Ladies at A Gay  Girls' Bar 

Review: Grab a Seat with the "Ladies at a Gay Girls' Bar." Thinking Theater NYC. July 1, 2024. John R. Ziegler and Leah Richards. "...suggests that queer women have come far and have far yet to go, and the show itself represents an insightful, absorbing, and fun stop along that path."

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NYC's best Pride events for 2024, from the marches to concerts. Time Out New York. June 14, 2024. Rossilynne Skena Culgan & Ian Kumamoto. 
Ladies At A Gay Girls' Bar Dives into the Lesser Known History of Femmes. Keene Sentinel. September 7, 2023. Kara McGrath.
"Pride Events in New York: Here's How To Celebrate" New York Times. May 27, 2024. Erik Piepenburg. 
Fringe Festival Returns to Philly With Plenty of LGBTQ Performances. Philadelphia Gay News. August 25, 2022. Michael Zipkin. "Maggie Cee’s lead character shines a light on the women whose stories may not have made history books, but who made a big impact on lesbian culture."
10 Delightful Dance Picks to Carry You Through the Spring. Boston Globe.​ January 20, 2023. Karen Campbell
Hartford Fringe Festival Review. The Hartford Courant.
 October 21, 2019.  Christopher Arnott. "'Ladies at a Gay Girl’s Bar: 1938-1969,' written and performed by Maggie Cee, sweetly explored the femme/butch dichotomy in lesbian bars over half a century ago. Cee is a graceful, down-to-earth performer who’s passionate about her subject...and tells it through dance, pre-recorded voices, oral histories, fictional characters and well-chosen jazz music that softens standards like 'Tuxedo Junction' and 'Que Sera Sera.'"
 2022 Fringe Festival Picks. Philly Mag
​September 7, 2022. Shaunice Ajiwe. "This acclaimed solo performance at Tattooed Mom brings the memory of lesbian bars past back to life, drawing on oral history interviews and writer-performer Maggie Cee’s own experiences as a youth activist in the late ‘90s. And while you’re checking out this free dance performance at Tattooed Mom, why not grab a Best of Philly-winning sandwich too?"

