Episode 10: Theater People Goes Cabaret! Featuring Bridget Everett & Maude Maggart

Theater People

Patrick Hinds and Mike Jensen

Tony Awards, Nyc, Musicals, Actors, Creative, Arts, Plays, Writers, Broadway, Theater, Society & Culture, Interview, Comedy, Producers, Performing Arts

4.8 • 757 Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2014

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

This week we welcome two women with vastly different styles who dominate NYC's cabaret scene, downtown and up. First up, Bridget Everett, who packs 'em in at downtown hot spots Joe's Pub and La Mama. Second, Maude Maggart, who plays internationally renowned rooms like Feinstein's and Cafe Carlyle. Warning: some adult language is used; this episode may not be suitable for young kids.

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0:00.0	I'm Annalee Ashford.
0:01.2	I'm Katie Finneran.
0:02.5	Hi, this is Queen Leslie.
0:04.5	I'm Andrew Keenan Bolcher.
0:05.6	Queen Leslie Margarita.
0:07.3	Hi, I'm Eden Espinoza.
0:08.6	Hi, I'm Laura Osniss, and you're listening to Theater People.
0:15.9	Hello, fellow Theater People.
0:17.6	Welcome to episode 10 of the Theater People podcast.
0:19.7	I'm Patrick Hz, your host. Live in New York City long enough and you're bound to encounter and
0:24.4	befriend fabulous, interesting, and artistic people. Today, as the podcast focuses on the world
0:29.2	of cabaret, we're featuring two of the genre's biggest stars, both of whom I've had the great
0:33.7	pleasure of calling friends. First up is Downtown Sensation Bridget Everett.
0:38.2	Nightlife journalist Michael Moosto describes Bridget Everett as Winona Judd meets Melissa Etheridge
0:42.9	via the local bar flusie on a rocket ship out of Twin Peaks.
0:47.0	She lives up to this description monthly at the Public Theater's Joe's Pub,
0:50.0	where sellout crowds often include Bridget's celebrity superfans, Sarah Jessica Parker, Nathan Lane, Ben Stiller, and Andy Cohen to name just a few.
0:58.5	Her recent profiles in New York Magazine and Time Out,
1:01.4	her friendship and performances with Patty Lepone,
1:03.8	her recent Carnegie Hall debut, her tour dates with Amy Schumer,
1:07.5	all of it prove her talent, but also leave you wondering,
1:10.2	who is this girl?
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