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Total Rating: 
***
Opened: 
October 24, 2001
Ended: 
December 16, 2001
Country: 
USA
State: 
New York
City: 
New York
Company/Producers: 
Upstairs at Studio 54
Theater Type: 
off-Broadway
Theater: 
Studio 54
Theater Address: 
West 54th Street
Genre: 
Revue
Review: 

If the only barbershop quartet lyrics you know are to "Sweet Adeline," get thee over to the cabaret room upstairs at Studio 54 and catch this quartet of drag queens who mix filthy double-entendres, Yiddish quips and audience participation with their eclectic a cappella song stylings. A little of this parody stuff would ordinarily go a long way, and the foursome do overstay their welcome a bit, but their vocal arrangements are rich and intricate, and their rhymes are often fiendishly clever. Best are the edgiest numbers, including an alphabetical HIV song (courtesy of the Jackson 5) and an hilarious paean to gentrified real estate. And you may never hear Peggy Lee's "Fever" in quite the same way again.

Cast: 
The Kinsey Sicks
Critic: 
David Lefkowitz
Date Reviewed: 
November 2001