A Cavalcade of Cutting Edge Comedies Kick-Off July at Ptown's Art House
By: A.A. Cristi Jun. 30, 2017
Within the span of just the first two weeks of July, four cutting edge comedies will open at producer Mark Cortale's renowned Art House in Provincetown, hot on the heels of the just-opened new hit Varla Jean Merman show Bad Heroine. First, Jinkx Monsoon and Peaches Christ bring their smash hit Return to Grey Gardens back to Ptown after a two-year hiatus for a summer long run from July 5 - September 7. Next, Jinkx Monsoon debuts her own new show The Ginger Snapped with cohort Major Scales at the piano, from July 8 through September 10. The next evening, super-duo Kitten n' Lou make their Art House debut with their new comedy "Holier Than Thou" - fresh from a critically-acclaimed, sold out smash run at Fringe World in Australia and Joe's Pub in NYC, from July 9 - 24. Following that, Varla Jean, Ryan Landry & Peaches Christ debut their new comedy 5 to 9 - a hilarious parody of the hit movie 9 to 5, set in our even MORE absurd Oval Office, running from July 14 - September 9. For Tickets and information, visit www.ptownarthouse.com or call 800-838-3006.
Return to Grey Gardens stars RuPaul's Drag Race Season Five winner Jinkx Monsoon as Lil' Queeny and San Francisco drag icon Peaches Christ as Big Queeny. The stage-show is set forty years into the future and documents the lives of an aging drag mother and her bitter drag daughter who continue to perform for an empty house at the now dilapidated and run-down Art House. How did this happen? What will become of them? Will their famous and successful royal drag cousin Lady Bear step up and help out? Following a sold-out run in San Francisco at the Castro Theatre, this hilarious stage show spoofs the cult classic Maysles brothers' seminal 1976 documentary Grey Gardens.
Jinkx Monsoon brings her brand new show The Ginger Snapped to Ptown this summer on the heels of her off-Broadway hit The Vaudevillians, a critical smash hit, about which the New York Times raved "Straight or gay, everyone leaves this show with sides aching from laughter" and called it "a pure delight," while other press hailed it as "comedic genius" (Show Business Weekly), "hilarious" (BroadwayWorld), and "intelligent and entertaining" (TheaterMania). Even RuPaul proclaimed the performance "a triumph!" Jinkx is the creation of Jerick Hoffer, a native of Portland, Oregon and a graduate of Cornish College in Seattle. It was at Cornish as a fifteen-year-old theater major that Hoffer traces the early manifestations of Jinkx Monsoon, whom he refers to as a "zany, off-the-wall, irreverent, gorgeous anachronism." In 2006, Hoffer made the Guinness World Records as lead dancer in the world's largest drag queen chorus line. By 2012, the young performer was starring at top Seattle theaters - Moritz in Spring Awakening (Balagan Theatre), Angel in Rent (The 5th Avenue Theatre), and most recently, Hedwig in Hedwig and the Angry Inch with the Seattle Theatre Group. Extraordinarily real, some audiences have not yet decided whether Jinkx is a woman or a drag queen. Combatting humble beginnings, struggling for social status, raising a homosexual son striving for fame as a comedian, this well-developed character has attained more than acclaim, but a life of her own.
Fresh from a critically-acclaimed, sold out smash run at Fringe World in Australia and Joe's Pub in NYC, everyone's favorite gay-married superduo dyke darlings Kitten n' Lou have come to bless Provincetown with a brand new glitter bomb of award-winning dance, irreverent striptease, and surreal comedic magic that's been called "brilliantly deranged" by Time Out NY. Expect to be converted and shouting "Yas Gawd!" Whether you're pure as the driven snow or a catholic school dropout, you won't want to miss Kitten N Lou's demented and glittering romp through the Old Testament and beyond, as they dig deep and ask the hard questions: What is the meaning of our existence in the universe? Are we really supposed to believe there's a God when Donald Trump is president? And how can homosexuality be a sin when the Bible is clearly so GAY GAY GAY? The West Australian said "Holier Than Thou is the show-stopping, costume-laden, full-out-camp, gender- bending, queer-positive retooling of the Bible you never knew you needed." As OUT in Perth 2016 noted "These two astonishing women will touch your heart and your funny bone." Holier Than Thou features vocal characterizations by RuPaul's Drag Race Season 6 Winner Jinkx Monsoon and her partner in crime Major Scales.
