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Review - Best Drag Queen Name Evah! (also Cease and Desist 90210)

By: Aug. 23, 2008
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Thanks to the gang at [title of show] the new parlor game sweeping the nation (or at least Chelsea) is to come up with unusual names for drag queens. The best one I could think of was "Belle Jar" but Mike Ceceri of North Shore Music Theatre came up with what I humbly consider to be the best one evah....

Anita Gillette

(Think about it.)

And speaking of Anita Gillette, there's a terrific interview with her in Gay City News where she explains how Ethel Merman saved her job, Nanette Fabray made her change her dress and David Merrick billed her for $90.

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I see Beverly Hills 90210 will be having a story line where Brenda directs a high school production of Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater's Spring Awakening. I assume this will be the episode where the school gets a cease and desist order for trying to put on a musical while it's still on Broadway and the amateur production rights have not been made available, helping high school kids all over the country learn that it's wrong to do a play without securing proper permission from those who own the performance rights.

Or perhaps not.



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