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A centerpiece of the 18th Annual HOT! Festival at Dixon Place , Old Queen is the latest offering from Penny Arcade , a veteran playwright and
performance artist at the peak of her powers. Expect Arcade's signature
blend of spot-on impersonations, trenchant wit, and theatrical
political humanism. It's an intoxicating combination you won't want to
miss! Arcade's theatrical memoir evokes the magic and memory of the gay men
who raised her: from little known figures like Jamie Andrews to Jackie Curtis, Bobby Beers,
Ritta Redd, Herbert Hunke, Joel Markman and Prescott Townsend to
seminal figures like John Vacarro, Charles Henri Ford , HM Koutoukas,
Taylor Mead , Jack Smith, and Andy Warhol.
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The 18th Annual Dixon Place HOT! Festival spans 5 weeks (July 1 - August 9 includes many performers that have regularly appeared here on scenedowntown. Through July 10 you can save $20 off the regular ticket price when you purchase 3 tickets to any 3 shows in the festival for just $30! Be sure to include Penny Arcade's Old Queen - her fist theatrical run in NYC since 2002 - and then choose from any number of terrific artists including Big Art Group, Janessa Clark, Kenny Mellman, Sean Dorsey Dance, Nao Bustamante and Tara Mateik, Carmelita Tropicana, Uzi Parnes, VGL Gay Boys, Erin Markey and Kirk Read and more!
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Being and Narcissister
by Beck Feibelman
In the span of a couple years Narcissister has gone from rank-and-file conestant in Murray Hill's amateur burlesque contestant to one of the most talked about performance artists working in New York. Cultural critic and art historian Beck Feibelman sat down recently with Isabelle, the woman behind Narcissister, to discuss her creative process and her ambitions with the Narcissister project.
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