LYPSINKA! THE TRILOGY Opens Tonight

After a 9-year absence, a triple dose of the legendary Lypsinka, John Epperson's iconic creation, is currently being doled out, and the 'Goddess of Showbiz' has deigned to grace New York City with her sweeping presence in LYPSINKA! THE TRILOGY. To celebrate a staggering three decades of glamorous theatrics, three different shows -- revivals of the acclaimed LYPSINKA! THE BOXED SET and THE PASSION OF THE CRAWFORD, as well as the New York premiere of JOHN EPPERSON: SHOW TRASH - is now running in rotating repertory for a strictly-limited 8-week engagement (November 5th, 2014 - January 3rd, 2015). The trilogy takes place at the ravishing jewel-box Connelly Theater, located at 220 East 4th Street in Manhattan's way-too-swept-up East Village . . . a stone's throw from the Pyramid Club and Tompkins Square Park, where Lypsinka was born. The Press Opening is tonight - Thursday, November 13, 2014.

- LYPSINKA! THE BOXED SET
Soundtrack created by John Epperson / Engineered by Alex Noyes
Directed by Kevin Malony

Not seen in New York since 2001, this full-length 'traditional Lypsinka' concert show is the award-winning revue of Lyp's greatest bits that has toured the world, flabbergasting audiences from Los Angeles to Glasgow to Sydney. Using a soundtrack created from films, musicals, and concert recordings, the supreme archivist of irony showcases the modern woman's challenge of being over-blessed with femininity and celebrity.

- THE PASSION OF THE CRAWFORD
Soundtrack created by John Epperson / Engineered by Alex Noyes
Directed by Kevin Malony

Featuring as the Interviewer:

Steve Cuiffo (November 8, 10; December 3, 6, 10, 13, 15, 20, 23, 27; January 2, 3)
Scott Wittman (November 18, 19, 22, 24, 28, 29; December 1)

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
A New York Premiere
Written by John Epperson
Directed by Barry Kleinbort
With additional parody lyrics by Barry Kleinbort and Tom Orr

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.

Presented by Joseph A. Berger, Gerald Herman and Kevin Malony, LYPSINKA! THE TRILOGY has set design by Jim Boutin, costumes by Bryant Hoven, lighting design by Mark Simpson, sound design by Matt Berman and video by Grady Hendrix.