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The Jackie Look
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Feb 6, 2010
Closed Apr 24, 2010

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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

In The Jackie Look, Karen Finley will use the iconic persona of Jacqueline Kennedy Onasis to explore history, style, trauma, femininity, and the demands of being the First Lady. The show will focus not only on history but also on present-day events and public figures.

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:



The Laurie Beechman Theatre
407 W 42nd St
New York, NY 10036


WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?


After tackling the iconic persona of Liza Minnelli in her 2003 show Make Love, performance art provocateur Karen Finley turns her attention to another famous celebrity in her latest work, The Jackie Look, now playing on Saturday evenings at the Laurie Beechman Theatre. But while this examination into the life, legend, and legacy of the late Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis is often intriguing, it doesn't quite succeed in theatrical terms.

Finley enters the playing area dressed in a dark wig, sunglasses, and outfit that are intended to invoke Jackie Kennedy, but her imitation of the former First Lady is done more by suggestion than mimicry. Towards the beginning of the show, Finley takes the audi[...]


Reviewed by Dan Bacalzo on Feb 5, 2010

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