Spiegeltent
Queen Bitch: John Cameron Mitchell Sings David Bowie
With Special Guest Shannon Conley
Photo by Rebecca J Michelson
August 15–16
Spiegeltent
Photo by Rebecca J Michelson
August 15–16
Tony Award-winning star of stage and screen John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Shortbus, How to Talk to Girls At Parties), one of alt-culture’s boldest creators, brings the glam phenom to life in a one-of-a-kind evening of songs and stories spanning the oeuvre of rock idol David Bowie. This electric tribute to all things Bowie features the internationally acclaimed Shannon Conley with a house band led by Tony and Grammy-nominated music director of Broadway’s Hedwig and Stereophonic, Justin Craig. Put on your red shoes and “Let’s Dance”!
Produced by ArKtype / Tommy Kriegsmann & Sami Pyne.
Shannon Conley vocals
Justin Craig musical direction, guitar, keyboard
Cat Popper bass
Sean Liljequist guitar
Andres Valbuena drums
John Cameron Mitchell directed, starred in, and wrote, with Stephen Trask, the film Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), for which he won Best Director at the Sundance Festival and was nominated for a Golden Globe for his performance in the film. His recent Broadway production of Hedwig garnered him Tony Awards for his performance and for Best Revival of a Musical. He won an Obie Award for Hedwig off-Broadway, as well as his starring role in Larry Kramer’s The Destiny of Me. He directed Tennessee Williams’s Kingdom of Earth off-Broadway with Cynthia Nixon and Peter Sarsgaard. He directed the films Shortbus (2006), Rabbit Hole (2010), and How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2018), the latter two starring Nicole Kidman, who earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Rabbit Hole. Recent TV roles include Hulu’s Shrill, HBO’s Girls and Vinyl, CBS’s The Good Fight, and Amazon’s Mozart in the Jungle. He stars in, wrote (with Bryan Weller) and directed the musical podcast series Anthem: Homunculus featuring Cynthia Erivo, Glenn Close, Patti Lupone, Denis O’Hare, Laurie Anderson, and Marion Cotillard, which is playing on Luminary podcast platform. Recent TV projects include the series Joe Exotic with co-star Kate McKinnon for NBC/Universal.
Grab a bite and a drink while you’re at the Fisher Center! We offer theater concessions at Sosnoff theater, LUMA theater, and Olin Hall. Across the way, is the al fresco Spiegeltent Garden—or grab a nosh while seeing a Spiegeltent Performance. There is ample space for outdoor picnics across Bard’s campus. Nearby villages and towns in the Hudson Valley boast a large selection of restaurants, as well as a variety of hotels, motels, inns, and bed & breakfasts.
Eat & StayBard College’s main campus is located in Annandale-on-Hudson (a hamlet of Red Hook), New York, on the east bank of the Hudson River, about 90 miles north of New York City and 220 miles southwest of Boston. The Taconic State Parkway and the New York State Thruway provide the most direct routes to our campus. Click the Google map below, or get directions by entering the following address into your GPS: 60 Manor Avenue, Red Hook, NY 12571.
From the East
If you are traveling from east of the Hudson River in New York State, take the Taconic State Parkway to the Red Hook / Route 199 exit, drive west on Route 199 through the village of Red Hook to Route 9G, turn right onto Route 9G, drive north 1.9 miles, turn left onto Annandale Road, then turn right onto Manor Ave.
From the West
If you are traveling from west of the Hudson River, take the New York State Thruway (I-87) to exit 19 (Kingston), take Route 209 (changes to Route 199 at the Hudson River) over the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge to Route 9G, turn left onto Route 9G, drive north 3.5 miles, turn left onto Annandale Road, then turn right onto Manor Ave.
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