Bond & Our Lady J Star in Gender-Bending 'Lustre' at PS 122

Justin Bond – the Tony nominee beneath the glamous Kiki of Kiki and Herb – will team with Our Lady J (aka Jonnah Speidel), Nathan Carrera, Glenn Marla and The Pixe Harlots for gender-bending fun in Lustre at Performing Space 122 beginning February 20.

Lustre, a "heady mix of glamour, gender queer cabaret, and sexy provocation" is music-directed by Our Lady J and will run February 20 through March 9 at PS 122. Show time is 8:30PM with 11PM extra performances added on Saturday evenings.

Obie Award-winner Justin Bond recently performed a holiday concert with piano-playing booze-partner Kelly Mellman at Carnegie Hall.  Both Mellman and Bond starred in the 2006 Tony-nominated special event, Kiki & Herb: Alive on Broadway which they later toured to San Francisco and other international engagements.  Bond stars in the recently-released concert DVD "Kiki & Herb Live from the Knitting Factory."  Bond's work also includes performances with the Scissor Sisters and a role in the film Shortbus.

Our Lady J, a.k.a. Jonnah Speidel, has worked with the NYC Gay Men's Chorus, American Ballet Theatre, Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre and the Mark Morris Dance Group.  As a composer, she scored The Caucasian Chalk Circle for NYU's Steinhart School and the musical-in-progress, The Gift.  She has also musical directed and performed with some of NYC's most colorful talents in such venues as Alice Tulley Hall, Carnegie Hall, Feinstein's at the Regency, Makor (92nd Street Y), Radio City Music Hall and Town Hall.

Tickets are available at www.ps122.org or call 212-352-3101. The CSV Cultural Center is located at 107 Suffolk Street.

Justin Bond (photo by Walter McBride / Retna Ltd)