WIGSTOCK UPDATE

SCOTT LIFSHUTZ, MY CO-ORGANIZER, CIRCA 1987. PHOTO: KRASNER/TREVITZ



FIRST, THE BAD NEWS:

Scott Lifshutz (my co-organizer) and I are still on hiatus and Wigstock has ceased to exist as an annual event. But please check out the official Wigstock website for oodles of photos, press and fun facts for a walk down mammary lane. And vintage Wigstock t-shirts for sale! We don't know exactly when the festival will reappear, but after a 20 year run, we could use a long break!

DORIAN COREY AT WIGSTOCK CIRCA 1988 (PHOTO: KRASNER/TREVITZ)



AND NOW, THE GOOD NEWS:

Johnny Dynell and Chi Chi Valente, the dynamic downtown duo who brought you Jackie 60, Night of 1000 Stevies and MOTHERNYC.COM, are putting together a festival in what was normally Wigstock's slot during the Howl Festival on Saturday, September 8th. Called, LOW-LIFE, it will incorporate many of downtown's beloved performers from burlesque queen Dirty Martini to the Duelling Bankheads and whirl them all up in an insane 1800's theme, which we all know is really just an excuse for Chi Chi to throw on a girdle! Already confirmed in the line-up: Sweetie, Wigstock co-founder Hattie Hathaway, Robert La Fosse, Dean Johnson, Jessica Rabbit Domination, choreographer Julie Atlas Muz, Paul Alexander, Michael T. and the crazy and gorgeous (relative) newcomer. Epiphany. Anyhoo, I'm not working on that day so I plan to go and enjoy the fruitcakes of someone elses labor for a change! For a sex change! Visit MOTHERNYC.COM for more info. Hope to see you all there!