Few figures capture the fearless glamour and defiance of downtown New York’s underground quite like Holly Woodlawn and Jackie Curtis. Stars of the Warhol Factory scene and fixtures of 1970s queer counterculture, both artists blurred the line between life, performance, gender, and art — loudly, beautifully, and without permission.
Cabaret in the Sky was exactly what it promised: part theater, part monologue, part chaos. These performances mixed storytelling, song, wit, provocation, and raw presence — less “show” than event. Holly brought razor-sharp humor and lived experience; Jackie delivered poetic volatility, gender anarchy, and downtown myth-making. Together, they embodied a moment when queer performance didn’t ask for legitimacy — it declared itself.
