Dear Lovers of the Sublime and the Ridiculous,
Sunday night I saw the Thrillpeddlers, a young and gorgeous San Francisco theater company, perform a revival of the Cockettes’ wacky, sweet "Oriental" musical Pearls Over Shanghai in repertory with Charles Ludlam’s Jack in the Beanstalk. Both were great. Pearls was beautiful. Fayetta Hauser and Billy Bowers’ created a visual feast. It’s not by chance The Cockettes documentary is being screened at the Jeu de Paume for Paris fashion week later in the month with docs about Alexander McQueen and John Galliano.
Scrumbly Koldewyn’s music is lush and gorgeous. Chris Tanner made a guest appearance to sing Jaded Lady and word has it that Justin Bond will sing it Wednesday. The show is a surrealist dreamscape that belongs in performanace at MoMA or the Whitney. The Thrillpeddlers have done 1969 proud.
So come on out for the FINAL PERFORMANCES.
TONITE, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 at 8 p.m., Charles Busch’s THEODORA, SHE BITCH OF BYZANTIUM and the Thrillpeddlers’ BLUE HOUR VARIETY ACTS
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 at 8 p.m., the Cockettes’ PEARLS OVER SHANGHAI and Charles Ludlam’s JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
45 BLEEKER THEATER @ Lafayette and Bleeker.
PASS THE WORD. Tickets are $15 each and well worth it.