Mixed Nuts Roasting on an Open Fire (1994)
Production
Mixed Nuts Roasting on an Open Fire is a merry variety show with "raucous entertainment from Broadway talents to pop recording artists".
Ellen Foley will perform an excerpt from her new show These Sunglasses Belonged to Roy Orbison; the 5 Chinese Brothers will perform their new release "She's A Waitress (And I'm in Love)" plus selections from their new CD "Singer Songwriter Beggerman Thief"; Cassandra Danz (Mrs. Greenthumbs) brings July into Christmas with an excerpy from her informative and comic garden lecture, "Mrs. Greenthumbs Plows Ahead"; Zora Rasmussen will perform excerpts from her new show "Life With Zora (The Naked Housewife Gets Dressed)"; Eva Mantell performs three sculptures from her upcoming exhibit, "Appetite", "The Dance of Direct Mail", and "Venus and the Vacuum"; Amy Sue Rosen and Derek Bernstein collaborate as choreographer and visual designer in two dance pieces, "Sugarlea" and "(8'6")": Sugarlea is a dance performed in an environment constructed of spun sugar and (8'6") is a dance performed on a trapeze. Audience members will have the oopportunity to have their photos taken and confide secret Christmas wishes to a He Man Santa. Hosting the evening are The High Heeled Women Writers: Cassandra Danz, Mary Fulham, and Warren Leight.
press release
Ellen Foley will perform an excerpt from her new show These Sunglasses Belonged to Roy Orbison; the 5 Chinese Brothers will perform their new release "She's A Waitress (And I'm in Love)" plus selections from their new CD "Singer Songwriter Beggerman Thief"; Cassandra Danz (Mrs. Greenthumbs) brings July into Christmas with an excerpy from her informative and comic garden lecture, "Mrs. Greenthumbs Plows Ahead"; Zora Rasmussen will perform excerpts from her new show "Life With Zora (The Naked Housewife Gets Dressed)"; Eva Mantell performs three sculptures from her upcoming exhibit, "Appetite", "The Dance of Direct Mail", and "Venus and the Vacuum"; Amy Sue Rosen and Derek Bernstein collaborate as choreographer and visual designer in two dance pieces, "Sugarlea" and "(8'6")": Sugarlea is a dance performed in an environment constructed of spun sugar and (8'6") is a dance performed on a trapeze. Audience members will have the oopportunity to have their photos taken and confide secret Christmas wishes to a He Man Santa. Hosting the evening are The High Heeled Women Writers: Cassandra Danz, Mary Fulham, and Warren Leight.
press release
December 8 – 17, 1994
English
PROD.1994.0087
Mary Fulham (curator), Robert Secret (music), Howard Thies (lighting designer), Greg Mercurio (set design), Tim Schellenbaum (sound), Pete Borchetta (set design), Vicky Navarrete (stage manager), Chris Cristodero (set design), Eva Mantell (performer), Sibongile Kenyatta (music), The High-Heeled Women (contributor), Cassandra Danz (performer), Mary Fulham (performer), 5 Chinese Brothers (performer), Zora Rasmussen (performer), Ellen Foley (performer), Patty Davis (contributor), Perry Norton (contributor), Roberto Thomas (performer), Judith Sloan (performer), Amy Sue Rosen (contributor), Derek Bernstein (contributor), Tanya Gagne (performer), Malcolm McClaren (music), Reiko Kawashima (costumes), Mongo Kenyatta (contributor), Warren Leight (contributor)
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