Joey Arias
Joey Arias is a New York based performance artist, cabaret singer, and drag queen. After singing in Rock Bands, he performed in Groundlings and later became well known in the NY performance/club scene on the 1970s and 1980s on the strength of his talent for "channeling" Billie Holiday. He has recorded many albums of his music and famously played Joan Crawford in Christmas at the Crawford's; he is also well-known to independent-film audiences in such films as Mondo New York and Wigstock: The Movie. In 2008, his performance of Arias with a Twist at HERE announced his return to New York theater after a hiatus of several years.
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Clocktower Radio’s series of recorded HERE programming. HERE builds a community that nurtures career artists as they create innovative hybrid live performance in theatre, dance, music, puppetry, media and visual art through residencies, event production, and commissions.
Since 1993, HERE has been one of New York’s most prolific producing organizations, and today, it stands at the forefront of the city’s presenters of daring new hybrid art. HERE supports multidisciplinary work that does not fit into a conventional programming agenda. Our aesthetic represents the independent, the innovative, and the experimental: HERE has developed such acclaimed works as Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues; Basil Twist’s Symphonie Fantastique; Basil Twist and Joey Arias' Arias with a Twist; Hazelle Goodman’s On Edge; Young Jean Lee's Songs of The Dragons Flying To Heaven; Trey Lyford & Geoff Sobelle’s all wear bowlers; Faye Driscoll's837 Venice Boulevard; Taylor Mac's The Lily's Revenge and original musical and dance works created and directed by HERE Co-Founder and Artistic Director Kristin Marting.
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