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DIRTY STUFF 4 STAR REVIEW IN TIMEOUT NY |
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DIRTY STUFF
**** [FOUR STARS] In this amazing one-man show, Jonny McGovern flawlessly transforms himself into five distinct characters who cross paths in the end. Among these characters are Lurleen, a southern girl from a trailer park with stars in her eyes; Chocolate Puddin’, the old black lady who is out to get her; a shy boy in denial of his homosexuality; a gay pimp who takes over the boy’s body; and a drugged-up designer who brings everyone together in a world they never knew existed. Without costumes or scenery, McGovern skillfully draws you into each character as he sings, dances and makes great use of lighting and sound effects provided by his only accomplice, an onstage DJ. The writer-performer keeps the audience glued to the stage and leaves you stunned by his talent. —Justyna Bogun, TIME OUT NY
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Dirty Stuff: The Reviews Are In! Part 2 |
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nytheater.com says: Dirty Stuff reviewed by Garry Schrader Aug 14, 2009 Lurlene lives in a trailer park in the South, but dreams of bigger things: ruling the catwalk as a supermodel, "posing for the pavarotti." Her nemesis is Chocolate Puddin', once a blaxploitation near-diva, now reduced to scrounging for "watermelon and a five-dollar bill" while nursing her unending resentment of Pam Grier. Meanwhile, in New York City, the hedonistic but good-hearted Zarzoufa, an Arab playboy reveling in a life of boys, drugs, and "GucciPrada," learns to his dismay that he must quickly design a line of haute couture discowear if he is to stay bankrolled by Daddy's dollars. And finally, somewhere in the hinterland, a lonely boy goes to bed dreaming of "the two sexiest words in the English language: Soccer. Team." He will be visited in the night by a bling-laden ghostly visitor, a trash-talking superhomey who also happens to be solo performer Jonny McGovern's signature character, the defender of embattled "faggots" everywhere: The Gay Pimp! All five characters memorably and hilariously converge one night in a Gotham club, songs are sung, destinies are formed. They converge as well in creator and performer McGovern (under the direction of Courtney Munch and with the onstage "live sounds" of DJ Tekshur, whose genuine delight in McGovern's performance adds to the fun). Without benefit of costumes or scenery, McGovern skillfully evokes these diverse and outlandish characters, who, if they are not deep, seem true. Once again, we're in New York City as transfiguring Oz, the place where we shed our old repressive identities and become, for a night at least, as long as the music, drugs, and dancing last, the loving, loved, and fabulous people we knew we were always meant to be. It's an enduring myth, and fun to visit with a host as talented and funny as Jonny McGovern.
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Dirty Stuff: The Reviews Are In! |
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The Village Voice Says:
Dirty Stuff
By Jonny McGovern
Actors Playhouse
110 Seventh Avenue South, fringenyc.org
There's a moment in Dirty Stuff—when a nerdy, closeted gay man sings a duet with a gay pimp about the virtues of boys' soccer teams—that demonstrates how multi-dimensional a solo show can be. As Jonny McGovern’s timbre hops from nebbishy whine to Audrey 2-style bass, one forgets that both of these voices are coming from one button-cute performer. McGovern is an NYC nightlife personality and comedian who's found fame on Logo's Big Gay Sketch Show, but in this Courtney Munch-directed pastiche, he spins an elaborate tale of five wayward folks who discover their full potential after a night of gay clubbing. The lily-white McGovern slips seamlessly into the roles of the closet-case, a pimp called the Velvet Hammer, an Arabic fashion designer, a washed-up blaxploitation film star named Chocolate Puddin', and Puddin's trailer park neighbor Lurleen Famous. The big-haired, tight-dressed Lurleen thrills when she first steps into Club Shelter and notices how the "women" there look exactly like her; indeed, McGovern's story proposes that the microcosm of a gay nightclub isn't so different from the mind of a fame-hungry Southern white-trash teen. It's quite the revelation. SHARYN JACKSON
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Jonny's One Man Show, "Dirty Stuff" in The NYC Fringe Festival Aug 14-30th |
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A Blaxploitation Diva! A Gay Pimp! A Trailer Park Princess! An Arab Playboy! Jonny plays them all in his GLAAD award nominated "Dirty Stuff", a one man cartoon club crawl through a world where glamour reigns supreme and a fake Chanel bag is worth its weight in gold!
Directed by Courtney Munch.
Live Sound by DJ Tekshur
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New 3 Dollar Bill: W is for Work |
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Check out the cuntiest of all of Jonny's web sketch series! This episode features the legendary Kevin Aviance with Jonny as the voice of Fluffernutter!!
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