Kiki & Herb: Alive from Broadway Begins at ACT July 13
By: Eugene Lovendusky Jul. 09, 2007
San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater will present the Tony Award-nominated Kiki & Herb: Alive from Broadway, created and performed by Justin Bond and Kenny Mellman, July 13 through July 29.
"Kiki & Herb: Alive from Broadway is the latest acclaimed cabaret performance featuring Kiki and Herb, the infamous duo created by Justin Bond and Kenny Mellman, who began performing together almost 20 years ago after meeting at a San Francisco nightclub. The fictional biography follows that Kiki (the 'boozy chanteusy') was born during the Great Depression and was living in an orphanage in western Philadelphia when she met her partner, accompanist, and 'only living friend,' Herb...
"The duo recount some favorite reminiscences from their heyday (including playing both Monte Carlo in the 1960s and 'The Love Boat' in the 1980s) while they deliver rowdy and robust reinterpretations of music from pop acts new and old, including Gnarls Barkley, Elliot Smith, Dan Fogelberg, Public Enemy, The Cure, and more. Along the way, Kiki regales the audience with grand delusions and self-indulgent asides that take on a wide range of subjects from motherhood to gay marriage to presidential politics," state ACT notes.
Kiki & Herb: Alive on Broadway received a 2007 Tony nomination as a Special Event. In addition, with 2004's Kiki & Herb Will Die For You at Carnegie Hall, Justin Bond and Kenny Mellman have been tearing up stages everywhere since 1989 as Kiki & Herb. In May 2003, they opened to critical acclaim in Off-Broadway's Kiki & Herb: Coup de Théatre, which played a 5-month run at the Cherry Lane Theatre. Their better-known previous installments include the OBIE Award-winning Kiki & Herb: Jesus Wept and Kiki & Herb: There's a Stranger in the Manger.
Tickets (starting at $13) are available at 415-749-2228 or online at www.act-sf.org.
The American Conservatory Theatre is located at 415 Geary Street, San Francisco CA.
Photo- Kiki & Herb: Alive From Broadway, created and performed by Justin Bond and Kenny Mellman
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