D e s e r t E x p o s u r e
February 2006
D e s e r t E x p o s u r e
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Toy Story
Take one part "Babes in Toyland," one part "Phantom of the Opera," dress it all up in drag and leaven with sharp satire, and what do you get? The Ninth Annual Benefit $1.98 "No Talent Required" Follies, of course—Silver City's annual opportunity to howl, strut your stuff and be a little bit naughty. (Well, maybe more than a little bit—but it's all for a good cause.) This year's $1.98 Follies, entitled "Babe Toys in Phantom Land," will play for one night only at 8 p.m. on Feb. 18 at the WNMU Fine Arts Center Theatre. Directed and produced by Ward Rudick and hosted by his alter ego, Ms. A'gusta Wind, with Janey Katz as Mr. Brake Wind, the Follies is a vaudevillian revue written by and starring local talent and featuring the incredible Follies house band Jazz Orgy. The Follies began nine years ago as a small, one-time community event and has evolved from talent contest and drag show to the professionally produced and directed show that fills the Fine Arts Center Theatre today. The show features many talented residents of the Silver City area and has donated thousands of dollars to local programs such as Literacy Link-Leamos, First Born Program, Mimbres Region Arts Council Youth Mural Project, Casa Mia Ranch, El Refugio and the Herb McGrath drama scholarship fund. Tickets go on sale Feb. 1 at Shevek and Mi, 602 N. Bullard, and the Broadway Boutique, 116 N. Bullard, or by phone at 534-1114.
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