Author Archives: johnny

Time Travelers Costume Ball

[ November 11, 2011; 7:30 pm to 11:00 pm. ] Have you ever had déjà vu? Have you happened to notice repeatedly when your clock reads 11:11? Have you watched “12 Monkeys,” “Time Bandits,” or the over-the-top romantic drama “Somewhere In Time” more times than you can count? Are you an H.G. Wells fan? Do you feel like you’re from another [...]

The Playground: Performance and Workshop Two-fer!

[ October 21, 2011; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. October 22, 2011; 10:30 am to 12:30 pm. ] The East Side Institute invites you to a gender-bending weekend of play and performance
Gender Bending Performances

An Evening with Johnny Blazes
Friday, October 21, 7-9pm
Most people are taught from infancy how to perform their assigned gender.  While some stereotypes are quite blatant (pink is for girls, blue is for boys), many more of them are supremely subtle.  [...]

World Premiere of Johnny Blazes and the Pretty Boys at the MTPC 10 Year Anniversary Party!

[ October 6, 2011; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Please come join me at eXtatic, MTPC’s ten-year anniversary celebration & fundraiser!  My band will be making our world debut after the other performances!

October 6, 7-11 pm
Club Oberon [link to their website, http://www.cluboberon.com/]

Ticket Pricing:
15 Student/Activist
35 Individual
50 Pair
Buy your tickets in advance at http://www.masstpc.org/10. Tickets will also be available at the door. No one [...]

Johnny Blazes and the… You Decide!

Big news!
I’ve finally done it, gone and leapt off the cliff upon whose edge I was precariously teetering for so long… I’ve started a band. That’s right a BAND.
Featuring members of Emperor Norton’s Stationary Marching Band, Walter Sickert and the ARmy of BRoken TOys, Jeff Michaels Band, Rotary Club, plus our very own [...]

The Triumphant Return of Hypothesis!

[ September 20, 2011; 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ]

After spending the summer researching SPF effectiveness and quantum G-string theory, Boston’s madcap scientist-artists are back with their unique night of intelligent cabaret performance. Hypothesis returns to the Midway on Tuesday September 20, 2011 with “Gravity and Levity.” As always, a group of invited artists will present work based on the challenge posited [...]

Our Bodies Ourselves 40th Birthday Bash – Cabaret & Fundraiser

[ September 22, 2011; 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm. ] To celebrate their 40th anniversary, Our Bodies Ourselves is throwing a party and YOU are invited! Whether you remember the first edition of our ground-breaking book or you want to help us advocate for women’s health around the globe, we welcome your support.

Enjoy live singing, stand-up comedy, burlesque performances, [...]

TraniWreck Benefit– Postponed until Sept 16!

It’s true — TraniWreck is postponed until September! Stay home and enjoy getting cozy with your favorite people and pets and we’ll see you Sept 16!
The TraniWreck crew would never consider taking a break just because its founder is in the ICU with a little brain swelling!  So on August 28, 2011, Boston’s [...]

HyperGender Burlesque Presents: Back to School Special: Freedom Studies

[ September 3, 2011; 10:00 pm to 11:59 pm. ] HyperGender Burlesque Presents:
Back to School Special: Freedom Studies

WOW Cafe Theater
59-61 E. 4th Street, 4th floor
(btw Bowery & 2nd ave)
New York, NY 10003
F to 2nd Avenue, 6 to Astor place
September 3, 2011
10:00pm
$15

HyperGender starts its fall season with our annual back to school special. This year we will study freedom. From London to [...]

Femmepire Summer Tour

[ August 11, 2011; 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm. August 12, 2011; 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. August 13, 2011; 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm. August 14, 2011; 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm. ]

I’ll be joining The Femme Show for the first half of their annual summer tour — starting tomorrow in Maine!  See you along the way!

Portland, ME
Thursday, August 11, 8:00 PM
Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo Street, Portland, Maine 04101
$12 advance, $15 door.
With local guests Ms. Gingerita, The Dirty Dishes, and Lisa Bunker

Boston, [...]

Tonya and Nancy

[ July 6, 2011; 9:00 pm to 10:30 pm. 9:00 pm to 10:30 pm. July 18, 2011; 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm. 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm. July 19, 2011; 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm. 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm. July 20, 2011; 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. 9:00 pm to 10:30 pm. 9:00 pm to 10:30 pm. July 21, 2011; 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ]

I’m playing the double role of both mothers in a rock opera about Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan (remember that melodrama in the early nineties…?)

Join us in a collision of tragedy and comedy in this tale of two  girls going for the gold!  Our rock opera is a dark comedy, [...]