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THE WITCHES OF EAST VILLAGE
Drag icons COCO PERU, CHAD MICHAELS and PEACHES CHRIST will star in the long-awaited New York Premiere of THE WITCHES OF EAST VILLAGE, a theatrical parody based on the iconic film "The Witches of Eastwick". This original stage show was written and directed by Joshua Grannell. It will be performed for one night only, Saturday, April 2 at 7pm & 10pm at The Gramercy Theatre (127 East 23rd Street between Park and Lexington Aves.). Tickets are $40 for floor seating, $30 for the loge and $75 for VIP (which include post-show meet-and-greet) at 800-745-3000 or TicketMaster.com.
In THE WITCHES OF EAST VILLAGE, three seasoned drag queens -- a Cher impersonator, an acclaimed monologuist, and a cinephile -- are invited to perform in the picturesque East Village of New York. The trio of sassy singles are feeling lonely until a mysterious and flamboyant drag fan arrives in their lives. But what are his ultimate intentions? What follows is devilishly fun -- you'll laugh till you toss your cherries!
In addition to Coco, Chad and Peaches, THE WITCHES OF EAST VILLAGE co-stars Ben Rimalower (Patti Issues) and Peggy L'eggs in a cast of 12 featuring Sutton Lee Seymour, Nomi Sas, Strawberry Fields, Judy Darling, James Michael Arvance, Adam Sarette and Drew Bloom.
MISS COCO PERU aka Clinton Leupp grew up in the Bronx on City Island and got his/her start after he wrote, produced, directed, and starred in his first show in the early 90’s. On screen, Miss Coco is best known for her roles in Jim Fall's trick (Sundance 1999) and Richard Day's comedy Girls Will Be Girls. Other film appearances include To Wong Foo… and Straight-Jacket. Coco can be heard in the Disney animated feature, The Wild as Mamma Hippo. Coco has appeared on TV in How I Met Your Mother, Arrested Development, Will and Grace, and in an Orbitz commercial that was nominated for a 2005 GLAAD Media Award, among others. She also has her own half-hour comedy special taped as part of the “Wisecrack” series on LOGO as well as a spot in the special “One Night Stand-Up – Drag Queens”. Coco’s live one-person shows include: “Miss Coco Peru: A Legend in Progress” (’92 MAC and Bistro Award), “Miss Coco Peru at the Westbeth Theatre” (’95 MAC Nomination), “Miss Coco Peru's Liquid Universe”(‘98 NY GLAAD Nomination), “Miss Coco Peru is Undaunted” (’04 LA GLAAD Award Winner, Ovation Nomination), and “Ugly Coco.” These shows, and others, have been performed to sold out audiences in theatres, clubs, restaurants, ballrooms, yachts and cabarets throughout the US and abroad.
CHAD MICHAELS' career as one of the world’s premier Cher impersonators now spans two decades of acclaim. Chad’s career highlights include engagements with Norbert Aleman’s Las Vegas and London productions of “An Evening at La Cage”, Jimmy Emmerson’s South American production of “La Cage Follies”, and Dan Gore’s ICONS productions in California. After making it into the Top 3 on RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 4, Chad ultimately took the title of “Queen of Queens” in the RuPaul’s All Stars Drag Race, winning the competition and earning the first spot in The RuPaul’s Drag Race Hall of Fame. Currently, Chad produces and performs with the longest running Female Impersonation show in California, The Dreamgirls Revue, and tours internationally.
JOSHUA GRANNELL, the “altar” ego of PEACHES CHRIST, is a San Francisco-based filmmaker and entertainer who made his feature film directorial debut with the dark, horror comedy “All About Evil,” starring Natasha Lyonne, Thomas Dekkar (Bakstrom), Cassandra "Elvira" Peterson and Mink Stole. He spearheaded the All About Evil: The Peaches Christ Experience in 4-D, a multimedia film/music event that toured the world featuring actors from the film and has created the immensely popular Midnight Mass movie series, an interactive celebration featuring a film tribute and live interview with a multitude of talent including John Waters, Elvira, Jennifer Tilly, Pam Grier and more. Grannell is currently developing, producing and distributing feature film projects, exclusive online content and ‘live’ events, for crazed fans, around the world. For additional information, visit www.PeachesChrist.com
BEN RIMALOWER is the author and star of the critically acclaimed Bad with Money (The Advocate’s #1 Solo Show of 2014) and Patti Issues (M.A.C. and Bistro Awards, Official Selection: Adelaide Cabaret Festival and Eugene O’Neill Theater Center Summer Conference), which he has also performed on London’s West End, in Berlin and all across the U.S. His “Do You Have Patti Issues?” PSA with Alan Cumming and Patti LuPone was a homepage selection on FunnyOrDie. He writes regularly for Playbill, Vulture, Decider, NewNowNext, Time Out New York, Next and Huffington Post. Ben directed and produced the Off-Broadway plays Joy (Actors Playhouse) and The Fabulous Life of a Size Zero (Daryl Roth), as well as numerous off Off-Broadway plays, readings, benefits and concerts. He has earned the title the “Midas of Cabaret” (Out) helming a slew of solo shows, most notably conceiving and directing Leslie Kritzer is Patti LuPone at Les Mouches and producing Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight Records’ Patti LuPone at Les Mouches. Follow @benrimalower on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube and visit benrimalower.com.
Look Out, Witches of Bushwick: The East Village Is Getting Metaphysical
Halloween is over, but a store that sells “raven stuff” will open in the East Village in just a couple of weeks.
