The Laurie Beechman Theatre will celebrate the 100th performance by RuPaul's Drag Race favorite Jinkx Monsoon and her cohort Major Scales tonight, June 19th. The evening will feature a pre-show unveiling of a special hand-painted outdoor mural on the front of the building and a post-performance champagne toast.
Jinkx Monsoon and
Major Scales made their debut in 2013 at The
Laurie Beechman Theater with The Vaudevillians. The engagement was only supposed to be one performance but rabid fan response and critical acclaim resulted in 7 separate extensions and at total of 65 performances. The show attracted the likes of
Neil Patrick Harris,
Jesse Tyler Ferguson,
Joan Rivers, RuPaul, and SNL's
Kate McKinnon before spawning a world tour that included a 3-month Australian tour and an extended run in Provincetown. The show was nominated for the Aussie equivalent of a Tony Award (the Helpmann Award) and a MAC Award.
Jinkx Monsoon and
Major Scales both returned to The
Laurie Beechman Theatre for separate solo shows as well as a combined holiday shows in 2013 and 2014. And now the duo is back with their latest, a follow-up to their original hit titled THE VAUDEVILLIANS: BRINGING UP BABY.
Dr. Dan and Kitty Witless were put on ice in the Twenties, and had their entire music catalogue purloined by today's pop artists. Now the hottest act ever frozen alive is back again, with more swinging hits from their stolen songbook! There's only one problem: Kitty's "in a family way" and no one's quite sure where the kid came from. Can The Vaudevillians still put on a show while bringing up baby?
THE VAUDEVILLIANS: BRINGING UP BABY runs through June 28 on the following schedule: Wednesdays & Fridays - Sundays at 7pm. The
Laurie Beechman Theatre is located inside West Bank Cafe at 407 West 42nd Street -- at Ninth Avenue, accessible from the A,C,E,N,R,V,F,1,2,3 trains at 42nd Street. Tickets are $25 (plus a $20 food/drink minimum.) A $50 VIP ticket including priority seating and meet-and-greet is also available. To purchase tickets, call 212-352-3101 or visit
www.SpinCycleNYC.com.
The original production of 2013's THE VAUDEVILLIANS runs on Thursdays, May 28 - June 25 in rep with THE VAUDEVILLIANS: BRINGING UP BABY.
Jinkx Monsoon is the alter ego of
Jerick Hoffer, who graduated with a degree in theatrical performance from Cornish College in Seattle. With ten years experience on stage, Hoffer is a seasoned Portland-born entertainer who has captured the attention of his native northwest region. As early as 2006, Hoffer appeared as the lead dancer in the world's largest drag queen chorus line, which made the Guinness Book of World Records. By 2012, he had advanced to roles in Seattle theaters, playing Moritz in "Spring Awakening" (produced by Balagan Theatre), Angel in "Rent" (produced by The
5th Avenue Theatre), and Hedwig in "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" (produced by Balagan Theatre and Seattle Theatre Group). In 2014 he was nominated for the Helpmann Award (alongside the likes of
Cate Blanchett, Ivo Van Hove, Denis O'Hare and
Baz Luhrmann), the Australian equivalent of a Tony, for his performance in The Vaudevillians. He has also been nominated for 2 MAC Awards.
Major Scales is the evil twin of
Richard Andriessen, a musician, writer and performer based in Seattle. He has written everything from award-winning New York shows on the east coast to music for amateur adult films on the west. In 2014 he was nominated for a MAC Award for Best Song.
