Kinsey Sicks
Things You Shouldn’t Say
Metropolitan Room, NYC, August 19, 2017
Reviewed by Bart Greenberg for Cabaret Scenes
America’s favorite Dragappella beauty shop quartet returns with a new show that mixes the traditional with the unexpected. Deeper, more complex and yet riotously funny, “go[ing] boldly where no Kinsey Sicks show has gone before!” The glamorous Trixie, the uptight Winnie, the spacey Trampolina, and the vulgar Rachel share their songs and stories.
The musical numbers tend to be revised versions of familiar songs, from a medley of television themes from the ‘60s “paying tribute” to the current White House occupants, to a salute to out and loud gay men (“Proud Mary”). Original compositions are mixed in as well.
Much of the humor is political. Much of it is scatological. The production is not for the faint of heart.
The theme of the show is the history of the group. Rachel is the only original cast member, while each of the others joined at some point in the last 15 years. We hear the story of each of the performers as well as the development of their characters.
Rachel provides the most intense background with a harrowing personal tale of the AIDS crisis in San Francisco.
These serious moments don’t stop the same Rachel from dragging a semi-willing victim named Chris onstage to serenade him (and lap dance him) to “Where the Goys Are.
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” Trampolina shares a tale about her dear friend Kellyanne, while Trixie also finds a promising new beau in the audience, until she receives a letter from the Free Clinic and turns “Mamma Mia” into a tribute to gonorrhea.
This show is an expert mixture of over-the-top camp and compelling moments. There are “things you shouldn’t say,” but you shouldn’t miss Kinsey Sicks.
There is one more performance for this run on Tuesday, August 22.