Legends! at Studio Theatre

Legends!

Studio Theatre
1501 14th St. NW Washington

The wigs are ready, the heels are out and the claws are sharpened! Lypsinka returns to The Studio Theatre in a brand new adaptation of Legends! In order to revive their dying careers, two aging divas, played by John Epperson (aka Lypsinka) and acclaimed actor James Lecesne, must battle it out in this hilarious comedy full of glitz and glamour. Unparalleled style! Epic catfights! A performance to remember!

Thru - Jul 11, 2010

Price: $57-$71

Show Type: Comedy/Drama

Running Time: 1hr; 30 mins no intermission

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Legends! Reviews

Average Rating based on 6 reviews

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Washington Post - Somewhat Recommended

"...Lypsinka's "Legends!" is a happy, daffy wreck, an hour and a half of that special brand of rampant silliness that comes of trying to make mincemeat of a stinky old play. If the comic results don't always rise to the priceless plateau this sparkling drag entertainer is capable of, you can make do with the intermittent pleasures of an evening that whirs about as often as it wobbles."

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- Peter Marks

Washington Examiner - Highly Recommended

"...Under Kirk Jackson's careful direction, the simple script thankfully never gets too complicated. And the show is amusingly aware of itself. The stars continually step out of character when they refer to "the play" to clarify which play they're talking about: the one they're in or the one they're considering doing."

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- Barbara Mackay

MetroWeekly - Recommended

"...But if there's someone who steals the show out from under the perfect pumps of the two Legends! leads, it's White. While Story shows a certain fearlessness by going almost embarrassingly over the top, White demonstrates genuine comic flair and impeccable timing."

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- Tom Avila

Talkin Broadway - Recommended

"...Played "straight," Legends! would be excruciating, but this production is a genuine guilty pleasure. It isn't just a bitch fest; it's anachronistic, illogical, and gives Sylvia the opportunity to sling some astonishingly racist lines at nobody's-fool maid Aretha (Rosalind "Roz" White). Yes, the sassy African-American woman is named Aretha."

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- Susan Berlin

Washington City Paper - Somewhat Recommended

"...Yet you might still wanna think about that ticket—because the point of Legends! is the casting of the catfighting ladies at its center, and with John Epperson’s larger-than-life Lypsinka as part of the equation, there’s a certain unhinged something going on at Studio. It’s not brilliant, at least not yet—but by taking a travesty and staging it en travesti, Studio has put an ironic frame around all the bad and made it...well, less bad."

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- Trey Graham

DCTheatreScene - Highly Recommended

...this production casts a pair of dudes in drag, John Epperson (aka the fabulous Lypsinka) and James Lecesne, in the title roles. The result is an over-the-top comic sensation that adds an unimagined dimension to a show that’s already outrageously funny. Edited and updated by Lypsinka, this latest version of Legends! has absolutely no redeeming social value, all the better to allow you to indulge both your laugh and snark reflexes completely guilt-free.

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- Terry Ponick

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Legends! Reviews

Washington Post - Somewhat Recommended

Washington Examiner - Highly Recommended

MetroWeekly - Recommended

Talkin Broadway - Recommended

Washington City Paper - Somewhat Recommended

DCTheatreScene - Highly Recommended

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