Lypsinka: The Passion of the Crawford

Utilizing the actress’s own words, The Passion of the Crawford is a fantasia on the persona of an alternately complex and simple 20th Century icon, the renowned Hollywood glamour goddess Joan Crawford. The centerpiece of the performance is a re-creation, or rather an interpretation, of a live interview Crawford gave at Town Hall in 1973.

Lypsinka! (John Epperson) is a New York based drag queen who lip-synchs to meticulously edited show-length soundtracks culled from snippets of outrageous 20th-century female performances in movies and song. Lypsinka! has appeared in evening-length solo shows Off-Broadway, including The Boxed Set and As I Lay Lip-Synching. Lypsinka! is a frequent performer at Wigstock, and in her early career performed often at the legendary Pyramid Club. Epperson has also performed an autobiographical solo cabaret show, Show Trash, out of drag, talking and singing in his own voice.