Lypsinka! As I Lay Lip-Synching
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SHOW INFORMATION
Opened Nov 5, 2003
Closed Dec 21, 2003
WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Following a sold-out run at the nightclub Show, Lypsinka, the ultimate luxury item, returns with Lypsinka! As I Lay Lip-Synching, directed by Kevin Malony. The show features set and lighting design by Mark T. Simpson and costume design by Bryant Hoven.
Lypsinka has been praised for her concert performances across the country and around the world, and has been called "a cross between Lucille Ball and an angry flamingo" (The New York Times), "a geyser of glamour" (The Los Angeles Times), "sort of a singing/dancing June Cleaver on acid" (San Francisco Chronicle), "an hilariously schizophrenic theatrical diva" (Miami Herald), "a thousand characters bursting from one body" (Sydney Morning Herald), simply "fabulous" (Time Out London), and "a legend in her own mind" (Boston Globe).
THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:
18 Minetta Ln
New York, NY 10014
Tucked into quiet corner of the busy West Village, the Minetta Lane Theatre is a beautiful spacious 399-seat house with a balcony. The lobby has a small concession stand. It has housed many Off Broadway hits including GROSS INDECENCIES-the three tr [...] Read More
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John Epperson is a brilliant entertainer. For those who don't recognize the name, Epperson is who Lypsinka is when she removes Louis Braun's carefully applied makeup, Mitch Ely's lethal-flip wig, and the shrewdly mix-and-match costumes that Bryant Hoven contrives. Yes, there was an indisputable spark of genius in Epperson's initial impulse to take lip-synchronization, which for years was no more than an amusing music hall stunt, and see where he could go with it.
He took it surprisingly far -- straight into the realm of art form -- when it occurred to him that he could splice excerpts from old movies, original cast albums, and television and radio soundtracks into 60-minute-plus scenarios [...]