John Waters Set to Perform 'THIS FILTHY WORLD' at Ridgefield Playhouse 5/17

John Waters brings his "This Filthy World" to The Ridgefield Playhouse in Ridgefield, Connecticut on Friday, May 15th at 8 p.m.

John Waters is a man of many monikers: The Prince of Puke, The Duke of Dirt, The Sultan of Sleaze. Anyway you put it, America's royal raconteur is about to invade the U.K. Waters is famed the world over for his trash epics including "Pink Flamingos", "Female Trouble", "Desperate Living", "Polyester", "Serial Mom", "Pecker", "Cecil B. Demented", and "A Dirty Shame".

Two of his more surprisingly commercial films have been adapted for the stage. "Hairspray", winner of eight Tony Awards when it debuted on Broadway in 2003, is now a massive West End hit that garnered four Oliviers after opening at the Shaftesbury Theatre last autumn. "Cry Baby - The Musical" played on Broadway and was nominated for four 2008 Tony Awards including Best Musical. In the summer of 2007, "Hairspray" reinvented itself cinematically as a big-budget Hollywood movie starring John Travolta that became a smash hit worldwide.

"This Filthy World" is Waters' rapid-fire one-man spoken word "vaudeville" act that celebrates the film career and joyously appalling taste of the man William Burroughs once called "The Pope of Trash". Updated and expanded from the original film version that enjoyed critical success at the Edinburgh, Toronto and Berlin Film Festivals, the live performance of "This Filthy World" focuses on Waters' early negative artistic influences, his fascination with true crime, exploitation films, fashion lunacy, the extremes of the art world, Catholicism, sexual deviancy and a love of reading.

$75.00 GOLD CIRCLE seating includes a post-show "meet and greet" at the Aldrich Museum are available thru the Box Office Only

There is a 10% discount to Aldrich and Playhouse members thru the Box Office Only!

Visit the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum website and CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS

Ticket Price:Orchestra: $60.00, Mezzanine: $55.00

Photo Credit: Sarah DeBoer/Retna Ltd.

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