America's favorite drag Scrooge delivers great expectations in her 26th annual holiday comedy.
Friday, December 20 at Chicago's Motor Row Showpalace
"A crabby alternative to Christmas cheer... An oasis of bile in a season of sappy sentiment." -- Time Out New York
“A hilarious not-to-be-missed holiday tradition...warm seasonal classics glazed with enough arsenic to poison every sacred belief and tradition” -- HX Magazine
It’s the most wonderful time of the year and everyone’s favorite drag legend, JACKIE BEAT, is serving up a heapin’ helpin’ of holiday hijinx that yule just love. With BIG DICKENS ENERGY, let the legendary Ghost of Christmas Trash stuff your stocking with her twisted new seasonal fare (including "Scrooge Looks Like a Lady") and a bunch of cherished chestnuts from Christmas past (like “Alcoholidays”, “Sleigh Ride in Leather with You,” "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Syphilis" and the pregnancy confessional "Santa's Baby"). Celebrating 35 years in drag, Jackie has become synonymous with the holiday season. After all, she’s frosty, has a red nose and her heart is three sizes too small!
Catch JACKIE BEAT: BIG DICKENS ENERGY on Friday, December 20 at Chicago's Motor Row Showpalace (2229 S. Michigan Avenue). Tickets are $22 for general admission or $35 for VIP (which includes reserved seating and a signed photo). Please note that there is a $30 food/beverage minimum at this performance. For tickets and info click HERE.
It all started so innocently in 1998 with Jesus Christ, It’s Your Birthday!, a delightful non-denominational holiday tribute featuring such seasonal fare as "Sleigh Ride in Leather With You" and "Black Christmas." When the show was prominently featured in The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Right’s 1998 Report on Anti-Catholicism, an annual holiday tradition was born. Beat’s holiday shows, including How The Bitch Stole Christmas, Give ‘Til It Hurts, O Holy Hell, and Blew Christmas have been performed at venues nationally.
Award-winning drag darling JACKIE BEAT has been wowing unsuspecting audiences since 1989. She has toured with Roseanne Barr -- as the comic legend’s opening act -- including a 7-week run at The New York New York in Las Vegas; written for TV (Fashion Police, Hello Ross, Hype! and others) and collaborated on special material with the like of Roseanne, Rosie O’Donnell and Jennifer Coolidge; appeared in countless TV shows (Sex and the City), movies (Grief, Wigstock The Movie, Flawless, Adam & Steve) and Off-Broadway hits (Valley of the Dolls, Tell-Tale!). She has been named Best Drag Queen by New York Press and Best Live Performance by HX Magazine. Jackie is also a columnist, lead singer for the electro-rock band Dirty Sanchez, and the subject of the documentary film My Name is Jackie Beat including commentary from Joan Rivers, Margaret Cho, and Roseanne.