Press: 2023 Edinburgh Fringe Festival
“DeCotis is a rare and welcome discovery.”
- The Scotsman (2023)
“DeCotis is the best new American stand-up I’ve seen since Michelle Wolf. Do whatever you can to see her because the next chance you get she’ll be starring in her own Netflix special.”
- Rory Ford, The Scotsman (2023)
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“Sure, she’s a staple of the New York comedy scene, but Edinburgh takes the cake.”
“DeCotis so disappears into her performance that you forget she's 28, and not actually a middle-aged woman with two kids.”
- Playbill (2023)
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“The songs in Emotionally Unreasonable - in particular the titular number - are the best part of the set, to the point where we start to look forward to the next song as each one ends. DeCotis has a very strong voice and the power that she possesses is incredibly impressive. She performs these big numbers that you’d expect to find on Broadway or in a speakeasy in the 1920s, and are great examples of comedic and musical dexterity.”
-Brodway Baby (2023)
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“While her jokes on topics ranging from abstinence to ultimate frisbee are pitch perfect, her expressive face jumps through emotional hoops to land every joke.”
- Euronews (2023)
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“One of the standout aspects of DeCotis’s comedy is her clever exploration of gender dynamics. She fearlessly confronts issues of the patriarchy, sexism and relationships with a comedic touch that’s both hilarious and thought-provoking.”
- EdFest Reviews (2023)
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Recent Press: Viral Videos, Stand-Up, Acting, and More
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone:
“Take actor-comedian Maria DeCotis, who recently posted a brief skit to Twitter in which she plays New York Governor Andrew Cuomo talking about his daughter Mariah’s boyfriend. DeCotis plays all three characters, lip-syncing to Cuomo’s bumbling speech about how fathers have to pretend to like their daughters’ boyfriends.”
Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal:
“In one skit viewed more than 1.5 million times, she uses extravagant hand gestures to act out Mr. Cuomo’s advice to fellow fathers [...]
Comedians Stephen Colbert and Alec Baldwin have retweeted her work. Fans have thanked her for laughs at a time of great anxiety.”
New York Times
New York Times:
“The comedian Maria DeCotis performs Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s briefing digressions about family life in quarantine as a kind of stir-crazy sitcom, in which she plays the New York governor, each of his grown daughters and one daughter’s boyfriend.”
The Guardian
The Guardian:
“ The high-concept clip has had 1.2m views on Twitter and attention from Stephen Colbert and Alec Baldwin.”
Today
Today:
“But this video, which currently has 1.5 million views on Twitter, has garnered her the most attention, winning rave reviews and retweets from Stephen Colbert, Padma Lakshmi, Chrissy Teigen and Lin-Manuel Miranda.”
New York Daily News
New York Daily News:
“With an epic roll of her eyes, a tremble of her lower lip and a dramatic wave of her hands, Brooklyn comedian Maria DeCotis offered her interpretation of a Gov. Cuomo lecture on fatherhood. And Twitter took note.
DeCotis has taken the internet by storm this month, spinning absurd audio nuggets from the governor’s daily — and often zany — coronavirus briefings into prop-powered, lip-synced comic gold.”
Playbill
Playbill:
“The New One, executive producer Ira Glass (This American Life) hosted Adam Bush, Maria DeCotis, and Hannah Solow as they performed their winning entries in front of a Broadway audience.”
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Vogue:
“and Maria DeCotis, who has used the utterances of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to say something more filled with existential dread.”
Vulture:
“[...] Maria DeCotis’s Cuomo lip-syncs that turned his widely viewed daily briefings into fully enacted family dramas.”
New York Magazine:
“Which apparently relates to an infamous Cuomo presser moment, shown here helpfully reenacted by comedienne Maria DeCotis:”
Time Out New York
Time Out New York:
“In this one-person showcase, intrepid actress Maria DeCotis plays a bizarre host of characters worthy of an episode of Portlandia. Watch the uncanny performer interpret her absurd experiences traveling the world in the surreal plane-set journey.”
Time Out New York
Time Out New York:
“New voices get a chance to shine at this excellent variety show, featuring a mix of reliable favorites and breakout debuts. Hosts Maria DeCotis, Victoria Hoffman and Katie Johantgen.”
Time Out New York
Time Out New York:
“Maria DeCotis and Steve Jeanty invite rappers and comedians to shut down Club Cumming at their joyous mash-up show.”
The Boston Globe:
The Boston Globe
“When Elena confronts Sonia with the knowledge that Sonia is in love with Wolfe, DeCotis, as Sonia, fairly crumbles before our eyes.”
“In a beautiful bonus, DeCotis and Spears provide a charming distraction during scene changes with solo snippets and duets on the ukulele. The music is plaintive and endearing, the perfect complement to the action on stage.”
Broadway World:
“Maria DeCotis (Sonya) brings an insecure innocence and a sweet singing voice [...]”
The Boston Globe:
The Boston Globe
“The interactions between young parents Karlie (Maria DeCotis) and Peter (Luke Murtha) are a highlight […]”
