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New Show Features Drag Queen House Balls

by Allison Lichter

NEW YORK, NY October 05, 2008 —A new show opened this week at the Vineyard theater, called Wig Out! It's the story of a community of drag queens and their "house balls" -- the performance competitions among them. It tells multiple love stories, through song and poetic storytelling. And its cast includes some of the city's well-known drag performers. The playwright Tarrell Alvin McCraney won accolades for a play he wrote that ran last year off-broadway. WNYC's Allison Lichter went to the opening night performance and spoke with him about his newest project


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