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REVIEW: "The Boys Upstairs had the audience in roars of laughter!" QXMagazine
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REVIEW: "It’s sweet, riotous, and has a wicked sense of humour. A top class evening. SEE IT!" PinkWire.co.uk
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REVIEW: "hysterical! the level of audience response felt like it was taped in front of a live studio audience!" Joe Crystal, RemoteGoat.com
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REVIEW: "In fact, if I have one criticism of the play it’s that it’s TOO funny!" Richard Voyce, PlaysToSee.com
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REVIEW: "A captivating cavalcade of camp comedy capers, with recognizable characters and hysterical one-liners. A definite recommendation – here’s hoping for a sequel…!" Richard Unwin, GayTimes.co.uk
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REVIEW: "The writing by Jason Mitchell was spot on and his characters are extremely familiar to anyone  – some of the conversations on the stage were almost verbatim copies of ones I’ve had with friends over the years." Terry Eastham, LondonTheatre.com
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REVIEW: "a fast-paced, quick-witted comedy!" Paul Vale, TheStage.co.uk
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REVIEW: "simply sensational! fast, frothy fun!" JooMag.com
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REVIEW: "Brilliantly witty and funny!" TheGayUK.com
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REVIEW: "fast and very funny! energy and affection that keep it ever effervescent!" Howard Loxton, BritishTheatreGuide.com
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REVIEW: "It is ultimately the writing of the piece that makes this production such a pleasure. It’s a comedic dream of a script, which captures the art and awkwardness of social situations!" John Munro, SoSoGay.co.uk
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FringeNYC to Stage Encores of Urinetown, Dog Sees God and The Boys Upstairs - Playbill.com
The New York International Fringe Festival will celebrate its success stories with highlights from Urinetown, The Boys Upstairs and Dog Sees God, beginning May 5 at the Laurie Beechman Theatre . . . read more

REVIEW: "SASSY SEXY COMEDY!"
Brandon Voss, The Advocate
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ATW Program Alumni Take Center Stage, on the Fringe - American Theatre Wing

TIG members also seized the opportunity to use their creative initiative to produce shows at the Fringe Festival. TIG member Justin Allen Pifer moved to the city last August and says"it's been a crazy, fun, exciting, trying, and fulfilling year." Justin, who became involved as a producer for The Boys Upstairs . . . read more

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Sold-out, critically acclaimed World-Premiere new play by Jason Mitchell, THE BOYS UPSTAIRS, selected as part of the FringeNYC Encore Series . . . read more

THE BOYS UPSTAIRS Returns For Limited Run As Part Of FringeNYC Encore Series 9/10-27 At Soho Playhouse - BroadwayWorld.com

Following its sold-out, critically acclaimed run during this year's New York International Fringe Festival, the World-Premiere of playwright Jason Mitchell's THE BOYS UPSTAIRS will return for a limited engagement as part of FringeNYC Encore Series . . . read more

Gossip About Avatar, Fame, and Antichrist! - VillageVoice.com

Hell's Kitchen femmes pop up in the Fringe Festival's The Boys Upstairs, a comedy about three friends who are very Boys in the Band . . . read more

Quick Q&A: ‘The Boys Upstairs’ - JustShowsToGoYou.com

I recently talked with most of the ensemble of The Boys Upstairs, one of the hits of the Fringe Festival and selected to be part of Fringe Encores . . . read more

FringeNYC Productions to Return for September Encore Series - Playbill.com

Jason Mitchell's The Boys Upstairs and I Can Has Cheezburger: The MusicLOL! have been selected to be part of the Fringe Encore Series . . . read more

Jason Mitchell - AdaumbellesQuest.com

Jason Mitchell is a playwright who knows how to make an audience pay attention. Whether it’s exploring the persecution of homosexuals during the Holocaust in “The Red Box” or entertaining audiences with his newest play “The Boys Upstairs“ . . . read more

REVIEW: "raucous energy!"
Brendan Hill, NYTHEATRE.com
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FROM BIRTHRIGHT TO THE FRINGE FESTIVAL- TheJewishWeek.com

At this year’s New York International Fringe Film Festival, step into the Hell’s Kitchen apartment of three gay roommates — Seth, Ashley and Josh, a young Jewish writer. “The Boys Upstairs,” by Jewish playwright Jason Mitchell Kahn, explores the love lives, thrills and disappointments of the close-knit trio . . . read more

The New York International Fringe Festival- WOR710.com

The New York International Fringe Festival is back again for the 13th time starting this Friday August 14th and will be running until the 30th. 200 plusshows, 1300 plus performances all playing in over 20 different theaters all overtown . . . read more

