Attending the opening of Make Me Gorgeous starring the fabulous Wade McCollum as Kenneth/Kate Marlowe inspired this caricature.

Make Me Gorgeous  is the reworking of the original script, Mr. Madam by donnie that premiered at triangle in June 2022.

Make Me Gorgeous is a one-person show based upon a true story, taken from several books by Kenneth aka Kate Marlowe. Kenneth has been described as one of the gayest and most openly homosexual personalities of the late 50s and early 60s. He went from a 1940s/1950s drag performer to being a madam (for Hollywood gays), to being the author of several books, and at the age of 50 began transitioning, soon after marrying a man in prison. You just cannot make this stuff up

It now has a new name, but the same playwright and actor now are bringing the story to the stage at Playhouse 46th at St Luke’s, 308 W 46th Street. With the encouragement of the Tony Award-winning playwright of “Memphis” Joe DiPietro and many others, the show will have a limited run off-Broadway run until December 31, 2023.

On October 30, Wicked will celebrates 20 years on Broadway. Look to the Western sky! as the Empire State Building goes green in honor of Wicked on that day as well.

Did you know you could join Wicked composer Stephen Schwartz, bookwriter Winnie Holzman and producer David Stone for a panel discussion at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts on October 31 at 6pm.

Here’s to remembering those memorable performances of Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth.

Happy, happy anniversary from T2C

With the world premiere opening of Here We Are Stephen Sondheim’s final musical tonight, I decided to do my caricature of Merrily We Roll Along. Here are the stars Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, and Lindsay Mendez who bring this first revival to life.

Here We Are, just extended its run through January 21 at The Shed.

To read T2C’s review of Merrily click here and here.