THU.SEP.17 BOOKS Wayne Hoffman Takes Us to P-Town’s Bear Week “An Older Man” is Wayne Hoffman’s new novel about a very randy, very furry 40-something man named Moe Pearlman, who’s dealing with mortality, loss, and loneliness during a trip to Provincetown for Bear Week, where he’s trying to find a bit of love and sex. Hoffman reads from the novel at the Bureau of General Services –– Queer Division at the LGBT Community Center, 208 W. 13th St., room 210. Sep. 17, 7 p.m. For more information about the novel, visit waynehoffmanwriter.com.
Drunken, Careening, But Still Writing In her monthly reading series, “Drunken! Careening! Writers!,” Kathleen Warnock presents poet and photographer Guillermo Filice Castro, author most recently of “Agua, Fuego”; Joseph O. Legaspi, a 2015 Fulbright fellow and the author of “Imago”; and Debora Lidov, a medical social worker and Hunter College fiction, nonfiction, and poetry teacher whose work has appeared in Ars Medica, Salamander, the Threepenny Review, and upstreet. KGB Bar, 85 E. Fourth St., btwn. Bowery & Second Ave. Sep. 17, 7 p.m. Free.
Writers from Queens’ Queer Community Four writers from the Queens LGBT community –– Shelley Ettinger, Andrew J. Peters, Tim Fredrick, and Rigoberto Gonzalez –– read from fiction they published this year in an event emceed by writer Nancy Agabian. Ettinger reads from “Vera’s Will”; Peters from “Banished Sons of Poseidon”; Fredrick from “We Regret to Inform You”; and Gonzalez from “Mariposa U.” Queens Pride House, 76-11 37th Ave., #206. Sep. 17, 7-9 p.m.
schedule, Gutierrez presents all three installments in the series. He is joined by dancers Ezra Azrieli-Holzman, Ishmael Houston-Jones, Alex Rodabaugh, and Jen Rosenblit. New York Live Arts, 219 W. 19th St. Sep. 17, 24-25, 7:30 p.m.; Sep. 19-20, 26, 8 p.m. (Part 3); Sep. 19-20, 26, 3 p.m.; Sep. 22-23, 7:30 p.m. (Part 1); Sep. 18, 7:30 p.m.; Sep. 19-20, 26, 6 p.m.; Sep. 24-25, 10 p.m. Tickets are $35-$40; $28-$32 for students & seniors; limited number of subsidized tickets at $15 at newyorklivearts.org.
includes Christopher Daftsios, Marilyn Sokol, Lee Roy Rogers, Ian Gould, Nelson Avidon, Serge Thony, Andy Reinhardt, and Rebeca Fong. Theater Row’s Lion Theatre, 410 W. 42nd St. Through Oct. 3: Tue., 7 p.m.; Wed.-Sat., 8 p.m.; Sat., 2 p.m.; Sun., 3 p.m. $55-$65 at telecharge.com or 212-239-6200.
CABARET Mx Justin Vivian Bond’s Career Silver Anniversary
“Whistleblower,” written, choreographed, and directed by Bessie and Obie Award-winner Mark Dendy, takes place in the mind of Chelsea Manning at the moment of her sentencing in a controversial trial for leaking proof of war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan and for divulging State Department secrets. Layered with transcripts from Manning’s actual trial, this provocative piece delves into transgender identity and explores the mysteries of the media and government propaganda. The performance includes original music by Heather Christian. Dixon Place, 161A Chrystie St., btwn. Rivington & Delancey Sts. Sep. 18-19, 25-26, 7 p.m. Tickets are $16; $12 for students & seniors at dixonplace.org; $20 at the door.
“Dixie McCall’s Patterns for Living” kicks off a yearlong retrospective in celebration of the 25th anniversary of Mx Justin Vivian Bond’s career as a performing artist. This presentation, a revival of v’s cabaret debut, features accompaniment by Thomas Bartlett. Bond and longtime collaborator Kenny Mellman brought “Dixie,” their first official collaboration, to the spotlight on September 9, 1990 at Athens By Night, a hole-in-the-wall Greek restaurant in San Francisco. The show laid the groundwork for what became the pair’s legendary signature act, “Kiki and Herb,” and ultimately created the blueprint of every Bond show since. “Dixie” grew out of Bond’s obsession with the 1950s sultry glamour of Julie London, who played Nurse Dixie McCall in the 1970s TV show “Emergency.” Joe’s Pub inside the Public Theater, 425 Lafayette St. btwn. E. Fourth St. & Astor Pl. Sep. 18-19, 25-26 and Oct. 2-4, p.m. Tickets are $25 at joes.pub.com.
