Girlie-Q Variety Hour opens FRIDAY!

I’m really excited about this show (The Girlie-Q Variety Hour at Naked July)–We open on Friday and I hope you all come sometime in the run.

I was at the tech rehearsal last night and it makes me really proud to see all of the talented artists with whom I work shining and strutting their stuff on a great stage with professional lighting and great production values. Each person was fantastic last night and I lost track of time–it was 11pm when we left and I thought it was 9!

Let me just say that this show is completely different from anything you have seen in the scene. These performers have honed and spitshined their acts and there’s none of the slapdash flavor that made Girlie-Q so charming in bars across the City. We are raising the bar on ourselves.

We have pulled together a fantastic cast of diverse performers who each embody their sense of queer in a different way. Not that they are all gay, but each one has their own queer flavor in a way that is beautiful and a delight to watch. And to have it all wrapped up in a package that celebrates the vintage variety format? Well, it is amazing.

(I know, I am the queen of superlatives this morning, but I’m just so impressed with us!)

All right here’s the little tease (and believe me, we deliver on that tease): Come out and see Chicago’s hottest cast of burlesque and variety performers strut their stuff in a show that seams together comedy, drag, juggling, live music (jazz, torch songs, a gal with a uke), and burlesque striptease with a queer twist. Yes, Martha, something is a little bit queer in here. The Girlie-Q Variety Hour at National Pastime. Fridays and Saturdays at Midnight, July 3 – August 1. Click to buy tickets.

xox,
Ms. Bea