The Drag Grinch Returns In JACKIE BEAT: ALDOHOLIDAYS 12/18-20 At Laurie Beechman Theater

NYC's Favorite Drag Grinch Returns for 12th Annual Holiday Show JACKIE BEAT: ALCOHOLIDAYS!
December 18 - 20 at The Laurie Beechman Theater

"A crabby alternative to Christmas cheer. Tacky, tasteless and hysterical. An oasis of bile in a season of sappy sentiment." -- Time Out

JACKIE BEAT, everyone's favorite drag Grinch, returns to NYC for her 12th annual holiday show. Beginning December 18th, the self-professed bastard child of "Weird" Al Yankovic and Bette Midler will premiere JACKIE BEAT: ALCOHOLIDAYS! at The Laurie Beechman Theater (inside West Bank Cafe at 407 West 42nd Street -- at Ninth Avenue, accessible from the A,C,E,N,R,V,F,1,2,3 trains at 42nd Street). This limited engagement runs for 5 performances only: Fri. Dec. 18 at 7:30pm; Sat. Dec. 19 at 7:30pm; Sat. Dec. 19 at 9:30pm; Sun. Dec. 20 at 7:00pm; and Sun. Dec. 20 at 9:00pm. Tickets are $20 plus a $15 food/drink minimum. To purchase tickets call 212-352-3101 or visit www.SpinCycleNYC.com. Note: advance purchase highly recommended; Beat has sold out every holiday show in the last 8 years.

Jackie Beat says "bottoms up!" this holiday season as she makes her Times Square debut with the premiere of JACKIE BEAT: ALCOHOLIDAYS! You will be shaken and stirred as the anything-but-cordial drag star offers a round of newly spiked material (including "2012," her End of Days take on Prince's "1999") with a chaser of classic bitters (like "Oops... It's Christmas Again," "Jew Christmas," and "Violent Night"). Whether you celebrate Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa, Ramadan or Satanism, Beat's annual holiday shows are always the perfect thirst quencher. Beat will also offer up her annual "Biggest Hits of the Year Medley," an intoxicating blend of the most annoying and ubiquitous songs of 2009. Remember: there is no "AA" in "DRAG"!

Award-winning drag darling Jackie Beat has been wowing unsuspecting audiences since 1989. She has toured with Roseanne Barr -- as the comic legend's opening act -- including a 7-week run at The New York New York in Las Vegas; written for TV (Hype! and The Sci Fi Channel's Tripping The Rift) and collaborated on special material with the like of Roseanne, Rosie O'Donnell and Jennifer Coolidge; appeared in countless TV shows (Sex and the City), movies (Grief, Wigstock The Movie, Flawless, Adam & Steve) and Off-Broadway hits (Valley of the Dolls, Tell-Tale!). She has been named Best Drag Queen by New York Press and Best Live Performance by HX Magazine. Jackie is also a columnist, lead singer for the electro-rock band, Dirty Sanchez, and the subject of the documentary film My Name is Jackie Beat including commentary from Joan Rivers, Margaret Cho, Lady Bunny, and Roseanne.

It all started so innocently in 1998 with Jesus Christ, It's Your Birthday!, a delightful non-denominational holiday tribute featuring such seasonal fare as "Sleigh Ride in Leather With You" and "Black Christmas." When the show was prominently featured in The catholic League for Religious and Civil Right's 1998 Report on Anti-Catholicism, an annual holiday tradition was born. Beat's holiday shows, including How The Bitch Stole Christmas, Give 'Til It Hurts, The Holiday Ho, Blew Christmas, and Merry F**cking Christmas! have been performed at venues nationally. For more on Jackie Beat visit www.JackieBeatRules.com.