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SAN FRANCISCO'S THRILL PEDDLERS PRESENT... VICE PALACE: The Cockettes' Last Musi
SAN FRANCISCO'S THRILL PEDDLERS PRESENT... VICE PALACE: The Cockettes' Last Musical
Straight from San Francisco, The Thrillpeddlers present a concert version of their smash hit revival, VICE PALACE: The Last Cockettes Musical on Friday & Saturday, October 21 & 22 as part of the 2011 HOWL! Festival, at Theater 80. Selections from the show can be seen earlier in the week at the New York Library for the Performing Arts on Monday, October 17, as part of The Martin Worman Papers - which takes an in-depth look into the life and career Mr. Worman - actor, playwright, lyricist, director, female impersonator, activist and academic... Loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death", VICE PALACE was written by Martin Worman & Scrumbly Koldewyn in 1972 as a vehicle for Divine and actress Mink Stole (best known as stars of cult-director John Waters' films), and The Cockettes. VICE PALACE follows Divina, (Leigh Crow), an eccentric and wealthy woman who spares no expense to keep her jet-set party guests entertained, while the villagers just beyond the walls of her lavish estate are ravaged by the plague. Each performance must top the next in this bizarre race to escape the one uninvited party guest death! Originally produced as a "Nocturnal Dream Show" and performed at midnight at the old Palace Theatre in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco on Halloween weekend of 1972, VICE PALACE was the fabled and fabulous Cockettes' final stage presentation... THE COCKETTES were a gender-bending theatrical troupe who not only originated many outrageous shows, but also exerted a profound influence on the culture of our times, from the phenomenon of midnight movies, to glitter rock stars and their outrageous fashions.... Thrillpeddlers new adaptation stylistically imparts --much of the beautiful, much of the wanton, and much of the bizarre!-- while also giving a nod to the early 1960s films of Frederico Fellini, specifically LA DOLCE VITA and JULIET OF THE SPIRITS. Directed by Russell Blackwood and staring drag king superstar Leigh Crow as Divina and composer, co-author and original Cockettes member Srumbly Koldewyn... THE THRILLPEDDLERS (www.thrillpeddlers.com) have been performing their unique brand of horror and fetish theatre in San Francisco since 1991. Under the direction of Russell Blackwood, Thrillpeddlers are continuously engaged in translating, adapting and producing classic plays from the infamous repertoire of Le Théâtre du Grand Guignol and producing other works inspired by the Grand Guignol tradition. In 2008, Thrillpeddlers embraced another niche theatrical genre with the company's annual Theatre of the Ridiculous Revival, Which have included Charles Busch's THEODORA, SHE-BITCH OF BYZANTIUM, Charles Ludlam's JACK IN THE BEANSTALK, and Link Martin and Scrumbly Koldewyn's PEARLS OVER SHANGHAI (the Revivals' 2009 offering which went on to a twenty-two month run in SF).
More Information: http://thrillpeddlers.com/
No refunds. No credit card sales at the door. Programs subject to change.
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LocationTheatre 80 ST. MARKS (View)
80 Saint Marks Place
New York, NY 10003
United States
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| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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