“I do not call myself a drag queen...I think of Lypsinka as a woman." ----- John Epperson
LYPSINKA! THE BOXED SET, Directed by Kevin Malony: Not seen in New York since 2001, this full-length ‘traditional’ Lypsinka concert is the award-winning revue of the Lyp’s greatest bits, that has toured the world, flabbergasting audiences from Los Angeles to Sydney to Glasgow. Using a soundtrack created from films, musicals, and concert recordings, the New York stage’s supreme archivist of irony showcases the modern woman’s challenge of being over-blessed with femininity and celebrity.
THE PASSION OF THE CRAWFORD, Directed by Kevin Malony: The Lyp’s tour de force embodiment of towering screen queen Joan Crawford - featuring a re-enactment of Crawford’s onstage interview from 1973 - is a fantasia of fame and insecurity, grandness and identity. Last presented in New York in 2005, this tribute to Hollywood and ego crisis has since been mounted from San Francisco to Sarasota.
JOHN EPPERSON: SHOW TRASH, Directed by Barry Kleinbort: An autobiographical multi-media pastiche, starring Epperson - unmasked and in street clothes - tinkling the ivories and spinning yarns of Mississippi, Manhattan, and Hollywood. Now making its New York City theatrical premiere, the anecdotal Show Trash reveals the man behind the madness.
ALL SHOWS PLAY IN REPERTORY - visit http://www.tweedtheater.org/lypsinkatrilogy/ for schedule
