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National Post-December 2, 1999 "Cu'Fu is what's good for you... it resonates."
"Call him the Sicilian Spalding Gray, perhaps, or the Hamilton Mark
Twain."
"It is by turns achingly tender and deliriously funny, with the
versatile Chiarelli jumping in and out of several skins..."
"...narrative delights... featuring Charly Chiarelli's Sicilian
shenanigans, ..."
"Charly Chiarelli elevates the spoken word into a spellbinding
journey."
"Cu'Fu? a lulu - The family of storyteller Calogero (Charly) Chiarelli may not have had much
money, but they have provided him with a wealth of good theatrical material." Ottawa X Press-March 1999 "It was a delightful peek into a fascinating life and family. Whether or
not Italian is your forte, this play will make you guffaw with laughter and
touch your hearth."
"...Chiarelli takes the audience on a comedic and poignant journey of
cultural assimilation."
"...Chiarelli's meaning is always perfectly clear. This is a show that
touches all the bases, ..,"
"Charly's harmonica playing ripples trough the scenes of this intensely
personal story of cultural transplantation..."
"...Chiarelli weaves a heart warming tale that transcends all
ages."
"Area residents are in for a treat with a unique performance..."
"...the setting celebrates life and love, peopled with characters that
come to life through Chiarelli's deliciously funny delivery."
"Chiarelli's charm is a strength of the show, as is his mean blues
harmonica playing."
"One-man show is funny, touching and eloquent - Charly Chiarelli is a master
storyteller with boundless energy."
"...deserves all its glowing reports. This is a wonderful evening full
of warmth, laughter and sadness..."
"The personal note that can make storytelling
resonate infuses Cu'Fu?."
"Cu Fu? is one of those rare experiences
which takes us across a broad spectrum of emotions and which simultaneously
enriches our souls and intensifies our desire to live life to the
fullest..."
"...he paints a bitter sweet portrait of a
childhood that straddled two cultures - a Sicily of lemons, olives and back
breaking poverty, and North America of snow, steel mills, and urban
survival."
"The response to our show Cu'Fu? by Calogero (Charly) Chiarelli has been
overwhelming. A warm, wonderful and supportive audience has found the show.
People are coming three and four times, bringing a bigger group each
time,..."
"In his touching and bitter sweet one-person show, Calogero (Charly)
Chiarelli bravely exposes a different reality - his own."
"With seat-clasping precision, we are steered through hospital room
family meetings, to university pot-smoking melees, to childhood encounters with
the Welfare Workers."
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