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From Boston to Bushwick, With A Little Help From Brendon Urie

After a run at Fringe Festival, Maggie Crane returns to Bushwick with her tales of 'death, disability and dunkin donuts'

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From Boston to Bushwick, With A Little Help From Brendon Urie

After a run at Fringe Festival, Maggie Crane returns to Bushwick with her tales of 'death, disability and dunkin donuts'

From Boston to Bushwick, With A Little Help From Brendon Urie

“You can tell I’m from Massachusetts because I look like every cop’s daughter,” says Maggie Crane as she starts her set, painting a vivid image of growing up in the rural woods outside of Boston in an Irish-Catholic family. This introduction follows a slideshow of rapid-fire images of Crane throughout her tween years, sporting fingerless gloves and a faraway Myspace stare, all set to the anxious sounds of early aughts pop-punk. Following a summer stint abroad, showcasing “Side-by-Side” to appreciative write-ups at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Maggie Crane, a self-described “double Aquarius and lapsed Catholic” who landed in Bushwick, is now bringing her hour-long tragicomic stand-up set back to the States. Hosted by the Brooklyn Comedy Collective at Eris in East Williamsburg, the club exuded a dark and hip atmosphere and was fully sold out for the night, packed with limited standing room.

Joined only by a cardboard cut-out of Panic at the Disco! frontman Brendon Urie and a 12-pack of White Claws, Crane exudes spunk and…

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