A Twangy True Tale Of Transformation.
Next show July 28 at 7:30pm! Dixon Place Presents Chicken-Fried Ciccone as part of the HOT! 2014 Festival. Dixon Place is located at 161AChrystie Street, between Rivington Street and Delancey Street, New York, NY 10002
http://dixonplace.org/performances/chicken-fried-ciccone-a-twangy-true-tale-of-transformation/
The Dixon Place Lounge is open before, during, and after the show. Proceeds directly support Dixon Place’s artists and mission.”
Armed with ...
A Twangy True Tale Of Transformation.
Next show July 28 at 7:30pm! Dixon Place Presents Chicken-Fried Ciccone as part of the HOT! 2014 Festival. Dixon Place is located at 161AChrystie Street, between Rivington Street and Delancey Street, New York, NY 10002
http://dixonplace.org/performances/chicken-fried-ciccone-a-twangy-true-tale-of-transformation/
The Dixon Place Lounge is open before, during, and after the show. Proceeds directly support Dixon Place’s artists and mission.”
Armed with an acoustic guitar, actor-playwright J.Stephen Brantley reveals how he got from junkie to functional with a little help from the queen of reinvention. Chicken-Fried Ciccone is one man’s journey to heroin and back, set to countrified covers of new and classic Madge. Obie-winning master of the one man show David Drake directs.
New York Innovative Theatre Award nominee, Indie Theatre Now Person Of The Year, and former homeless heroin addict J.Stephen Brantley puts a country spin on Madonna’s oeuvre in this autobiographical quasi-cabaret about addiction and recovery.
In addition to telling his own true story, Texas-born Brantley cooks up country-flavored covers of “Burning Up”, “Frozen”, “Vogue”, “Like a Virgin”, “Like A Prayer”, and more. In all, twenty-two songs are performed, in whole or in part, during this fast-paced fifty-five minute acoustic tribute to the Queen of Pop. All thirteen of Madonna’s studio albums are represented.
True to its titular muse, Chicken-Fried Ciccone is an unapologetic comeback story about turning adversity into personal triumph. Brantley's journey takes him from the East Village to South Texas, from Bellevue to Kabbalah, from detox to Dublin on a funny, poignant, provocative celebration of personal freedom and art’s healing power.