Mimosas with Mama
(at The Unicorn)
Mama Tits is a bossy, bitchy, big bombshell of a drag queen.
If that description sets your teeth on edge, you probably won’t want to go to
her Mimosas with Mama Sunday Brunch
at The Unicorn! However, there are probably some good reasons for her ordering
the crowd around and some of them might be mimosas!
If you’re going to have a boozy brunch, you might want to
make sure those freely imbibing frequent flyers (it appears that many people
like to attend frequently) stay in line and don’t bug the performers overly
much, or cause any safety issues. And if you follow the rules, you’re bound to
have fun with Mama and her cohort of faux chanteuses.
The show has two sections. The beginning is some all-around
fun lip-syncing to fun songs generally suited to each member of team,
introducing her to the audience. In December, when Mimosas expands to Saturdays
as well, you can expect a bunch of holiday favorites, playing to the season.
The second part is a mini-musical that Mama began creating
with help a few years ago. Currently showing is a very well-done version of Little Shop of Horrors. While it is only
a half-hour version, generally a cut down of the movie musical, it tells the
whole story pretty well, and has some kick ass costuming (by Pete Rush). Tipsy Rose Lee does the choreography, which is fun to watch.
The mini-musical is the part that sets the production apart.
It’s fun to see them take it on and perform it as fully as they commit to. I
understand that they started out with pretty cheap technical supports, and they
are now putting some real muscle into making the scenery and costuming stand up
and say, “hi!”
Little Shop will
run through the month of December. Next year’s offering will be Hairspray, the first mini-musical they
tried. But this time, they are updating their tech, so if you saw it before,
you may well want to see it again, Bombshell-style.
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