You Should Go: LezCab New York City

If you’ve been craving a Broadway fix of the Sapphic kind, you’re going to be very excited to learn about LezCab, a monthly cabaret by, for, and about queer women. And if now you’re thinking, Hmmm, LezCab sounds familiar, it’s because the brand-new monthly event kicked off its awesomness during International Autostraddle Meetup Week, when Autostraddle’s very own risen star Haviland Stillwell performed and all proceeds went toward this very website and Unicorn Plan-It. This may be a brand new event on the New York City entertainment circuit, but it’s one you’re gonna want to get to know really fast, trust me!

Mary Kate Morrissey performing at LezCab October 2012
via Tracy Wise

The ladies behind LezCab are all MFA students in the Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts: there’s Grammy Award winning artist Thirza Defoe, librettist/lyricist and Autostraddle bruncher extraordinare Rachel Kunstadt, and composer, playwright, and musician Teresa Lotz. In their own words, the creators of LezCab say that the program “seeks to produce and host musical-theatre events by and about queer womyn in order to foster support and a forum for queer womyn in the musical theatre community,” but the vibe is super inclusive at the same time. “We’re creating a community here, not an elitist cult,” the FAQ page explains in response to a query about having to be a queer woman to participate. “If you’re an ally, you’re a part of this! We might not be singing songs about you, but you’re just as important to us!”

The inaugural LezCab boasted a packed house and was hosted by Maggie Keenan-Bolger. She will return to host November’s LezCab, which takes place next Monday, November 26th. That performance will feature In The Heights and Bring It On’s Stephanie Klemons, as well as many other talented queer women in the musical theatre community, from seasoned Broadway professionals to up-and-coming talent. It’ll be like Glee but with more openly queer characters, less horrific plot lines, and absolutely zero Ryan Murphy — plus it’ll be real life not teevee! Which is to say, it will be perfect. Have fun!

LezCab takes place next Monday, November 26th at The Duplex Cabaret and Piano Bar, located at 61 Christopher Street in the West Village. The performance begins at 9:30pm. Reservation required: call 212-255-5438 or visit www.theduplex.com. For more information, visit the LezCab Facebook event page.

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16 Comments

  1. Stephanie Klemons is an amazingly talented dancer/choreographer and she happens to be engaged to one of my oldest childhood friends! Everyone in NYC should go to this!

    • ha! that would be awesome. the bright side is:

      1. now you know that we as a community are seriously lacking this service and it should probably be your life mission to fill this void aka please create Queer Cab, something just like cash cab but instead of money you win hot dates

      and

      2. by attending this event, there’s a very good chance that you will, in fact, score a hot date.

    • Yeah I assumed this was a cab service run by lesbians at first. Then I started reading about singing, music, etc., and thought “oh wow they sing show tunes while they drive too.”

  4. That is fantastic! Makes we wish I lived in NYC but when I visit I want to be able to go to that one day.

  5. Will LezCab always take place on Mondays? I would love to go sometime but I am never free on Monday nights. :(

  6. that girl was in the one i saw in october and she was amazing! and like, so effing pretty…and queer…what?!

  8. My beautiful and talented fiancé, Holly Marie Dunn (www.hollymariedunn.com), will be performing at this awesome cabaret! For those concerned, hot dates can definitely be scored here… but keep ya paws off my girl.

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