting in the front row. You feel at home in his company, ready to join him on any path he cares to travel. Yes he’s funny, yes he makes you laugh but his funniness comes from describing familiar situations and our everyday lives from a different viewpoint. But don’t be fooled, behind the avuncular demeanour is a man who does not suffer fools gladly and has a wit and steely eye that will penetrate even the stoutest façade. Truth is the keyword – although he never allows it to stand in the way of a good story.”