Kiki & Herb @ Joe's Pub: They Were Meant For The Stage

Last night I saw the best 'American drag cabaret duo' around (hey, I'm only quoting Wikipedia). Sure, I've seen Kiki & Herb before but not at their premiere show at the teeny-tiny Joe's Pub (capacity: under 200), following their month-long run on Broadway. Kiki was in rare form last night. By rare, I mean very very drunk and very very hilarious. The set featured mostly new covers not previously attempted including Belle & Sebastian's 'Fox In The Snow' (mixed with 'Material Girl', it was AWESOME!), 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'/'Miss World', a Kanye West number and even, if you can believe it, an encore of The Knife's 'Heartbeats'!!

We were also treated to a variety of Christmas tracks including 'Frosty The Snowman', 'The Little Drummer Boy' and 'Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer'. The two-hour set also, as you would assume with the downtown duo, featured many stabs and rants about Madonna, Oasis, Farah Fawcett (as part of the 'cancer medley' which also featured a line or two of Kylie's massive smash 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head'), and oh yeah, more stabs at Madonna.

This was by far the best Kiki & Herb show I've seen throughout the years. Kiki & Herb return tonight for the 2nd of 4 performances, the last 2 will take place after Thanksgiving. They are all sold out, but you can hear more of their brilliant cabaret covers on their MySpace page. If you somehow can get tickets for one of the remaining 3 shows, don't hesitate!