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COCKETTES ARE GOLDEN! - A 50TH Anniversary Celebration of the Cockettes the legendary, gender-bending theatre troupe celebrates 50 years of music, art and mayhem. This One Night Only Extravaganza is an opulent recreation of the Cockettes musical numbers with commentary by members of the original Cockettes in person!
Musical direction by original Cockette Scrumbly Koldewyn; emceed by Thrillpeddlers founder Russell Blackwood; and directed and choreographed by Noah Haydon.
Now in 2020, a major zenith - the 50th Anniversary of the creation of the Cockettes is upon us. Prepare for a night like no other as some of the remaining Cockettes take to the stage to reminisce and celebrate the night with re-enactments of legendary numbers - replete with guest performers, over-the-top make up, hair styles and costumes with plenty of surprises. The Cockettes were established on Dec 31, 1969 for a midnight show at the Palace Theater in San Francisco in a haze of sex, drugs, drag, gender-bending and glitter. They took drag and old Hollywood musicals and turned them inside out and upside down attracting the attention of the American underground culture. As word got out about these astonishing performances, cult filmmaker John Waters, Mink Stole, and drag superstar Divine all traveled to San Francisco to be part of their shows. They were ahead of their time, especially in the acceptance of gender fluidity and outrageousness. With the creation of the Cockettes, a small troupe of drug-infused hippie performers changed the face of drag and counter-culture forever.
In 2008 in San Francisco, a theater troupe named Thrillpeddlers run by Russell Blackwood brought back a celebrated Cockettes show called Pearls Over Shanghai to much acclaim and a 22-month run at their Hypnodrome Theatre in SOMA. Along with The Cockettes - an award-winning documentary by David Weissman and Bill Weber released in 2002, interest in this troupe was reawakened entertaining an entirely new and grateful audience. The Thrillpeddlers continued recreating Cockettes musicals over the next decade at the Hypnodrome under the watchful eye of Scrumbly Koldewyn, the original songwriter, musical director and one of the original Cockettes.
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COCKETTES ARE GOLDEN! - A 50TH Anniversary Celebration of the Cockettes the legendary, gender-bending theatre troupe celebrates 50 years of music, art and mayhem. This One Night Only Extravaganza is an opulent recreation of the Cockettes musical numbers with commentary by members of the original Cockettes in person!
Musical direction by original Cockette Scrumbly Koldewyn; emceed by Thrillpeddlers founder Russell Blackwood; and directed and choreographed by Noah Haydon.
Now in 2020, a major zenith - the 50th Anniversary of the creation of the Cockettes is upon us. Prepare for a night like no other as some of the remaining Cockettes take to the stage to reminisce and celebrate the night with re-enactments of legendary numbers - replete with guest performers, over-the-top make up, hair styles and costumes with plenty of surprises. The Cockettes were established on Dec 31, 1969 for a midnight show at the Palace Theater in San Francisco in a haze of sex, drugs, drag, gender-bending and glitter. They took drag and old Hollywood musicals and turned them inside out and upside down attracting the attention of the American underground culture. As word got out about these astonishing performances, cult filmmaker John Waters, Mink Stole, and drag superstar Divine all traveled to San Francisco to be part of their shows. They were ahead of their time, especially in the acceptance of gender fluidity and outrageousness. With the creation of the Cockettes, a small troupe of drug-infused hippie performers changed the face of drag and counter-culture forever.
In 2008 in San Francisco, a theater troupe named Thrillpeddlers run by Russell Blackwood brought back a celebrated Cockettes show called Pearls Over Shanghai to much acclaim and a 22-month run at their Hypnodrome Theatre in SOMA. Along with The Cockettes - an award-winning documentary by David Weissman and Bill Weber released in 2002, interest in this troupe was reawakened entertaining an entirely new and grateful audience. The Thrillpeddlers continued recreating Cockettes musicals over the next decade at the Hypnodrome under the watchful eye of Scrumbly Koldewyn, the original songwriter, musical director and one of the original Cockettes.
