Thursday, June 19, 2008

ATW News Digest - 'Arias With a Twist' opens at HERE - read the reviews

New York Times

Effigies and Aliens Cavort in a Cross-Dressing Wonderland
The chanteuses who play Madison Square Garden have never experienced the imaginative heights of spectacle with which Basil Twist surrounds Joey Arias in “Arias With a Twist.”

New York Post

Drag Lord
Toward the end of "Arias With a Twist," the new collaboration between drag queen Joey Arias and puppeteer Basil Twist, Arias stomps through a miniature re-creation of the New York City skyline like a cross-dressing King Kong. It's a canny metaphor for his conquering return to the city that made him famous, following a stint of...

New York Press

Theater: Phantasmic Voyage
Creative mavericks Joey Arias and Basil Twist collaborate on a glittering, trippy fantasia

Associated Press

'Arias With a Twist' mixes puppetry with music

Variety

Review: Arias With a Twist
...a cracked evening of song, dance and corny jokes, all delivered in the maybe-he's-drunk style of a downtown club.

TheaterMania

Review: Arias With a Twist
This collaboration between renowned drag diva Joey Arias and visionary puppet artist Basil Twist is a trippy, mesmerizing visual feast.

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