Big and bitter drag legend poisons every scared tradition in her 19th annual holiday show.
December 8 - 10 at Laurie Beechman Theatre
JACKIE BEAT brings her holiday show A GAY IN THE MANGER to The Laurie Beechman Theatre December 8-10 at 7 PM with a special brunch performance on Saturday, Dec. 9 at 4pm. The big and bawdy, bold and ballsy drag queen has ruined the holidays for New Yorkers for 19 consecutive seasons, and this year will be no different! Tickets are $24.00, and may be purchased by calling 212-352-3101, or online at SpinCycleNYC.com. The Laurie Beechman Theatre is located inside West Bank Cafe at 407 West 42 Street. There is a $20 food/drink minimum.
Year after year, song after song, drag queen JACKIE BEAT has waged an oh-so-glamorous “War on Christmas!” This secular soldier has obliterated just about every holiday song ever written, delightfully defiling all that is seasonably sacred! A GAY IN THE MANGER continues one of New York City's most beloved holiday traditions.
It all started so innocently in 1998 with Jesus Christ, It’s Your Birthday!, a delightful non-denominational holiday tribute featuring such seasonal fare as "Sleigh Ride in Leather With You" and "Black Christmas." When the show was prominently featured in The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Right’s 1998 Report on Anti-Catholicism, an annual holiday tradition was born. Beat's most requested holiday songs include including her cocaine-fueled rewrite of “Let It Snow,” the pregnancy confessional “Santa’s Baby,” a menorah-loving “Jew Christmas,” a booze-infused spin on “Happy Holidays” called “Alcoholidays,” and the STD cautionary tale "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Syphilis."
Award-winning drag darling JACKIE BEAT has been wowing unsuspecting audiences since 1989. She has toured with Roseanne Barr -- as the comic legend’s opening act -- including a 7-week run at The New York New York in Las Vegas; written for TV (Fashion Police, Hello Ross, Hype! and others) and collaborated on special material with the like of Roseanne, Rosie O’Donnell and Jennifer Coolidge; appeared in countless TV shows (Sex and the City), movies (Grief, Wigstock The Movie, Flawless, Adam & Steve) and Off-Broadway hits (Valley of the Dolls, Tell-Tale!). She has been named Best Drag Queen by New York Press and Best Live Performance by HX Magazine. Jackie is also a columnist, lead singer for the electro-rock band Dirty Sanchez, and the subject of the documentary film My Name is Jackie Beat including commentary from Joan Rivers, Margaret Cho, and Roseanne.
*photo by Bruce Glikas