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To Judy, From Paris With Love
FRI.SEP.18 DANCE Inside the Mind of Chelsea Manning
Seth Sikes, who as a young boy in Paris, Texas, was captivated by Judy Garland, returns to New York with a revamped version of his tribute show. Conceived by Sykes and Tony-winning lyricist Lisa Lambert, the show includes new arrangements of some of Garland’s most popular songs. Liz Smith recently said, “I went off to see him last week and couldn’t have been more charmed. He’s young and handsome and enthusiastic. He doesn’t try to duplicate her sound. Sikes has boundless energy and a true, strong voice, with just the right amount of throb and drive and melancholy. The place was packed.” 54 Below, 254 W. 54th St. Sep. 18, 9:30 p.m. The cover charge is $25 at 54Below.com, and there’s a $25 food & drink minimum.
Encores for “Hick”
DANCE Miguel Gutierrez’s Meditations on Age & Beauty
PERFORMANCE Drag Stars Pop Vox LYNNE FRIED
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Dancer and choreographer Miguel Gutierrez presents “Age & Beauty Part 3: DANCER,” the third and culminating chapter of a series of queer performance works addressing the representation of the dancer, the physical and emotional labor of performance, tropes about the aging gay choreographer, the interaction of art-making with administration, “queer time,” futurity, and mid-life anxieties about relevance, sustainability, and artistic burnout. During a two-week performance
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“Hick: A Love Story,” which tells the story of the love affair and enduring friendship between Lorena Hickok, a hard-living butch reporter, and the patrician Eleanor Roosevelt, drawing from a 2,336-letter correspondence from the first lady to Hickok, was among standouts of the August Fringe Festival called back for encore performances. Written and performed by Terry Baum and directed by Adele Pran, “Hick” runs at SoHo Playhouse, 15 Vandam St., btwn. Varick St. & Sixth Ave. Sep. 18-19, 7 p.m. Tickets are $18 at fringenyc-encores.com.
In Bed With Roy Cohn In Joan Beber’s new play, “In Bed With Roy Cohn,” the colorful, controversial, powerful, and insidious closeted lawyer is at the end of life, supported only by his last remaining faithful servant, Lisette –– but visited by a host of bedfellows, including Julius Rosenberg, Ronald Reagan, Barbara Walters, Roy’s lover Serge, his mother Dora, and his own youthful self. In this wacky and surreal wonderland, Cohn’s muddled reality ultimately becomes clear. Katrin Hilbe directs a cast that
“The Ultimate Drag Off,” a live interactive game show musical where audience members vote and crown the next drag superstar, begins its 10th season tonight. This year, guests will include New York nightlife maven Michael Musto, Sirius Radio DJ and impersonation goddess Christine Pedi, Heather Parcells (“Finding Neverland,” “A Chorus Line”), and Michael Cusumano (“An American in Paris,” “Chicago”). Nightlife hostess Sweetie presides. Triad Theatre, Stage 72, 158 W. 72nd St. Sep. 18, 11 p.m., and every Fri. following. Tickets are $33 at DragOffNYC.com; $40 at the door.
Put On Your Own Oxygen Mask First International air-hostess Pam Ann is in New York with a brand new show, “Pam Ann: ‘Queen of the Sky,’” in which she introduces two new characters: transgender Quantas flight attendants Caitlyn and Gloria. By her own admission, Pam Ann is hilarious, often shocking, and totally politically incorrect. Probably best to keep your seatbelt fastened for the duration of the flight. Joe’s Pub inside the Public Theater, 425 Lafayette St. btwn. E. Fourth St. & Astor Pl. Sep. 18-19, 11:30 p.m. Tickets are $30 at joespub.com.
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