5 to 9 is an uproarious comic take off on the current oval office and it's endless, hilarious hijinks. Written by award winning playwright, Ryan Landry, 5 to 9 is the story of three of Trump's overworked secretaries and how they end up getting even. You will simply never see political satire the same way again. Along with Landry playing the Lily Tomlin role as "Violet", 5 to 9 also stars drag legends Varla Jean Merman in the Dolly Pardon role as "Dora Lee" and San Francisco's own Peaches Christ in the Jane Fonda role as Judy. Based on the classic film 9 to 5, the new live comedy 5 to 9 also features Penny Champayne (Gold Dust Orphans) as Kellyanne Conway and Larry Coen (Gold Dust Orphans) as "Trump". 5 to 9 is ridiculous, silly, non stop fun but it is NOT recommended for children.
The Art House is Provincetown's premier entertainment venue and Cape Cod's summer home to top Broadway talent, internationally touring cabaret artists, stand-up comics and America's cutting edge drag artists. Under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Mark Cortale, The Art House in Provincetown, MA, is the original home to the internationally acclaimed Broadway @ The Art House concert series hosted by Sirius XM radio star Seth Rudetsky, which premiered in 2011. The Broadway @ series also premiered in 2013 in New Orleans, in Australia (Sydney & Melbourne) with Megan Mullally and in London's West End with Patti LuPone at the Leicester Square Theater. The series has since travelled to Chicago @ The Steppenwolf, Beverly Hills @ The Wallis, New Orleans @ The New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA), Fort Lauderdale @ The Parker Playhouse, San Francisco @ The Nourse Theatre, Arizona @ Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Las Vegas @ The Smith Center, and Sarasota @ The Van Wezel among other cities. Other artists who have participated in the series include Chita Rivera, Sutton Foster, Neil Patrick Harris, Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick, Darren Criss, Megan Hilty, Cheyenne Jackson, Gavin Creel and many other stars of stage and screen. If you're looking for "what to do on Cape Cod" this summer, The Art House season is music and comedy entertainment not to be missed! Info at markcortalepresents.com.
The Art House is wheelchair accessible.
"Bad Heroine"
New solo show
w/Gerald Goode at piano
June 23 - Sept 1
Tuesdays - Fridays @ 9:00pm
For Tickets and information, visit www.ptownarthouse.com or call 800-838-3006.
At The Art House
starring Jinkx Monsoon & Peaches Christ.
July 5 - Sept. 7
Wednesdays & Thursdays @ 7:30pm
For Tickets and information, visit www.ptownarthouse.com or call 800-838-3006.
At The Art House
w/Major Scales at the piano
"The Ginger Snapped"
July 8 - Sept. 10 @ 9:00pm
Saturday - Monday @9pm
For Tickets and information, visit www.ptownarthouse.com or call 800-838-3006.
At The Art House
"Holier Than Thou"
July 9 - 24
Saturdays @ 9:30pm Sundays & Mondays @ 8:00pm
And Special Girl Splash show - Tuesday, July 18 at 8:00pm
For Tickets and information, visit www.ptownarthouse.com or call 800-838-3006.
At The Art House
Starring Varla Jean, Ryan Landry & Peaches Christ
July 14 - Sept. 9
Fridays and Saturdays @ 7:30pm
For Tickets and information, visit www.ptownarthouse.com or call 800-838-3006.
At The Art House
The Art House
214 Commercial Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
For Tickets and information, visit www.ptownarthouse.com or call 800-838-3006.
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