Becoming Kinky The World According to Kinky Friedman
March 31
7 PM9 PM
Advance Tickets:
$10.00
Ticket price at the door: $
Preferred seating for dinner guests.
Will you be dining with us before the show?:
A special number has been established to take credit card orders over the phone for Kinky's shows.
To purchase tickets call 713-320-3908.
Honky-tonker Jesse Dayton stars in next week’s Becoming Kinky. Honky-tonk hero Jesse Dayton plays the inimitable, irreverent Kinky Friedman in the world premiere of the biographical musical
Becoming Kinky:
The World According To Kinky Friedman
at McGonigel’s Mucky Duck March 28-31.
Arts patron Carolyn Farb and Stages Theatre founder and Always…Patsy Cline Broadway hitmeister Ted Swindley hatched the play based on the wild life of singer/ songwriter/ novelist/ failed gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman. And musician Dayton, who has also worked on horror films with producer Rob Zombie, stars.
Selected after reading for the part and playing his version of Friedman’s “They Ain’t Making Jews Like Jesus Anymore,” Dayton hung out with the comedic, cantankerous Friedman to get into character.
“I’m approaching this like Johnny Depp approached playing Hunter S. Thompson,” Dayton tells Houston magazine in the current March issue. “I’m now smoking cigars.”
Dayton has the mid-life Kinky leading role, playing guitar and singing tunes like “Get Your Biscuits In the Oven (and Your Buns In Bed).” Others play the title character at different ages. (Longtime Friedman associate “Little Jewford” plays himself.) “Life is full of unexpected twists,” says Dayton of Kinky’s take-away lesson. “The guy thought he was going to be a country star. He was the first Jew to play the Grand Ole Opry. But he ends up being this best-selling novelist. The moral is, just roll with the punches."
Showtime 7:30pm - dinner starting at 7pm Tickets (includes 4 course dinner)
Dinner for the evening:
Tomato Basil Soup
Wedge Salad
with bleu cheese dressing
A Choice of:
Roast Salmon with a spicy Javanese sauce
served with wilted spinach and wild rice
or
Wee Three (Our signature dish):
Shepherd's Pie, Chicken Pot Pie and Steak and Mushroom Pie
For Dessert a choice of:
Sherry Trifle
Chocolate Mousse
Bread Pudding
with Jameson Irish Whiskey sauce
Tickets for show and dinner March 29, 30, and 31 -$80
(March 28 show tickets are $100 and benefits Kinky's Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch)
A special number has been established to take credit card orders over the phone for Kinky's shows. To purchase tickets call 713-320-3908.