It’s been three years since the iconic redheaded queen Miss Coco Peru graced The Orpheum Theatre stage with her hilarious yet touching cabaret show The Taming of the Tension. Since then Miss Coco has become a friend of The Orpheum, and this March she will return, presenting her brand new show: Miss Coco Peru is Bitter, Bothered & Beyond!
Miss Coco Peru (aka Clinton Leupp) has been a household name in the LGBT community for over 30 years. She got her start in the early 90’s as a downtown favorite in the cabaret world of New York after she wrote, produced, directed, and starred in her first show, Miss Coco Peru in My Goddamn Cabaret, and has since enjoyed an expansive career, ranging from intimate cabaret stages in New York and LA, to television sets in millions of living rooms. She’s toured around the world, has over ten million views on YouTube, and has been in multiple cherished films, garnering multiple awards and nominations for her work.
A veteran of numerous feature films, Coco can be seen in Trick, To Wong Foo…, and the cult classic Girls Will Be Girls; television shows Will and Grace (in a recurring role), How I Met Your Mother, and Arrested Development. Coco’s voice will soon be heard in the animated Netflix Series, DEADENDIA.
Online, Coco has also become a viral sensation on social media: Instagram and YouTube with over 12 million views.
Considered “the hostess with that something… extra,” Coco has received worldwide acclaim for her award-winning solo shows that she’s starred in, written, produced, and directed. In her remarkable series of tributes to great performers, Conversations with Coco, she conducted live career retrospective interviews with such luminaries as Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Liza Minnelli, Allison Janney, and the late Bea Arthur. Coco’s long history of passionate activism, unflagging support of the LGBT community, and fierce dedication to AIDS-related charities earned her the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Board of Directors Award, presented to her by Zachary Quinto.
After everything that’s been going on in the world, Coco is ready to unleash her thoughts about the past, present and future. Yes, this exhausted dinosaur of drag is not holding back anything in her new show Bitter Bothered & Beyond—Friday, March 11, 7:30pm at The Orpheum Theatre. Tickets are $25 and will be available to the public beginning Wednesday, February 2.
In accordance with current CDC and State of Illinois guidelines, The Orpheum Theatre requires masks regardless of vaccination status.
Ticket link is below:
AudienceView Professional (ovationtix.com)
***Report Courtesy of the Orpheum Theatre***
