-A HOT RUMOUR: COOL REVIEWS
A GO! From LA Weekly: http://blogs.laweekly.com/stylecouncil/2011/09/reviews_of_a_widow_of_no_impor.php
(…for music, musical direction, character work and performance art in The Vault)
“…talented and comically brilliant!” -LAist http://laist.com/2011/09/20/theatre_review_the_vault_unlocked.php
“Ninjamamalickum sang vocals with opera-like gracefulness…” -The Daily Sundial
“A shrieking singer on the flank, Ninjamamalickum, bolstered the musically martial expertise with Ono-ish squeals, deliriously bringing the height of Ninja Academy’s gorgeous intensity to celestial spheres.” -LA Taco.
“(Jasmine Orpilla) is a total star…run out and see (her) now!” -Melpomene Theatre Blog: http://blog.heymelpomene.com/2011/09/vault-unlocked-at-los-angeles-theatre.html
”(She’s) a vocal destructionist/gangsta- …!” -Citizen LA.
“…affecting.” ABS-CBN for The Filipino Channel.
“…impressively original.” -Contours Magazine.
”(There’s) Ninjamamalickum, probably getting a most awesome sounding revenge on her parents for making her learn Japanese traditional vocal music. She had this voice that emits probably the most decibels per pound of any singer in the world.” -Way Music.net.
(About REDCAT performance during simultaneous May ’09 earthquake) ”George Lugg claimed I conjured that earthquake, but I think it was the voice of Jasmine Orpilla. Riveting!” -Afrologics, Art, Analysis & Action by Anna B. Scott.
FACE TO FACE EXTRA CREDIT:
“I loved her!” -Devo’s Mr. Gerry Casales, making a surprise visit to the Ninja Academy show at Spaceland L.A. in December 2008.
“A DELIGHT! A kaleidoscope of things…you don’t know what’s coming next!” -Mr. Bill Pullman, attending closing night of The Vault Unlocked, at the LATC, Oct 2011.
“YES! Such talent! What a statement on L.A.” -Mr. Theodore Lange, commenting on my number “Dogsh*t” in The Vault Unlocked, at the LATC, Oct 2011.
