Jordan's My Trip Down the Pink Carpet to Play Midtown Theater; Tomlin and Wagner Produce | Playbill

Related Articles
News Jordan's My Trip Down the Pink Carpet to Play Midtown Theater; Tomlin and Wagner Produce Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner will present Leslie Jordan ("Will & Grace") in his acclaimed solo show, My Trip Down the Pink Carpet, this spring at the Midtown Theater in Manhattan.
//assets.playbill.com/editorial/28f2c8c5800a5aab0820beae0662734e-lesliejordan.jpg
Leslie Jordan

Performances will begin April 14 with an official opening April 19. David Galligan will direct the 12-week limited engagement.

In addition to Tomlin and Wagner, the producing team also includes Bruce Robert Harris, Jack W. Batman, Dennis Grimaldi, Jean McFaddin-Susan Falk and Daniel Wallace.

Tomlin said in a statement, "I have seldom spent time working with anyone who so engaged me. What a storyteller! Completely open and honest, witty, charming, outrageously funny and filled with humor about himself and about navigating this life we all share."

Wagner added, "Lily and I saw one of the early showcases of My Trip Down the Pink Carpet and knew at once that we were seeing a performance that we wanted to be a part of in any way possible. We felt it was a one-man revelation that everyone should see. Leslie takes us on a rollicking, life-affirming trip down the shocking pink carpet of his wonderfully crazy life. The carpet is wall to wall laughs about the human condition and the little carbon footprints Leslie makes within it. His struggles with sexual identity prejudice and self-doubt will resonate with anyone who has a heart and a funny bone."

Jordan, according to press notes, has created "an outrageous tell-all that weaves together a hilarious collection of true life stories (which are also the basis for his popular memoir, 'My Trip Down the Pink Carpet,' recently published by Simon & Schuster)." The production is described as "a theatrical romp – from small-town USA to the pink carpet of Hollywood – [that] tells the unlikely tale of one of America's true gay icons. Raised in a conservative family in Chattanooga, TN, Leslie — who describes himself as 'the gayest man I know' — boarded a Greyhound bus bound for L.A. with $1,200 sewn into his underpants and never looked back. His pocket-sized physique and inescapable talent for high camp paved the way to a lucrative and varied career in commercials and on television. Along the way he immersed himself in writing for the stage, and his one-man testimonials have become cult hits. But with success came dangerous temptations that threatened his career and life." The creative team includes Michael Hotopp (scenic consultant), Jesse Belsky (lighting design), Wallace Flores (sound design) and Andrea Wales (production stage manager).

Show times are Wednesday-Saturday at 9 PM and Sunday at 6 PM.

Tickets, priced $55 and $79.50, are available by calling (212) 352-3101.

 
RELATED:
Today’s Most Popular News:
 X

Blocking belongs
on the stage,
not on websites.

Our website is made possible by
displaying online advertisements to our visitors.

Please consider supporting us by
whitelisting playbill.com with your ad blocker.
Thank you!