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A hom o-com ing: “Dos Lesbos" returns
On the road with Dos Lesbos: ‘ ‘S t. Louis has been surrounded
by an information shield since 1978, so things went
way over their heads !'
B Y
HOW I E
B A G G A D O N U T Z
K: Yes. First of all, I don’t shake like a leaf
anymore.
roadway has Les Miserables. Pop music
Lea: It’s changed a lot. Kelley’s song has
has Los Lobos. And here in Portland we
been
changed to a rap. My song is now done in
have Dos Lesbos. When Kelley Edwards and
the
audience.
There’s also new choreography.
Lea DeLaria opened the musical comedy here
The show is much tighter.
last March, it was met with enthusiastic
K: We re constantly changing things —
response by audiences and critics alike. People
inflections,
scenes, paragraphs. . .
were turned away at the door Dos Lesbos was a
So, after nine months it’s not hard keeping it
smash. Now, nine months and 24.(XX) miles
fresh?
later, the pair have returned home with a pile of
L: Oh no, not at all, ’cause every audience
positive reviews to do four more performances
and every performance is different.
of Dos Lesbos at the Columbia Theater.
K: Each audience laughs at different places,
I recently met with Kelley and Lea to discuss
depending on their level of sophistication.
the past nine months. The highlight, in my
which brings me to my next question:
opinion, was their ‘‘getting even” with two
what
about
the South ?
abusive straight boys by throwing their
K: We were wondering how the show would
menstrual-soaked panties in the boys’ faces; I
go over in the South.
promised I wouldn’t mention that.
L: They were so hip in Durham, though!
K: Yes, Nashville and Durham were among
Where have you played the past nine months?
the best audiences we ever had. They were so
Kelley: We had a summer run in Provincetown,
polite. They loved the show and gave us a
plus we played Boston. Baltimore. New York
standing ovation
City. New Orleans, St. Louis, Key West.
What was the worst place you plaved?
Durham, Nashville, Washington. D.C. . . .
KandL
(in unison): Springfield, Massa
Has Dos Lesbos evolved since its March run
chusetts!
in Portland?
B
Kelley Edwards and Lea DeLaria return with Dos Lesbos. Friday, January 8, at the Columbia
Theater.
5 0 th BIRTHDAY
C elebration for
S an ford D irecto r
&
SNOW WHITE
Saturday, February 13,1988
in the Atrium of Montgomery Park
2701 N.W. Vaughn, Portland, Oregon
What happened?
K: We played in a lesbian bar. The women
w ere so excited that they got to the bar two and a
half hours early to get good seats, which meant
they drank the whole time they were waiting.
By the time the show started, even though they
loved it to death, they were so drunk that they
felt at ease to make comments as if they were at
home watching TV.
L: Plus, the woman who did our tech was too
stupid to do lights atul sound, so the lights
stayed on the whole show — even during scene
changes! It was a good adventure.
Any other trouble spots?
L: St. Louis, my home. I knew it was going
to be bad, but it surpassed my wildest dreams.
St. Louis has been surrounded by an informa
tion shield since 1978. so things went way over
their heads.
K: They wore bell-bottom cords and match
ing vests.
Whoa!
But I’m from there, so it was “ going
home” for me. and it was the first time any of
my relatives saw me perform. My sister
loved
K: After the show, women from Lea’s high
school, who weren’t out at the time or weren’t
necessarily good friends with Lea, would want
Lea to remember them as her best friend.
So, all in all, who came to your show?
L: About 90 percent dykes, 10 percent gay
men — the queens loved it! — and, some
straight people.
How much longer are you going to do the
show?
K: A few months. We’re in the process of
doing another show.
L: But if things keep happening with the
show we could stay with it. although Kelley is
ready to move on.
K: Well, we’ll always have it. No matter
where we go we can always do Dos Lesbos. By
the time we go to P-town next summer, how
ever. we’d like to have a new show. Eventually,
we’d like to have a lot of shows!
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Dos Lesbos will play January 8, 9,15 and 16, at
8 p.m., at the Columbia Theater, 2021 SE
Hawthorne Blvd. For ticket information, call
232-7005.
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