Legendary drag icon celebrats her birthday by giving audiences the gift of music & comedy.
July 17 - 20, 2025
Coming to a city near you. See below.
"Hostile, lewd, and riotously funny" -- Time Out
"Beat is a trained theater actress, but no amount of training could make a person this talented, this witty, or this scathing. The show should just be called ‘Jackie Beat is a F*cking Genius.’” -- The Village Voice
“Some small children may be frightened” -- The New York Times (Yes, this is an actual review quote.)
Proving that you can’t kill what’s already dead, legendary drag icon JACKIE BEAT celebrates over 35 years as a shameless clown AND one more trip around the sun with JACKIE BEAT: BIRTHDAY CLOWN. This full show features hilarious new parodies (of songs by the likes of Chappel Roan, Katrina & The Waves, Duran Duran and The Bangles), sick & twisted classics, and “comedy” that legally must be put in quotation marks! Can you say “Dad jokes from Grandma!?”
Upcoming stops on the JACKIE BEAT: BIRTHDAY CLOWN tour include:
• Thursday, July 17 at 8pm - Chicago, IL
Chicago's Motor Row Showpalace (2229 S. Michigan Avenue).
Tickets at www.SpinCycleNYC.com
• Saturday, July 19 at 8pm - Berkshires, MA
The Foundry (2 Harris Street, PO BOX 151, West Stockbridge, MA 01266).
Tickets at www.thefoundry.ws.com
• Sunday, July 20 at 7pm - New York, NY
The Cutting Room (44 E. 32nd Street New York, NY 10016).
Tickets at www.SpinCycleNYC.com
Award-winning drag darling JACKIE BEAT has been wowing unsuspecting audiences since 1989. She has toured with Roseanne Barr -- as the comic legend’s opening act -- including a 7-week run at The New York New York in Las Vegas; written for TV (Fashion Police, Hello Ross, Hype! and others) and collaborated on special material with the like of Roseanne, Rosie O’Donnell and Jennifer Coolidge; appeared in countless TV shows (Sex and the City), movies (Grief, Wigstock The Movie, Flawless, Adam & Steve) and Off-Broadway hits (Valley of the Dolls, Tell-Tale!). She has been named Best Drag Queen by New York Press and Best Live Performance by HX Magazine. Jackie is also a columnist, lead singer for the electro-rock band Dirty Sanchez, and the subject of the documentary film My Name is Jackie Beat including commentary from Joan Rivers, Margaret Cho, and Roseanne.