The Femme Show and Maggie Cee

The Femme Show Effectively Showed, Told About Femme Visibility. Autostraddle.
October 1, 2012. Cara Giaimo “The show’s ability to celebrate a particular identity, recognize the many (and sometimes contradictory) facets of that identity, and still cultivate an overall commitment to diversity and inclusion was even more swoon-worthy than the burlesque…Can’t wait till next year.”
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The Femme Show Is Sexy Queer Visibility, and You Should Go. Autostraddle.
September 20, 2012. Cara Giaimo. “The precocious brainchild of dancer and activist Maggie Cee, The Femme Show was born in 2007 and baptized in a sold-out Jamaica Plain church hall. Since then, it has glitterbombed the Northeast, busting genres and stereotypes everywhere from the D.C. Center to New York’s Queer Spirit Camp.”
​The History Project: Documenting LGBT Boston. Bay Windows.
September 29, 2011. “Artist, activist, dancer, educator, and the founder and artistic director of The Femme Show, Maggie Cee, was honored with The Lavender Rhino Award, noting her as an emerging activist.”
The 2011 History Maker Awards. The History Project.
September 22, 2011. “This year we will honor activist and community-leader Maggie Cee – artist, activist, dancer, educator, and the founder and artistic director of The Femme Show.”
D.C. Center Gets “Femme”. The Washington Blade.
August 18, 2011. “‘Femme’ is queer art for queer people showing a different perspective on femininity, gender, queerness and sexuality through dance, burlesque, drag, puppets and more.”
The Femme Show Tour. Baltimore City Paper.
August 17, 2011. Rebecca Guterman. “the Femme Show continues to redefine femme identity and culture.”
The Feminine Mystique. Boston Globe.
October 7, 2010. June Wulff. “A gender-bending, genre-busting exploration of femininity.
Weekly Highlights. Baltimore City Paper.
August 18, 2010. Ashlea Browning. “There’s some misconception that being a lesbian automatically implies you aren’t allowed to wear a dress…”
The Femme Show Comes to the Lucky Dog. Worcester Mag.
August 12, 2010. Doreen Manning. “The Femme Show is a dance performance. No, wait, The Femme Show is a comedy skit. Well, that’s not 100 percent right either. How about this: The Femme Show is a combination of dance, comedy, cabaret, burlesque, drag, spoken word, a show of solos and an ensemble cast all blended into one entertaining and socially witty variety show. Yeah, that’s about right.”
Short List. Pittsburgh City Paper.
August 12, 2010. “Only two genders, darling? How unspeakably limiting.”
Spotlight. DC Metro Weekly.
August 19, 2010. Randy Schulman. “Johnny Blazes, Maggie Cee, Geppetta, M. Hanora, Rachel Kahn, Mylene St Pierre plus the local artist Natalie Illum explore gender, queerness and sexuality in this wide-ranging national touring show.”
Lucky Dog Show has Femmes out in force. Worchester Telegram.
August 12, 2010. Hunter Amabile. “The sometimes provocative, sometimes intellectual and often entertaining performance arts show The Femme Show is coming to town.”
Snug Underground Arts Festival Opens. Staten Island Advance.
February 10, 2010. Jodie Reifer. “‘They talk about what it means to be a (femme) labels and how society labels you,’ says Mimoza, who caught the Boston-based act a few years back.”
Femme Fatale: Maggie Cee and her troupe fiddle with gender roles. Philadelphia City Paper.
Aug 18, 2009. Kristen Humbert. “Two conservatively dressed women take to the stage and begin talking in prudish, Victorian English. But what comes out of their mouths isn’t related to Charles Dickens or the Corn Laws: Instead, they discuss how a femme person can look cute while going on a rock-climbing date, and when it’s proper to have sex in a public restroom. The contrast between dainty speaker and naughty topic in this piece, one of many in The Femme Show’s routine, is glaring and funny. But for performer and founder Maggie Cee, it’s also a sardonic take on a serious subject — the social implications of femininity within queer culture.”
Celebrating Identity on Munjoy Hill. Portland Phoenix. Dierdre Fulton.
March 6, 2009. “With so many exciting things happening on the GLBT policy front (gay marriage might come to Maine; legislation to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” was proposed in the US House earlier this week), this seems an ideal time to celebrate all our different conceptions of self, identity, gender, and sexual orientation. Not that we actually need any excuse to do so.”
The Femme Show. The Boston Globe.
October 10, 2008. “It’s worth noting that while this is a touring show, it started here in Boston. We suppose that makes Beantown the femme center of the universe.
JP’s The Femme Show Brings Wildness Home. Jamaica Plain Gazette.
October 10, 2008. Erikka Adams.
Critic’s Pick. Baltimore City Paper.
August 27, 2008. Bret McCabe. “…[A] potpourri evening of entertainment, wit, and thought.”
Performance Artists to Fem Up. Tritone Philadelphia Gay News.
August 29, 2008. Larry Nichols
PHX Picks: Femme Boston. Boston Phoenix.
October 12, 2007. Will Spitz.
I, Femme. Bay Windows/Edge Boston.
October 11, 2007. Brian Jewels. “The Future is Femme.”
Get in Touch With Yr Femme Side. Girlfriend is a Homo.
October 11, 2007. Jane Murnane. “Are you always assumed to be the “fag hag” at Pride? Do you get, “Wow, you don’t even look gay!” a lot?”
Why I Started the Femme Show. QueerToday.com.
September 23, 2007. Maggie Cee. “The Femme Show is my new contribution to Boston’s growing femme-friendly community. It’s a 100% independent, interactive evening of entertainment about femme identity. There is no production company, no committee, just me, my friends, and some awesome artists in a church basement. Artists in the femme show are exploring gender, social policing of gender and bodies, sex, clothing, body image, misogyny and heterosexism. Come, you might learn something and you will definitely be entertained.”