Drag legends reunite for a Halloween edition of their down 'n' dirty, anything-goes Battle!
Wednesday, October 3 at The Laurie Beechman Theater
Legendary drag icons JACKIE BEAT & SHERRY VINE reunite in a special Halloween edition of their no-holds-barred, down 'n' dirty, anything-goes edition of their wildly popular "Battle of the Bitches," retitled BATTLE OF THE WITCHES! It will be performed for one night only -- Wednesday, October 3 at 9pm -- at The Laurie Beechman Theater (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 $23 plus a $20 food/drink minimum. To purchase tickets call 212-352-3101 or visit www.SpinCycleNYC.com.
Just in time for Halloween, the dynamic drag duo that The New York Times called “the Laurel & Hardy of drag” take each other on, song by filthy song with BATTLE OF THE WITCHES! Blindly picking their topic from a hat, each determined diva will belt out one of her world-famous, sick ‘n’ twisted song parodies. Whether the topic is DRUGS, DRAG or POOP, never fear – these gorgeous gals will have the wicked parody to present!
After working together in Los Angeles, New York, Berlin and more – in everything from their show-stopping turn as Heart in Wigstock to the Off-Broadway show TELL-TALE!, Jackie and Sherry have an electric onstage chemistry that cannot be denied! Catch this once in-a-lifetime double dollop of drag delight that has wowed SOLD OUT crowds in Anchorage, Fire Island, Los Angeles, Long Beach, Orlando, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle and aboard the oh-so-appropriately named Golden Princess cruise ship to the Mexican Riviera with Atlantis Events.
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.
SHERRY VINE has starred in the smash theatrical productions of The Bad Weed '73 (in NYC, LA and Provincetown), e.s.p. - Eyes of a Supermodel Psychic (" the underground hit of the season" - NY Times), The Final Feast of Lucrezia Borgia ("Move over gals, NYC has a serious stage diva in Sherry Vine" - Paper Magazine), her one-woman/ten character hit Kitty Killer, the completely sold out mega-hit Charlie!, the off-Broadway transfer of Tell-Tale at the Cherry Lane Theatre ("Almost impossible not to have a good time" - NY Times), Doll ("One of downtown's most innovative and eye-popping Theatre Companies!" - Encore) and most recently in the wildly successful sold out adaptation of Stephen King's Carrie. All shows were produced by Theatre Couture, of which Sherry is co-Artistic Director with Joshua Rosenzweig and Erik Jackson. Sherry can be seen in the films Charlie, Francesca Page, Wigstock, Stonewall, Scream,Teen,Scream ("the best comedic performance of the year" - LA Weekly),The RuPaul Christmas Special, Mutti The Movie, Raspberry Reich, The Charmed Life, Squeezebox The Movie and Mr. & Mrs. Porebski (co written with Marec Porebski). In 1999, Sherry teamed up with the legendary Joey Arias to create StarLust, a spectacular cabaret that premiered in Berlin and then played in Manchester, Sydney, LA, NYC, Las Vegas, Budapest, Vienna, and all over Germany. In 2002, they were invited to premiere their new extravaganza, SINsation, in Sydney for The Mardi Gras Festival and then took the show to Berlin. Since then SINsation has been seen in Helsinki, Estonia, LA, Boston, San Francisco, Miami, Alaska, Seattle and Montreal. They ended their trilogy with The Greatest Hits in Berlin. Sherry premiered her first solo-cabaret show, The Way of Love, at B.K.A. Theatre in Berlin in 2003 and followed this with Funkalicious Fantasy at Big Eden. Sherry was voted Entertainer of the Year by her peers and honored with the first Glammy Award and HX Drag Queen of the Year in 2007.