“I don’t think of it as witchcraft,” says Rakesh Samani of his selection of candles and pendulums. “I consider it positive thinking.”
To be fair, Aum Namaste is about more than just wiccanism. Samani describes the eastside offshoot of his West Village shop Namaste as an “Eastern and Western metaphysical bookstore.” It will sell tarot and oracle cards, meditation and yoga supplies, sage, essential oils, and books on Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam.
Samani was born into a Hindu family and began his journey in earnest after the death of his mother, when he overcame anxiety and depression by taking a 10-day silence retreat. “It reestablished my life purpose and plans and brought me on this spiritual path,” he told us. Now the former assistant manager of the East West Bookstore teaches yoga at the Namaste Healing Center and gives one-on-one reiki healing sessions. He also makes the kind of crystal jewelry that will be for sale in the shop.
When Aum Namaste opens in about 15 days, he’s hoping to host daily book signings and workshops on reiki, mantra meditation, crystals and healing modality. Psychic and tarot readings will also be available.
Actually, the store has already started putting on events: last week it hosted a $250 workshop with magick maven Christopher Penczak, founder of the Temple of Witchcraft. The event promised to explore “meditation within the Inner Temple, spellcraft and the witch’s circle, elemental allies, spirit guides, the five fold gods, shamanic journey, banishing rituals, and the mystery of the eternal Witch’s Sabbat.”
That’s all Greek to us, but it would seem the Witches of Bushwick just got some competition across the river.
Aum Namaste Bookshop, 226 East 14th St., 212-260-2866
The Witches of Eastwick
“It’s all done with the ambidextrous eyebrows. Jack Nicholson can elevate either brow singly to express his intention of getting away with murder, and he can elevate them in unison to reflect his delight when he has done so. In the annals of body language, his may be a small skill, but it’s a crucial one, because it makes us conspirators with Nicholson; he’s sharing his raffish delight with us. He does that a lot in THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK, in which he plays the devil: a role he was born to fill. He finds himself in Eastwick, a sedate New England village, after being invoked by three bored housewives who have not found what they are looking for in the local male population. Nicholson is exactly what they are looking for, by definition, because he can be all things to all people.
He buys the big mansion on the edge of town, moves in and starts cooking. Nobody knows where he came from or what his story is, and he’s certainly an oddball: Look at those floppy, ungainly clothes, or remember the time he began to snore, deafeningly, at the village concert. But the three women who summoned him aren’t complaining, because he’s giving each one of them just what she wants.
The women are played in the movie by Cher, Michelle Pfeiffer and Susan Sarandon, and they have a delicious good time with their roles. These women need to be good at double takes, because they’re always getting into situations that require them. When they’re together, talking up a storm, they have the kind of unconscious verbal timing that makes comedy out of ordinary speech. We laugh not only because they say funny things but because they give everyday things just a slight twist of irony.
But it’s Nicholson’s show. There is a scene where he dresses in satin pajamas and sprawls full length on a bed, twisting and stretching sinuously in full enjoyment of his sensuality. It is one of the funniest moments of physical humor he has ever committed. There is another sequence in which he presides over a diabolical celebration in his mansion, orchestrating unspeakable acts and realizing unconscious fantasies. In the hands of another actor it might look ridiculous, but Nicholson seems perfectly at home with the bizarre.” -Roger Ebert
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Enchantments Inc.
Nette, David, and Colman were three of the most welcoming witches we have encountered on the side streets of Manhattan. We met the trio at Enchantments, which is the oldest occult store in the city, having been established in 1982.
As we spoke, Colman carved a custom candle, David shelved books, and Nette hand-blended herbs, oils, and salts for the Magickal Apothecary. Incense wafted in the air, the floor sparkled with glitter, and a scrawny cat sprawled on top of a glass display case. As we listened to the witches talk about their work, we began to understand why many view Enchantments not just as a store, but as a sanctuary.
“We don’t do magic on people,” Nette emphasized, referring to the fact that they do not traffic in “black magick” or spells meant to exert control without consent. Our photographer countered with a question, “What if I feel I am the subject of a hex? What would you offer then?” Nette sighed. “Many customers come to us with problems of that type. The truth is that nobody can put a hex on you unless you have given them your power. In fact, laughter is one of the strongest banishment techniques because it can help you reclaim that power for yourself.”
Some people come to Enchantments because they are curious and want to browse the curated collection of occult supplies. Others are dealing with grief, loss, trauma or unforeseen challenges in their lives, and the witches on staff offer support and spiritual advice.
Colman noted, “It can be hard helping other people all day long, but it is fulfilling as well. We all support each other and are constantly collaborating to assist the folks who walk through our door. Often we offer supplies that simply help people calm and center themselves so that they can think clearly and make healthy decisions.” Nette then jumped in. “What we are really about is education, empowerment, and balance. The world can be a tough place to find spiritual fulfillment, and in many popular patriarchal religions, for instance, there is a lack of balance that drives people away. Here we encourage people to value and embrace themselves.”
Before we left, Colman showed us through the back of the shop to a small, cozy courtyard ringed with lights. He gestured to the chairs scattered around a firepit and explained that, weather permitting, this was a space for the occasional event or ceremony, often led by David, a Wiccan High Priest. On the way out, David summed up the philosophy of Enchantments and the community it helps to foster. “We don’t pretend to have all the answers to the questions and problems that life presents. However, we do feel that mysticism can be an important aid in your personal journey.”
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