If These Wigs Could Talk by Panti Bliss at the Irish Arts Center

NEW YORK - If These Wigs Could Talk by Panti Bliss at the Irish Arts CenterDear Dr./Ms. Panti Bliss – the only thing wrong with this show is the title.It should be “From Hidden Basements to Castle Courtyards” because that is the tale you are giving us. You are a political giant who found your way to lead through drag. Wigs-shmigs. You are bigger than wigs.If you, dear reader, would like a taste of Panti’s achievement, look no further than the documentary “Queen Of Ireland. “ Raised in the 1970s and 1980s in Country Mayo, Ireland, where the popular acronyms were BVM – Blessed Virgin Mary – and TG – Thank God, and there were few professions open to a gay person. That was it. Period. Full Stop. So Panti had to follow her instincts, and those led to “Hidden Basements.” It was a time of gender discombobulation, and it seemed that Bliss’s only job was to drink until drunk and run around like a mad person. Still, everything was hidden, done in the dark. It wasn’t until Bliss saw a regal drag queen that fate came calling.Drag queens do not hide. They sparkle. They seek the spotlight. They are unapologetic and they invite you to love, love, love them. THIS was something Bliss could understand. In she leaped. And now, as a mature human of 55, Bliss wonders out loud to us. “What is my role now?’ Now that drag queens are swimming in a sea of youngsters raised on RuPaul who have no concept of the decades of struggle – what is the job now?This is an extraordinary evening of storytelling.

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