June 12, 2005Lucy Lawless Sings at
L.A. Gay Pride
Last
night, I went to go see Lucy Lawless at the Gay Pride
festival in Los Angeles. Before Lucy came on, I also
caught Ce Ce Peniston and Deborah Harry performing
onstage.
The night made me think back to the first time I
attended the Gay Pride festival in L.A., more than 20
years ago. (Did I just write that?) It was a very
different time then, and the gay scene was much more
underground. There were no celebrities onstage back
then, that's for sure. In fact, if I remember correctly,
the highlight of the performance schedule on Saturday
night was a drag group called "The Mandrew Sisters," who
sang covers of golden oldies by the Andrew Sisters.
So it was really exciting for me to see acts like
Peniston, Deborah Harry and Lucy Lawless performing at
Gay Pride. I wrote
last year about how excited I was by Lucy's
appearance at the
Gay Pride Run. I wasn't expecting her to come back
this year to sing, but I was certainly happy she did.
Especially as I didn't see much else in the way of
lesbian-centric entertainment this year.
Lucy was wearing a costume that included a long,
luxurious golden blond wig. I actually think the
audience was a bit unsure it was Lucy at first. But
since I've seen Lucy in different wigs and costumes at
the various Xena conventions it didn't throw me off one
bit. In her costume and wig, I felt I could see a
certain physical resemblance between Lucy and The
Ultimate Sex Goddess of All Time, Ann-Margaret. Lucy
sang a single disco song--I wish it had been a longer
set, but it was still great to see her.
I was sort of hoping that someone from the L
Word might make an appearance at Gay Pride but
that wasn't the case. However, it makes me appreciate
Lucy's willingness to perform for a lesbian crowd all
the more. It's still an act of bravery for a celebrity
to appear at Gay Pride, and I'm grateful to Lucy for
having the guts to do it.
Posted by Teresa at June 12, 2005
04:30 PM
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