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Ms. Blakk for President celebrates a great queer pioneer

by Dan Jakes

When Joan Jett Blakk told us to lick Bush in '92 Neon shades of violet"not rainbows"radiate from Tarell Alvin McCraney and Tina Landau's world-premiere docu-party celebrating the true story of queer activist Terence Alan Smith, aka drag queen Joan Jett Blakk. That choice of color in David Zinn and Heather Gilbert's euphoric and chaotic scenic and lighting design feels like more than just …

SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 5:00pm on June 4, 2019