Real Beards, Real Ladies: New Play About Psychedelic Drag Legends The Cockettes Gets A Blessing From A Living Legend Shimself New Play About Psychedelic Drag Legends The Cockettes Gets A Blessing From A Living Legend Shimself “OMG!!!” began a Facebook post by Kenneth Ansloan, Head Doll of The Dolls Theatre Troupe. “The one and only Rumi Missabu … an [...] Blake Driver \ May 14, 2015 Read More
Almost Fey-Mous: On Tina’s Trail In Albuquerque On Tina’s Trail In Albuquerque On a tranquil Monday in March, the Hollywood badass who changed the course of world history with her Sarah Palin impersonation on “Saturday [...] Blake Driver \ Apr 16, 2015 Read More From left, Tina Fey and Chloe Mizusawa at Bookworks (Bookworks)
A New Normal: Mts Brings Authenticity To America’s Most Dysfunctional Family Mts Brings Authenticity To America’s Most Dysfunctional Family Tombstones bearing the dates of bygone centuries welcome audiences to the warehouse performance space. Onstage, an oil portrait of Cousin Itt—a mass of [...] Blake Driver \ Apr 09, 2015 Read More
Stage Whispers: Monsters In Our Midst Cast members parade their disco-era Macy’s looks in front of the wardrobe mistress as stagehands arrange café props on stage. “We need to [...] Blake Driver \ Apr 02, 2015 Read More From left, Richard Atkins (David Shapiro) and Justin Raper (Klaus Reinhardt)
Not Just Turquoise And Fringe: Hopes And Growing Pains For New Mexico’s Fashion Industry Hopes And Growing Pains For New Mexico’s Fashion Industry “You probably don’t think fashion would ever come from here,” says 21-year-old Destini Duran. The Santa Fe Community College student designs “edgy, sophisticated” [...] Blake Driver \ Mar 26, 2015 Read More
Stage Whispers: House Specialty And Modern Urbanity House Specialty “When launching your marshmallow six-shooters, please aim below the neck.” This basic instruction for audience participation in the latest Victorian-styled melodrama by SouthWest [...] Blake Driver \ Mar 19, 2015 Read More (SWRT)
Animal Intelligence: A Review Of Duke City Repertory Theatre’s Animal Farm A gigantic puppet, booze jug in hand, staggers onstage like a grotesque 16th-century ghoul resurrected straight out of a commedia dell’arte carnival. He [...] Blake Driver \ Mar 12, 2015 Read More Four legs good, two legs bad: L to R, Ezra Colón, Merritt Glover, Josh Heard, Willis Miller, Amelia Ampuero. (Rick Galli & Lauren Myers)
Sip, Paint, Repeat: Get Some Culture With Your Drinks With sip-and-paint franchises popping up around the country, and bars and coffee houses doubling as galleries, art openings aren’t the only opportunities to [...] Blake Driver \ Jan 22, 2015 Read More Have a sip at Old Town Creative Studios. (Blake Driver)
Arts Profile: The Beat Goes On For Lawrence Welk Dancer Cissy King The Beat Goes On For Dancer Cissy King For Cissy King, remembering lines has always presented a host of challenges. But the veteran dancer-turned-actress has no trouble firing off some of [...] Blake Driver \ Jun 14, 2012 Read More
Performance Preview: Duke City And Big Apple Burlesque Troupes Tag-Team For Scintillating Show Duke City And Big Apple Tag-Team For Scintillating Show When Albuquerque-based stripteaser Holly Rebelle was thinking about performing in this year’s Texas Burlesque Festival in Austin, one of the show’s producers dissuaded [...] Blake Driver \ Apr 26, 2012 Read More