I have always been really wild even when I was on the swim team when I was eight years old. Given her show is quite risqué did it take a while for those more daring elements to be part of her performance?

Murray was someone who welcomed me right away and, as I was learning the ropes of cabaret, he invited me to perform on his shows.” They were just these electric downtown wild cabaret style performers who I was in awe of. I grew up loving Bette Midler and she’s definitely in that vein, but I saw drag queens Kiki and Herb and my favourite Sweetie, who just passed away, and Murray. I wasn’t conservative but I got to New York and I was like, ‘holy shit!’ I didn’t understand there was a whole different world of performance. “I came from Kansas, I went to school in Arizona, and both are really conservative places. “Murray was one of the first shows that I went to see,” she says. Soon after she moved to New York she met drag king Murray Hill, who will be joining Everett at Cabaret Festival. You just have to buckle up and enjoy whatever ride you’re getting.”Įverett moved to New York from the mid-west in the ‘90s and worked as a waitress for many years while singing karaoke and developing her live show at Joe’s Pub (her house band includes former Beastie Boy Adam Horovitz). It’s like you’re going on a date, sometimes you’re with someone who’s coy and sweet and just wants to holds hand and sometimes you’re at last call with somebody and you know where things are going – and they’re both delightful. “It’s different every night based on who’s there, because it’s interactive to some degree,” she says about her show Pound It! “Depending on who’s in the audience, that really sets the tone. Her boisterous mix of cabaret and comedy sees Everett straddle various audience members in loose fitting outfits while belting out mischievous original cabaret songs with her powerful classically trained voice. 26 – Cobb’s Comedy Club, San Francisco, CAĭec.Best known to Australian audiences via her many appearances on Amy Schumer vehicles, Bridget Everett was called the “queen of wine-soaked cabaret” by The New York Times. 11 – Royal Oak Music Theatre, Royal Oak, MI 9 – Pabst Theater Foundation, Milwaukee, WI 12 and check out her remaining 2016 tour dates below. Click here to pick-up tickets to see Everett perform at The Vic on Nov. No matter what you got, get ready to “put ’em up” as no one gets down like the queen of cabaret when she comes to Chicago. She has plans to perform in Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle and more great cities before wrapping things up at the Jaeb Theatre at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts in Tampa, FL on Dec. 12 performance at The Vic Theatre in Chicago, which is presented by Jam Productions, finds the comedian smack dab in the middle of her Pound It Fall Tour. Perpetually clad in a flattering fanny pack and a form-fitting dress – minus the bra, of course – Everett stands out from your run of the mill entertainers with every aspect of her performance. She is known to get up close and personal with fans while telling hilarious tales of sexual exploits and singing songs about her greatest assets. She has been called “one of the greatest live performers I have ever seen in my life” by Jerry Seinfeld and counts the hilarious Amy Schumer as one of her best friends and biggest fans, but all you have to do is attend one of Everett‘s unique and impossibly fun shows to know that she is simply the best. 12, the choice is simple as The Vic Theatre is hosting the one-and-only Bridget Everett – who does it all and then some – showcasing her powerful voice, raunchy humor and captivating cabaret show. Should you take in a concert by a sexy singer or head to the comedy club to get a few laughs? On Nov. It can be a tough decision to narrow down what to do on a Saturday night in Chicago.

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