As we approach the final weeks of the season, it seems fitting to assess the state of the drag on Commercial Street, given its outsize prominence among the town’s entertainment […]
CABARET
The Startling, Vulnerable, Wildly Theatrical Sandra Bernhard
She is bringing her new show, ‘A Spring Affair,’ to town hall
September 2012, somewhere south of Hell’s Kitchen and the end of my first night as a full-time citizen of New York City. I was crouched on a sidewalk corner cleaning […]
THE COMMUNICATOR
‘Beware of Gypsy the Terrier’
On being taken for a ride by an adorable foulmouthed Jack Russell
I was pushing Sofia, my 16-year-old rescue mutt, in her stroller one recent afternoon when I ran into Thomas Nikolai and Brian Buckley with their dog, Gypsy, a 13-year-old Jack […]
STAR TURNS
Audra McDonald Is the Rarest Kind of Superstar
The 6-time Tony Award winner is returning to town hall July 9
It was a sunny Saturday afternoon in April 2012, and I was walking with my husband along a side street in New York City’s theater district. We were scouting for […]
DRAG DESK
Sampling Provincetown’s Ubiquitous Drag Brunch
Our skeptical correspondent is pleasantly surprised
Isn’t brunch supposed to be sort of quiet? The clink of ice in your cocktail glass and the soothing crunch of avocado toast the only aural disturbances? Yet here we […]
CABARET
Cabaret Fest Returns With a Celebration of Sondheim
Seven days, 24 performers: ‘Just you and the microphone’
Are you dreaming, as I am, of a bottomless martini with a side of regret? Clever lyrics wryly sung? Heartbreak delivered at 11 o’clock? If you answered yes to any […]
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Smoochie Takes a Bullet
If the cat knows who pulled the trigger, he’s not saying
PROVINCETOWN — Not long after Smoochie Chute set out on his morning walk April 13 around his East End neighborhood with his brother, Love Bug, he returned, screaming in pain. […]
DRAG DESK
Illusions — It’s Forever
A new and more intimate venue for Provincetown’s longest-running review
For all its fierce glamour and industrial-strength levels of hairspray, a drag show is a fragile thing. The delicate alchemy of performer, venue, and audience can be lost when an […]
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Lula at the Banquet of Life
A pig who loves a party is also an artist’s muse
Lula the Pig said she would buy the flowers herself. “We’re having a party,” she said in a startlingly deep voice, one you might expect from a bear rather than […]
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Lula at the Banquet of Life
A pig who loves a party is also an artist’s muse
Lula the Pig said she would buy the flowers herself. “We’re having a party,” she said in a startlingly deep voice, one you might expect from a bear rather than […]
NIGHTLIFE
It’s a Weed, Weed, Weed, Weed World
Mackenzie Miller headlines a weekend of cannabis celebrations
If you’re having trouble understanding the title of the three-night event at the Crown & Anchor in Provincetown this weekend, a little explanation may be in order. CDXX is the […]
CIVICS
Provincetown Fights Back Against Anti-Drag Laws
Legislation in 15 states puts drag into same category as strip shows
PROVINCETOWN — Local performers are pushing back against a raft of anti-drag bills across the country that characterize their work as pornographic — or worse. According to a Feb. 12 […]
ON THE RUNWAY
Pets Parade at the Year Rounders Festival
Though some contestants stray due to excitement, curiosity, and smells
PROVINCETOWN — Paws strutted the runway at town hall on Saturday as the annual pet parade — a much-anticipated event of the Year Rounders Festival — got underway. But the […]
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Neptune Abelew Sees You
When warm summer sunshine wears a golden coat
I met up with Bonnie and Beth Abelew and their 14-month-old golden retriever, Neptune, at the benches outside Provincetown Town Hall. The sisters, who’d come in from North Truro, showed […]
THEATER
Thirty Years On, ‘Chicago’ Still Dazzles
A Broadway star is born as Jinkx Monsoon plays Matron ‘Mama’ Morton
NEW YORK CITY — At a recent performance of Chicago at the Ambassador Theater on West 49th Street, a rumble of anticipation preceded Jinkx Monsoon’s entrance on stage. The two-time […]
