DRAG SHOW VERITE AT LINCOLN CENTER:TONIGHT!

IT'S BACK AFTER A SUCCESSFUL DEBUT LAST YEAR. AND IT'S FREE! HERE'S THE TRAILER:



Drag Show Video Vérité
Thursday, June 19, 2008
6pm
FREE!
Dress: You Decide
(212) 642-0142
www.nypl.org

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
Bruno Walter Auditorium
111 Amsterdam Avenue at 65th Street (best access to auditorium)
Wheel Chair Accessible


It’s the ultimate New York City drag show…on video tape.

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center will premiere an all new edition of Drag Show Video Vérité, Thursday, June 19, 2008 at 6pm in the Bruno Walter Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public with seating on a first come, first served basis.

A short trailer for Drag Show Video Vérité is posted on YouTube and may be found at the following link or searching Drag Show Video Verite on the site. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69jWvI4kuZ4

Drag Show Video Vérité gathers and screens rare film and video that documents the faces and places of New York City’s vibrant drag scene. This year’s edition offers more colorful and never before publicly screened footage from the 1950s to the present and offers a who’s who of NYC’s male and female impersonators.

AGNES DE GARRON



Performers from back in the day to yesterday and tomorrow are featured in a barrage of clips. From Jewel Box Revue performer Dorian and Warhol Superstars Holly Woodlawn and Jackie Curtis to Flawless Sabrina, Rollerena, Lady Bunny, Murray Hill, La JohnJoseph, Justin Bond, Jesse Volt, Joan Jett Blakk, Glenda Orgasm, Agnes de Garron, Clover Honey, Jayne County, Lypsinka, Glenn Marla, Linda Simpson, Flotilla de Barge, Sister Tui, Tabboo!, Sweetie, Sherry Vine, and Rose Wood (plus many more), Drag Show Video Vérité serves a long list of marquee drag names.

TAYLOR MAC



Of special note in this year’s screening is the world premiere of Taylor Mac’s music video “If You See Something Say Something” and a rare 1965 8mm film by Avery Willard documenting the 82 Club’s Adrian performing his scandalous Salome dance.

Concert pianist drag diva Jacqueline Jonée will open the screening again this year with a special live performance of an original arrangement accompanying a slide show of downtown photographer Ande Whyland’s drag portraits 1980-2008.

Drag historian Joe E. Jeffreys serves as the documentary’s producer and director and again teams with independent filmmaker Seth S. Hauer as editor.

LINDA SIMPSON HOSTS THE AFTER-PARTY AT STONEWALL



An after party will be held later that evening at the historic Stonewall Inn (53 Christopher Street at 7th Avenue) where in June of 1969 a group of drag queens led a riot that helped spark the modern Gay Rights movement. Linda Simpson hosts the Miss Stonewall pageant in the upstairs room around 11pm. No cover.