Rating: 5
Cirque du Gay: The Happy Circus
KC Fringe Festival
I've looked forward to Cirque du Gay's full Fringe show for months, ever since their appearance at Beth Byrd's Fools fundraising event Off Broadway in June. The opening night audience enjoyed a wonderful camp-out as we rocketed through 13 short vaudevillian segments.
Billed as "the happy circus," Dennis Porter and Peyton Westfall kept all of us very happy indeed, from the first lip-synching moment. Magic, jiggling, mime, dancing and hilarious patter ensue as these two pull rainbows out of their hats, along with much else and from many other body parts -- including the largest magic wand I've ever seen emerge from a crotch. Peyton does the steamiest dance I've seen with an empty suit, and Dennis strips the backyard barbecue down to its barest essentials, ultimately exposing his leotarded buns.
Perhaps needless to say (and you probably wouldn't be reading this if you weren't), you need to be gay=friendly to enjoy this show. In a matter of minutes, you'll be gay-giddy. As were the half-dozen audience members who stepped up to play along in the most inventive ways I've ever seen: balloon bondage, anyone? Go on: sit in the first five rows and you may wind up showing us your stuff. If not, the "safe seats" are in back.
Very, very fun: don't miss it! Repeats Wednesday and Friday nights (8:30 and 9:30 respectively) and Sunday matinee at 3:30 at The Living Room at the Pearl, 1818 McGee.
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