Wig Out!
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SHOW INFORMATION
Opened Sep 30, 2008
Closed Nov 16, 2008
WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
The Vineyard Theatre presents the world premiere of the new play Wig Out! by Tarrell Alvin McCraney -- author of the acclaimed play, The Brothers Size and the first recipient of The Vineyard's Paula Vogel Playwriting Award in 2007. Tina Landau directs.
Set nearly twenty years after Madonna's "Vogue" topped music charts and "Paris Is Burning" filled movie theaters, Wig Out! is a fierce and intoxicating new play which tells of two competing drag houses, and the loves, loyalties, and dreams within each that draw their members together and apart.
Vineyard Theatre hosts "The Stunt and Show" -- a one-night-only runway event to celebrate its production of Tarell Alvin McCraney's Wig Out! on October 1. Beginning at 8pm, theatergoers will be invited to show off their unique style on The Vineyard's red carpet runway prior to attending the special late-night 9:00pm performance of Wig Out!, a limited number of $25.00 rush tickets available to theatergoers in drag on October 1st only.
THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:
108 E 15th St
New York, NY 10003
Vineyard is a nonprofit Off-Broadway theatre company that has produced groundbreaking new plays and musicals for over 20 years. Notable plays originating at the Vineyard include Paula Vogel's How I Learned to Drive (1998 Pulitzer), Edward Albee's Th [...] Read More
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Without question, Tarell Alvin McCraney's vibrant and innovative new play Wig Out!, now at the Vineyard Theatre, has got style to spare, especially in this bold production by director Tina Landau.
The work is set in and around the predominantly African-American and Latino "House Ball" culture that is perhaps known to some from the 1990 documentary Paris Is Burning, although the scene has changed significantly since that time. It still features drag -- both feminine and masculine -- but the impact of Hip-Hop has influenced the kinds of categories in which contestants compete.
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