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This annual sold out event is back with a new show for 2019! Get tickets early to celebrate the holidays in style.

This annual sold out event is back with a new show for 2019! Get tickets early to celebrate the holidays in style.

This annual sold out event is back with a new show for 2019! Get tickets early to celebrate the holidays in style.

Come and watch mans best friend parade in costume at Tudor City Greens! Lots of prizes and fun for all... judged by the Queen of costumes Doris Dear!

MORE GURL TALK starring Doris Dear

Two time MAC award winner, Doris Dear, the inner Housewife of Ray DeForest, returns to the Rumpus Room at Don't Tell Mama's NYC for a one night only SPECIAL EVENT on October 2, 2019 at 7pm! Doris Dear's new show "More Gurl Talk" brings her story telling and songs back to Don't Tell Mama's for this special theatrical cabaret. The Rumpus Room will be full of rousing numbers from Broadway and the radio ... as well as hilarious and sometimes touching original stories of how our families influence our lives. Learn "diet tips", decorating do's and don'ts and how to make that perfect whiskey sour! The show played to rousing crowds in Fire Island and Connecticut, so come join us in the Rumpus Room for a good old fashioned show. There's nothing like an evening with Doris Dear to lift your sprits, warm your heart and send you on your way with a smile (and maybe a tear or two). This special "theatrical cabaret" is 90 minutes long with an intermission! So get ready to order up and settle in for a wonderful night that New York Cabaret Today called "...a sensation", Downtown magazine said "the smoke filled rumpus room never looked so good! Pass me another whiskey sour and hold on tight!" and Cabaret Scenes called "A merry dance down memory lane"!

So grab a seat in the "Rumpus Room" for "More Gurl Talk" where Doris Dear continues with the second part of her original sold out NYC smash show "Gurl Talk". Come and see why Doris Dear is "Americas Perfect Housewife".

The show is written and performed by 2-time MAC Award winner, Dramatist Guild member and SAG/AFTRA National LGBT Board Member Ray DeForest and inspired by the great TV variety specials that were the standard of TV watching in the 50's, 60's and 70's!

Ray DeForest in "Doris Dear's More Gurl Talk" plays October 2, 2019 at 7pm at Don't Tell Mama's NYC. Tickets are $15 for MAC, $20 for general public. Make sure and make your reservations for this sure to sell out one of a kind show!

Hosted by Lena Moy-Borgen Judges- Lennie Watts, Frank Dain and guest judges, Lynda Rodolitz (2018 MNBA Winner), Tracy Stark, Natalie Douglas, Klea Blackhurst, Doris Dear, Kristine Zbornik, KT Sullivan, Carolyn Montgomery Produced by Lennie Watts and Don’t Tell Mama AWARD WINNING CONTEST BACK FOR FIFTH YEAR!!! DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BE “MAMA’S NEXT BIG ACT!”?? Legendary Theatre District nightspot Don’t Tell Mama is announcing the fifth annual “Mama’s Next BIG Act!” a bigger than average, 8 week competition that mixes styles and genres. Beginning Tuesday July 2 at 7:30 and running for 8 weeks on Tuesdays through August 27. (No contest on July 9) Voted by the audience and a cavalcade of celebrity judges, the contest is open to solo, duo and group vocal acts in the following categories: music, drag, burlesque, and variety. The winner receives a $1500.00 stipend to put towards a NEW show at Don't Tell Mama to be presented in early 2020 AND an ELECTRIC WOK!! Plus other surprises!!! **Mama's Next BIG Act will take place on Tuesdays between July 2 and August 27 (No contest on July 9) The preliminary rounds will be July 2 and July 16 at 7:30.

Doris Dear comes to Cherry Grove in Fire Island to bring her stories and songs. Come on over and settle in with a whiskey sour and learn how Doris became America’s Perfect Housewife!

Doris Dear brings here hit show to CT's Music Theater!

Doris Dear is a special guest performer at GLOW: 50 Years of Callen-Lorde! Since 1969 Callen-Lorde Community Health Center has provided quality healthcare, free of judgement, which has helped enhance the well-being of LGBTQ communities.

A special event in support of the National LGBT Cancer Project. In addition to performances by established cabaret performers KT Sullivan, Jeff Harnar, Billy Stritch, Marieann Meringolo, Eugene Ebner and Doris Dear, the evening will also feature a short performance from the play, introduced by playwright Fuchs.

Doris Dear is back with her wonderful holiday show that was called...”a delicious Christmas Party” and “she wrapped us in her plush winter white coat.. and took us on a fun-filled sleigh ride”. 2018’s show is bigger and better than ever with amazing guests, a sing along and maybe even a snowfall!

Doris Dear is back with her wonderful holiday show that was called...”a delicious Christmas Party” and “she wrapped us in her plush winter white coat.. and took us on a fun-filled sleigh ride”. 2018’s show is bigger and better than ever with amazing guests, a sing along and maybe even a snowfall!

Doris Dear is back with her wonderful holiday show that was called...”a delicious Christmas Party” and “she wrapped us in her plush winter white coat.. and took us on a fun-filled sleigh ride”. 2018’s show is bigger and better than ever with amazing guests, a sing along and maybe even a snowfall!

Doris brings her brand of story telling and songs to The Dutch Treat Club Gala at The Players Club! A fun afternoon celebrating the holidays and the arts!

The MAC Award winning talent show showcases and awards the next big cabaret act to hit NYC. INterested in participating as a contestant? Contact: mamasnextbigact@gmail.com

Fund raising how for The Cherry Grove Arts Project and The Community House. The Community House is one of three places designated for their seminal importance in LGBTQ history. (The others are The Stonewall Inn in New York City and the Frank Kameny home in Washington, D.C.)

Shmoozin' with Slutsky & Fursh is not your typical venue event. It's full of surprises and lots of fun for audiences of all ages. A great way to spend a Sunday afternoon! It’s more than a show - it’s a spontaneous party! Doris Dear drops in for a “drag” of a time!

It's a talk show. It's a variety show. It's a game show. It's a live show. It's a shmooze. There's live entertainment and lively conversation and anything can happen. You'll laugh til you plotz and sing your heart out with sing-a-long songs. There's gifts and money prizes and audience members rave they've never seen anything like thi...

2016 MAC award winner, Doris Dear, the inner Housewife of Ray DeForest, returns to the Rumpus Room at The Triad Theater for a one night only event! "The Doris Dear Special, Like Mother Like Daughter" celebrates her mother Taffy and mother's everywhere with her special guests… Hansen Award and MAC award winner Meg Flather, award winning vocalist Shaynee Rainbolt, award winning singer extraordinaire, Lina Koutrakos and that mischievous dispenser of musical repartee Sidney Myer! The Rumpus Room will be full of rousing numbers from Broadway and the radio … as well as hilarious original stories of how our Mother's influence our inner "housewife". So come join us in the Rumpus Room for a good old fashioned show that leaves you smiling and humming your whole way home. "… Doris Dear knows showbiz and her shows have that perfect mix of great singing, clean wholesome comedy and leave you with a warm fuzzy feeling that is hard to find these days.!" - Downtown Magazine

Doris Dear has been featured in movies (Men in Black 3, The Normal Heart), TV shows (The Carrie Diaries), and heard around the world. The show was written by Dramatist Guild and SAG/AFTRA National LGBT Board Member Ray DeForest, directed by the award-winning director Lina Koutrakos and musical directed by the award-winning Rick Jensen.