WMM presents “That’s So Fabulous!”

Wednesday MidDay Medley
Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning
Wednesday, May 30, 2018

That’s So Fabulous!
+ KC Pride Fest + Pride for the Masses + Torch Song Trilogy

We celebrate LGBTQIA Pride Season with our annual show, “That’s So Fabulous!” Mark spins music from: Daisy Buckët, Wick & The Tricks, SSION, Liberace, Charles Nelson Reilly, Paul Lynde, Jim Nabors, Noel Coward, RuPaul, Grace Jones, Dos Fallopia, Judy Garland, Al Franken, Lily Tomlin, David Bowie, Anohni, Lou Reed, John Cale, Frenchie Davis, The Smiths, and the Broadway casts of “A Chorus Line,” “Bye Bye Birdie,” and ”How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” plus the film soundtracks to “Bambi,” ”Hedwig & The Angry Inch,” “Stuart Save His Family,” and “Sordid Lives.”

At 10:30 we’ll talk with Josh Morgan, Festival Chair of The Kansas City Pride Fest, June 1st, 2nd, & 3rd, at Berkley Riverfront Park, KCMO, featuring Thelma Houston, Monique Heart, Frenchie Davis, Material Girl, David Hernandez and more. For information on schedules, vendors, activities, and events at: www.gaypridekc.org.

At 11:00 Wick Thomas of the band Wick & The Tricks, joins us to share the details on The I Heart Local Music Presents: Pride for the Masses, June 8 and June 9, at Jackpot Music Hall, 943 Massachusetts St., Lawrence, KS with Vibralux, Calvin Arsenia, Cuee, and Yanna the supa flowa. More information at www.iheartlocalmusic.com

At 11:30 we’ll talk with actor Philip blue owl Hooser and director Chris McCoy about the award winning play, Torch Song Trilogy, written by Harvey Fierstein, and presented by The Barn Players, at The Arts Asylum, 1000 East 9th Street, KCMO, May 31 through June 10. More info at www.thebarnplayers.org

Show #736

Wick Thomas photo by Dave Michael / aka Aardvark Foto

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