DJ Dank invites you to ring in 2020 with a glitter bomb!
COCKETTES ARE GOLDEN! - A 50TH Anniversary Celebration of the Cockettes the legendary, gender-bending theatre troupe celebrates 50 years of music, art and mayhem. This One Night Only Extravaganza is an opulent recreation of the Cockettes musical numbers with commentary by members of the original Cockettes in person!
Musical direction by original Cockette Scrumbly Koldewyn; emceed by Thrillpeddlers founder Russell Blackwood; and directed and choreographed by Noah Haydon.
Now in 2020, a major zenith - the 50th Anniversary of the creation of the Cockettes is upon us. Prepare for a night like no other as some of the remaining Cockettes take to the stage to reminisce and celebrate the night with re-enactments of legendary numbers - replete with guest performers, over-the-top make up, hair styles and costumes with plenty of surprises. The Cockettes were established on Dec 31, 1969 for a midnight show at the Palace Theater in San Francisco in a haze of sex, drugs, drag, gender-bending and glitter. They took drag and old Hollywood musicals and turned them inside out and upside down attracting the attention of the American underground culture. As word got out about these astonishing performances, cult filmmaker John Waters, Mink Stole, and drag superstar Divine all traveled to San Francisco to be part of their shows. They were ahead of their time, especially in the acceptance of gender fluidity and outrageousness. With the creation of the Cockettes, a small troupe of drug-infused hippie performers changed the face of drag and counter-culture forever.
In 2008 in San Francisco, a theater troupe named Thrillpeddlers run by Russell Blackwood brought back a celebrated Cockettes show called Pearls Over Shanghai to much acclaim and a 22-month run at their Hypnodrome Theatre in SOMA. Along with The Cockettes - an award-winning documentary by David Weissman and Bill Weber released in 2002, interest in this troupe was reawakened entertaining an entirely new and grateful audience. The Thrillpeddlers continued recreating Cockettes musicals over the next decade at the Hypnodrome under the watchful eye of Scrumbly Koldewyn, the original songwriter, musical director and one of the original Cockettes.
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COCKETTES ARE GOLDEN! - A 50TH Anniversary Celebration of the Cockettes the legendary, gender-bending theatre troupe celebrates 50 years of music, art and mayhem. This One Night Only Extravaganza is an opulent recreation of the Cockettes musical numbers with commentary by members of the original Cockettes in person!
Musical direction by original Cockette Scrumbly Koldewyn; emceed by Thrillpeddlers founder Russell Blackwood; and directed and choreographed by Noah Haydon.
Now in 2020, a major zenith - the 50th Anniversary of the creation of the Cockettes is upon us. Prepare for a night like no other as some of the remaining Cockettes take to the stage to reminisce and celebrate the night with re-enactments of legendary numbers - replete with guest performers, over-the-top make up, hair styles and costumes with plenty of surprises. The Cockettes were established on Dec 31, 1969 for a midnight show at the Palace Theater in San Francisco in a haze of sex, drugs, drag, gender-bending and glitter. They took drag and old Hollywood musicals and turned them inside out and upside down attracting the attention of the American underground culture. As word got out about these astonishing performances, cult filmmaker John Waters, Mink Stole, and drag superstar Divine all traveled to San Francisco to be part of their shows. They were ahead of their time, especially in the acceptance of gender fluidity and outrageousness. With the creation of the Cockettes, a small troupe of drug-infused hippie performers changed the face of drag and counter-culture forever.
In 2008 in San Francisco, a theater troupe named Thrillpeddlers run by Russell Blackwood brought back a celebrated Cockettes show called Pearls Over Shanghai to much acclaim and a 22-month run at their Hypnodrome Theatre in SOMA. Along with The Cockettes - an award-winning documentary by David Weissman and Bill Weber released in 2002, interest in this troupe was reawakened entertaining an entirely new and grateful audience. The Thrillpeddlers continued recreating Cockettes musicals over the next decade at the Hypnodrome under the watchful eye of Scrumbly Koldewyn, the original songwriter, musical director and one of the original Cockettes.
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