REVIEW: "HILARIOUS! SEX IN THE CITY MEETS BOYS IN THE BAND!"
Andy Propst, THE VILLAGE VOICE
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REVIEW: "ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL!" Bryan Stryker, STAGEBUZZ.com
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"AMAZING! THE CASTING WAS PERFECT"
Sarah Grace McCandless, SARAHDISGRACE.com
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review: "FAST PACED, FIERCELY FUNNY COMEDY!"
Oscar E. Moore, TALKENTERTAINMENT.com
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REVIEW: "SO FUNNY, SO SMART, AND SO RECOGNIZABLY REAL!"
Matthew Murray, TALKIN' BROADWAY
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REVIEW: "FRESH! IMPOSSIBLE TO RESIST!"
Patrick Lee, JUSTSHOWSTOGOYOU.com
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REVIEW: "FUNNY, HUMOROUS, AND CURRENT, YET TIMELESS!"
Adam Rothenberg, ADAUMBELLESQUEST.com
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The Boys Upstairs Opens Tomorrow- TrashQueenJane.com

I've been promoting this for quite sometime now. A good friend of mine, Justin Pifer has been working so hard with the boys from the show to make this an experience you won't forget . . . read more

The Fairies of The Fringe- Next Magazine

Beginning August 14, theater’s outsiders take center stage when the 13th Annual New York International Fringe Festival debuts 1,300 performances in over 20 venues around lower Manhattan . . . read more

New York Int'l Fringe Festival 2009 - BroadwayBaby.com

It's August - that means it's time for thousands of performers to descend upon lower Manhattan for a giant theatre festival celebrating artists from all over the world. The New York International Fringe Festival is notorious for offering . . . read more

The Boys Upstairs - AdaumbellesQuest.com

“The Boys Upstairs” has it all…Sex, Dating, Friendship, and all the blurry lines in between – A New York story that invites you upstairs to the fabulous living room of group of Hell Kitchen gay boys who handle relationships, careers, and the city with style, scandal, and specialty cocktails . . . read more

Cheap Thrills - GayCityNews.com

And rather than forking over $100 for a glitzy Broadway show, there’s an alternative –– check out a play at the New York Fringe Festival, which will set you back just 15 bucks a pop . . . read more

QUICK Q&A: FRINGENYC - JustShowsToGoYou.com

This is the second in a series of Quick Q&A’s with artists who have work, or who will be seen in work, at this year’s Fringe Festival . . . read more

NEWYORK INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL GAY HIGHLIGHTS PARTY - GayToday.com

JONNY McGOVERN hosts an evening of excerpts from the best and gayest shows in NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL (FringeNYC) at Vlada on Sunday, August 16th. This year there are over 40 shows with gay themes . . . read more

NY International Fringe Festival: The Boys Upstairs - NYTimes.com

Dealing with sex, dating, friendship, and all the blurry lines in between, 'The Boys Upstairs' is a New York story that invites you upstairs to the fabulous living room of a group of Hell's Kitchen gay boys who handle relationships, careers, and the city with style, scandal, and specialty cocktails . . . read more

NYC Fringe Festival Features ’The Boys Upstairs’ - EdgeNewYork.com

As part of the 13th Annual New York International Fringe Festival, producer Justin Allen Pifer, in association with The Present Company, brings Festival audiences the World Premiere of The Boys Upstairs, the new gay comedy by Jason Mitchell . . . read more

Griffith, Cory, Segarra, Bauer and Rudd Are The Boys Upstairs at FringeNYC - Playbill.com

Casting has been announced for the world premiere of Jason Mitchell's The Boys Upstairs, presented as part of the New York International Fringe Festival in August . . . read more

THE BOYS UPSTAIRS Plays The NY Int'l Fringe Fest 8/14-30 At SoHo Playhouse- BroadwayWorld.com

Sex, Dating, Friendship, and all the blurry lines in between - THE BOYS UPSTAIRS is a New York story that invites you upstairs to the fabulous living room of group of Hell Kitchen gay boys who handle relationships, careers, and the city with style, scandal, and specialty cocktails . . . read more

Photo Flash: THE BOYS UPSTAIRS Premieres As Part Of FringeNYC 8/14 Thru 8/30- BroadwayWorld.com

View official photos from The Boys Upstairs . . . read more

Dominate Yourself!, Boys Upstairs, Flutterbies and Revised Dow Jones Set for FringeNYC - Playbill.com

Works by Amy Heidt, Sean Christopher Lewis, Jason Mitchell, Natalie Weiss, Harrison David Rivers and Stanton Wood will be showcased in the 13th annual New York Fringe Festival. Running Aug. 14-30, the festival presents new work . . . read more

THE WORLD PREMIERE OF THE NEW COMEDY THE BOYS UPSTAIRS

Justin Allen Pifer, in association with The Present Company, presents the World-Premiere of THE BOYS UPSTAIRS – Jason Mitchell’s new comedy about and sex, dating, friendship and all the blurry lines in between – as part of the 13th Annual New York International Fringe Festival with five performances only, between August 14-30 at the SoHo Playhouse (15 Vandam Street) in Manhattan . . . read more