George Contini
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 Critical Response for Put It In the Scrapbook

Chicago Fringe
The Chicago Tribune noted: " George Contini pulls Eltinge's long-forgotten career from the cobwebs of time to reveal the strange and fascinating life of a man who embraced the cliches and neuroses of both genders; obsessed with the finer qualities of his onstage look (Eltinge published beauty tips and advertised for a corset-maker), he also exhibited an overheated, fist-flying defense of his machismo..... Contini brings an energy to the man's story that I found hard to shake off."
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-0907-on-the-fringe-20120905,0,7797577.story

Named Top Six to watch in Black Book
bbook.com/art/six-to-watch-at-the-chicago-fringe-festival/
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Named Critic’s Pick  in Time out Chicago
http://timeoutchicago.com/arts-culture/dance/15610831/chicago-fringe-festival-put-it-in-the-scrapbook

New Orleans Fringe
Review in Times Picayune --"Put It In The Scrapbook" is a deeply moving one-man (uh, woman?) show"
www.nola.com/festivals/index.ssf/2009/11/theater_puppets_opera_and_caba.html

Morton Theatre, Athens,GA
Review in The Flagpole--"We witness Eltinge in the mechanical and vulnerable state of preparing for a show…this is precisely what gives (the play) such depth, Eltinge is both unfocused and completely on point. …we see him at his best and his worst.  Contini captures the incredulous state of Dalton’s public favor like it’s a broken promise.  It takes us on a fascinating, heartbreaking, and heroic journey."
issuu.com/flagpolemagazine/docs/fp091104/8

Other Press
Article in The Chicago Reader--
http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/chicago-fringe-festival/Content?oid=7272310

Athens Banner Herald Articles
http://onlineathens.com/stories/082507/living_20070825004.shtml#.V3q5yJMrLow

onlineathens.com/stories/111509/liv_515718557.shtml#.V3q6A5MrLow

​Theatremania.com
www.theatermania.com/chicago-theater/shows/put-it-in-the-scrapbook_194517/news/

chicagopride.com
http://chicago.gopride.com/calendar/event.cfm/id/149130

​Purple Circuit touring Listing
http://buddybuddy.com/pc-op-12.html

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