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Queens Pride - Performer Bio: Mimi Imfurst
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Mimi Imfurst is one of New York's most outrageous and celebrated drag performers. She is a comedian, trained singer and master lipsync artist:
"Inspiring"..."Fearless" -Michael Musto, Village Voice
"somewhere between a plump Ricki Lake and a bawdy Bette Midler" -Backstage Magazine
"Ms. Imfurst has great comic timing" -Edge New York
"second to none" "If laughter is the best medicine, then Mimi Imfurst would be the cure for cancer." -Next Magaine
Mimi Imfurst is a 3 time GLAMMY AWARD nominee, 2 time HX DRAG QUEEN OF THE YEAR Award and GaySocialites Award Nominee. She has appeared in regional and New York productions of Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Hedwig) The Rocky Horror Show (Frank N Furter) and THE FACTS OF LIFE: The Lost Episode (Natalie). On the pre-recorded screen he was featured on MTV's Jackass, The Howard Stern Show, The Real World, West Wing, and has appeared in Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist.
She has hosted numerous high profile events, highlights include: The Broadway MissCast Pageant, Bingo for Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS, The Live finale for Rupaul's Drag Race and the live tapings for LOGO'S Big Gay Sketch Show.
Her controversial cabaret shows tracking the life and times of the Virgin Mary, "MARY: LIKE A VIRGIN", "A VERY MARY CHRISTMAS", and "OH HOLY SHIT: It's Christmas!" earned her the number two spot on the Catholic Advocacy's 2006 Most Anti-Catholic People of the Year, following DaVinci Code's Dan Brown in the number one spot and beating out President George W. Bush trailing in third. The show has been profiled in the New York Times and and celebrated by New York press.
"Theatre for Holiday Haters"- NY Times
"Of course, you could go to Irving Berlin’s White Christmas or the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, but then how could you look at yourself in the mirror the next morning? Instead, try “Oh, Holy Shit: It’s Christmas!”—the holiday show that dares to dress our Holy Mother in drag." -NY Observer
She currently hosts PSYCHO BABBLE MONDAYS at Therapy (one of the OUT Magazine top 50 LGBT Entertainment Venues and Lounges) 'Cuda KARAOKE at Barracuda, NYC's Most Legendary Drag Bar, and also has a weekly show at Astoria's #1 gay bar Lavish Lounge, where she also serves as manager.
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