Madame for Halloween

If you don't have weekend plans yet, Madame is in town for two nights only and will be performing her show "Madame with E" at the Razz Room tonight and tomorrow. Tickets are $35.



"Rock Hudson is a perfect gentleman who would never, ever take advantage of a woman."
"Never?"
"Never."

Truer words were never spoken.

Afternoon update: from lunch—



What happened to Joe Kovacs?

This feathered lady is no dummy.

Madame is back and she's still a hoot and a holler. Madame and Joe Kovacs were on 92.7 with Fernando and Greg yesterday and she was hilarious. Kevin and I were so excited to see the performance at the Plush Room. Kevin's grandparents used to go to Madame shows in SF and Reno all the time.

We got to the neighborhood early enough to secure parking, then walked down to one of our favorite after-theater spots for some before-theater drink and food (clearly, in that order).

It was a beautiful evening.


Welcomed by the ever-lovely and ever-charming Leti Saucedo at brick, we took a perfect perch in the window and regaled each other of our recent escapades (I had Pride and other stories, Kevin had some work material, and Kelly had just returned from two weeks in Europe).

One of the things we love about the Polk/Nob Hill in-between area are the locals. Some, like us, were metro and stylish. Then there are also the trannies and hookers. Love 'em all.

This Miss Thing strutted by our window. After some discussion, I decided I should try to grab a snapshot for the blog.


The discussion was: Tranny? Hooker? or Tranny-hooker?

After a very tasty dinner, it was showtime.



I will say that Joe Kovacs is Madame and she's hilarious. The opening minutes were almost verbatim Madame shtick from the 70s/early 80s, so I was a little worried. But it soon became clear that this repetition of material was to honor the lost Wayland Flowers, and to assure the audience that this is still the one and only Madame. The only thing that has changed is the man with a hand up her dress.


And honestly, for a woman as fabulous as Madame, you can't expect her to stay with the same man all her life.

There were a couple of slow spots in the show, but I really think it was just that the crowd was difficult to warm up, and the crowd should have had a few more drinks in them. Madame's is a silly fast-pasted wit and she needs the room to run along with her.

As much as I love Madame, I totally swooned for Joe Kovacs. Talented and wicked handsome (and yes, I did my "lawn dart" impersonation after the show).


I could see myself dating him. Kevin hoped I ended up with him so I could tighten up his act. (And after my recent experience in Nashville, I know that I am actually quite good at comedy writing, and skilled at taking other people's work and crafting it into a successful bit.)

I wonder if Joe is as saucy as Madame.


Hanging out with them in the bar afterwards, I realized I did not know the etiquette for such intimate "three" way conversation. I kept looking Madame in the eye while talking to her, which I then realized was sort of crazy. But is it disrespectful to the artist not to, when that is the personality you are engaging?

Madame and We

Kevin got us tickets to Madame tonight!

I am so looking forward to it. She was on the 92.7 morning show this A.M. and was high-larious.

See earlier.

Madame and Me: A Come Back from a Broad.



From the old Madame in Manhattan:

Madam, I'm Adam

Madame (with an e) is back, and there is a great serendipitous tribute/review by Richard Rothstein over at QueerSighted: Madame and Me.

Madame is on tour with her new show "Madame with an E" and will be in SF for Pride as well as a gig at the Plush Room.

I'm so going. And taking Kevin. She's just the sort of woman that Statler and Waldorf would be hot for.

So rarely is historical so hysterical.

From her MySpace page, under Interests: "men, drinking, entertaining, and entertaining men who have been drinking."

Wayland Flowers and Madame in an old movie clip on YouTube.