Trannies and Prophets

[Natasha]

Trannies and Prophets

http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/trannies-and-prophets/Content?oid=1554502
Alison Hallett
8/6/09

Previewing a performance art show, sight unseen, can be a bit of a gamble. Take Tragic Magic, running one night only at the Miracle Theatre this weekend. Three New York-based artists will each perform a brief set—one of the performers, Glenn Marla, has been described in the press both as a "downtown prophet" and an "obese transvestite in tights." Well, which is it?