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The Sissy Show: Revue-ing gender with a variety of song

by Katherine Harvey

Cleveland Heights-Venuu Off-Coventry, an intimate space for eclectic performing arts, will present The Sissy Show on Saturday, June 14 at 8 pm.

The Sissy Show is a musical revue that provides a humorous and bittersweet exploration of the personal and social joys and sorrows of people whose bodies and lives do not quite match their internal sense of gender. Such people have come to be grouped together under the term "transgender" and range from heterosexual men who cross dress for pleasure, drag queens who represent the archetypes of feminine sexuality, to full-fledged transsexuals who seek to align their physical bodies with their inner sense of gender.

The format of the show combines the personal reminisces of The Vagina Monologues with the musical flair of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, although the music is more down-home and accessible, even mainstream. The Sissy Show deals with a very difficult subject matter with wit, intelligence, and compassion, and avoids falling into the traps of self-pity or polemicism. It features 26 songs covering a wide variety of musical styles that ranges from rock, pop, country, and blues to operetta, jazz, and, yes, a show tune or two. Katherine Harvey wrote the music and arranged all the songs for The Sissy Show. She co-wrote the script with Todd Stuart, and plays the instruments on the recording, which she also produced and engineered. Harvey is featured in many of the show's songs.

Christine Howey wrote or co-wrote many of the lyrics for The Sissy Show. She is a freelance writer, playwright, novelist

and songwriter, and has been an actor and director for years, with her "high point" being a pre-transition role as Richard Nixon in An Evening With Richard Nixon by Gore Vidal. Her play about her life story, Making Faces, played off-Broadway in New York City in March of 2000.

Todd Stuart has appeared in over 40 productions and is employed by Playhouse Square Foundation as promotions man-

Christine Howey

ager for the National City Broadway Series. He sings lead vocals on seven of The Sissy Show's numbers.

Joni Christian has recorded with the Beacon St. Society and recently appeared in a production of the off-Broadway It Could Happen To You. She is featured on lead vocals on "Me and My Centerfold" and "If I Fell In Love With You."

Doors open at 7:30. Suggested donation is $8; $4 with student I.D. Venuu OffCoventry is a substance-free zone, located in Unitarian Universalist Society of Cleveland at 2728 Lancashire Rd. For more information, call 216-321-1119 or log onto www.venuu.com. For more information on The Sissy Show, see the web site www.sissyshow.com. ✓

Katherine Harvey is one of the creators of The Sissy Show.

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