Quentin and I-One Man Musical at Miami Beach's St. Johns

"Quentin and I" at Arts at St. Johns

"Quentin and I," the clever new one-man one-act musical starring David
Leddick, appears for one night at The Arts at St. Johns, on Saturday,
November 12, 8 pm.

The play, written by David Leddick and Andrew Sargent, is about the
flamboyantly eccentric international celebrity, Quentin Crisp.  David and
Quentin were friends for twenty years, and David now shares the whole
funny, touching story told in words, song and dance.  The play is
directed by David Kingery, new artistic director and stage manager at the
Arts at St. Johns.

The wise and witty Quentin lives again in this heart-lifting new show! 
(see Crisp's bio below).

Mr. Leddick has an extensive career as an award winning author of over
14 books.  In the past few years, he has been writing and performing in
his own original musicals and cabarets, collaborating with Andrew
Sargent. 

Tickets are $20 ($15 online/seniors/students), and can be purchased at
the door, or for a discount online at http://www.artsatstjohns.com. The
Arts at St. Johns is located in the St. John's Church at 4760 Pinetree
Drive in Miami Beach. Free on-site parking. More info at 305-613-2325
or artsatstjohns@bellsouth.net

Quentin Crisp was born Denis Pratt on Christmas Day, 1908, in the
London suburb of Sutton. He the youngest of four children; his father was
lawyer, mother former nursery governess. In his autobiographical work,
"The Naked Civil Servant," he describes a difficult childhood in a
rigorously homophobic society. 

In his early twenties, Crisp decided to devote his life to "making the
existence of homosexuality abundantly clear to the world's aborigines."
He cross-dressed and acted intensely effeminate in public, often at
great risk to himself. In London he worked as a prostitute, book
illustrator and finally - the source of the title of his autobiography - as a
paid nude model as government-supported art schools. 

A dramatization of The Naked Civil Servant (1975) (TV), starring John
Hurt, was shown on American television to critical praise in 1976. Crisp
moved to New York the following year, a move he described as his
proudest achievement. He first presented "An Evening with Quentin Crisp" in
1978; it received very favorable reviews (Richard Eder, NY Times) and a
special Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience.

Crisp defined a style with his flashy scarves, purple eye shadow, and
white hair swept up under a black fedora. He died in Manchester,
England, aged 90, on the eve of opening another run of "Evening."  When, in
preparation for his move to America, he was asked at the US Embassy if he  
were a practicing homosexual, he replied, "I didn't practice. I was
already perfect"  (biography quoted from IMDb online).

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