Theater for Holiday Haters #2: Jackie Beat and Mimi Imfurst
By Erik Piepenburg
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/09/theater-for-holiday-haters-2-jackie-beat-and-mimi-imfurst/?ref=theaterWelcome to the second entry in our series on holiday offerings for theater lovers who hate the holidays. Below, we shine the spotlight on Jackie Beat and Mimi Imfurst.
It seems drag queens have a love-hate relationship with the holidays.
"There are two settings for Christmas, heartwarming or religious," Jackie Beat said in a phone interview from her home in Los Angeles. "Both are waiting to be taken down a notch."
Ms. Beat's new holiday show, "Drag Nog," celebrates Christmas with raunchy adaptations of musical numbers, including "Here Come the Reindeer Again," based on the Eurythmics' "Here Comes the Rain Again;" "I Want to Buy a Stuffed Animal," a riff on "Closer" by Nine Inch Nails; and "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" sung to the tune of the Eagles' "Hotel California."
