Jinkx Monsoon & Major Scales return with an all new follow up to their acclaimed 2013 Off-Broadway hit musical comedy.
May 21 - June 28 at The Laurie Beechman Theatre
Here's what the critics said about The Vaudevillians:
★★★★ "The laughs are jam-packed and the musicianship is flawless… It’s an expert blend of comedy, song and theatre and I’m going to do my best to see it a second time." -- Time Out Melbourne
"Straight or gay, everyone leaves this show with sides aching from laughter." -- The New York Times
"Intelligent and entertaining… Jinkx Monsoon and Major Scales are the millennial Kiki and Herb." -- TheaterMania
"Top 10 Best New York Theater of 2013" -- The Advocate
"Comedic genius… surprisingly complex… it’s a winner." -- Showbusiness Weekly
"Delightfully silly… (Jinkx's) singing style — and range — can call to mind Marlene Dietrich and Bernadette Peters in the same song." -- Orlando Sentinel
"Heaven – assuming that heaven is delightfully filthy, glam and hilarious." -- AussieTheatre.com
After selling out an often-extended Off-Broadway run in 2013 (which attracted the likes of Neil Patrick Harris, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Joan Rivers, RuPaul and SNL's Kate McKinnon), a national tour, a 3-month Australian tour (where she was nominated for the Aussie equivalent of a Tony Award), and a summer run in Provincetown, RuPaul's Drag Race favorite Jinkx Monsoon will return to New York with the World Premiere of THE VAUDEVILLIANS: BRINGING UP BABY, a new musical comedy co-starring composer and musician Major Scales. This limited engagement begins performances May 21 at The Laurie Beechman Theatre.
THE VAUDEVILLIANS: BRINGING UP BABY runs May 21 - June 28. Click here for a complete schedule. The Laurie Beechman Theater is located inside West Bank Cafe at 407 West 42nd Street -- at Ninth Avenue, accessible from the A,C,E,N,R,V,F,1,2,3 trains at 42nd Street. Tickets are $25 (plus a $20 food/drink minimum.) A $50 VIP ticket including priority seating and meet-and-greet is also available. To purchase tickets, call 212-352-3101 or visit www.SpinCycleNYC.com.
Dr. Dan and Kitty Witless were put on ice in the Twenties, and had their entire music catalogue purloined by today's pop artists. Now the hottest act ever frozen alive is back again, with more swinging hits from their stolen songbook! There's only one problem: Kitty's “in a family way” and no one's quite sure where the kid came from. Can The Vaudevillians still put on a show while bringing up baby?
Major Scales is the evil twin of Richard Andriessen, a musician, writer and performer based in Seattle. He has written everything from award-winning New York shows on the east coast to music for amateur adult films on the west.
Jinkx Monsoon is the alter ego of Jerick Hoffer, who graduated with a degree in theatrical performance from Cornish College in Seattle. With ten years experience on stage, Hoffer is a seasoned Portland-born entertainer who has captured the attention of his native northwest region. As early as 2006, Hoffer appeared as the lead dancer in the world's largest drag queen chorus line, which made the Guinness Book of World Records. By 2012, he had advanced to roles in Seattle theaters, playing Moritz in "Spring Awakening" (produced by Balagan Theatre), Angel in "Rent" (produced by The 5th Avenue Theatre), and Hedwig in "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" (produced by Balagan Theatre and Seattle Theatre Group). In 2014 he was nominated for the Helpmann Award (alongside the likes of Cate Blanchett, Ivo Van Hove, Denis O'Hare and Baz Luhrmann), the Australian equivalent of a Tony, for his performanace in The Vaudevillians.