Press

YOU WILL EXPERIENCE SILENCE:

The Village Voice: "Fishback has a Kushnerian sense for the complexities of historical memory, and while You Will Experience Silence might not be as panoramic as Angels in America, it’s sassier and more fun....The play’s two halves add up to a forceful, often hilarious reflection on the politics of American occupation."

Time Out New York: "The latest work of multitalent Dan Fishback tackles topics from Iraq to sex." (Feature Article)

Backstage: "Consistently sharp, funny and endearingly off-kilter."

The New York Blade: "Seeing this very downtown work in the midst of Broadway’s pre-Tony crush was like a splash of cold water in the face. 'Silence' is so much smarter, wittier and sexier than, say, God of Carnage."

Time Out New York Blog: "We were psyched last night to be invited to a rehearsal of You Will Experience Silence — the latest super-smart and funny creation of antifolk hero Dan Fishback..."

The Village Voice: "Folk singer and playwright Dan Fishback is making Hanukkah sexy." (Preview)

Jewcy.com: "At times, my actors seem to think it's weird that we're staging such a sexually graphic play in a building like this, surrounded by older Jews having meetings, singing songs and speaking in Yiddish. But to me, it feels entirely appropriate."

The Forward: "Fishback fits into a broad, particularly Jewish tradition of argument and invective, whose adherents court both acceptance and rejection. And getting them together in one fell swoop is the mark of its success."

NY Press: "Dan Fishback manages to be both Jewish and gay, which honestly is not really that much of an accomplishment. What is an accomplishment, however, is his latest play."

Culturebot: "Funny, quick-witted and well-performed..."

City Scoops: "I ask myself, on a daily basis, why I am making art instead of dedicating my life directly to social justice. I always tell myself that my art will make a bigger difference in the long run, but I’m skeptical of that rationale."


SOLO MUSIC:

Time Out New York: "Dan Fishback is a funny, bouncy pop upstart!"

The Advocate: "Smart, silly and serious."

Philadelphia Weekly: "The dude isn't the least bit annoying."

The Philadelphia City Paper: "We're digging on Fishback's solo debut."

Boog City: "The entire album [Sweet Chastity] is beautiful." (Also in PDF)

Smother.net: "His vocals are great, but it's his lyrical wit and charming song arrangements that make this album so essential."

Clamor Magazine: "The entire album [Sweet Chastity] exudes intimacy and wit."

Gawker.com: "Like Elmo fronting Bikini Kill."

Phawker.com: "A bundle of energy in a pink hoodie."

Exterminating Angel Press: "Dan Fishback creates some of the wittiest, most emotionally cathartic, yet danceable songs in the antifolk scene."


CHEESE ON BREAD:

Next Magazine: "[The Search For Colonel Mustard is] a rip-roaring good time. What Ugly Betty is to television, Cheese on Bread is to music."

The Advocate: "Antifolk sweethearts [Cheese On Bread] capture the moment with toe-tapping perfection, letting listeners eavesdrop on their banter as they deconstruct boyfriends and slag the vapid."

Time Out New York: "Their tenaciously nerdy tunes are a blend of encyclopedic facts and sassy, bloglike rants—many of which are surprisingly touching. Just think of it as comfort food with a kick."

The City Paper (Philadelphia): "In books and on screen, deep friendships between straight women and gay men get plenty of play. In popular music, not so much. Cheese on Bread do it right."

Splendid Magazine: "It's genuine comedy to hear what sounds like Joan Baez and Raffi singing about sucking cock. Everything [on Maybe Maybe Maybe Baby] is so fluffy and adorable that you'd be inclined to hate them if they weren't actually funny."

Gay & Lesbian Times: "Easily one of the most unusual but enthralling discs I've heard in a while... nothing short of delightful."
 

OTHER THEATER:

Culturebot: "Fishback is remarkably uncynical but never naive or overly earnest. He has something to say."

NYTheatre.com: "Smart, funny and off-the-wall."
 
Trabaca.com: "I honesly can't remember the last time I laughed as hard as I did during Dan Fishback's performance."

Culturebot: "He conforms to the stereotypical Solo Gay Performance Art aesthetic while at the same time reinventing it on his own terms... Dan Fishback is someone to watch in the future."


TV & WEB VIDEO:

"In The Life" on PBS:



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