'Metal Soul Mercy' returns to the Slipper Room for an encore performance

After a sold-out premiere in June, the original play "Metal Soul Mercy" returns to the Slipper Room on the Lower East Side for an encore performance on Wednesday, July 22. 

Written by Maci Zakarin and co-directed by Zakarin and Hana Lauer, the hourlong production follows four showgirls whose lives have unfolded entirely onstage. Their world is upended when a mysterious visitor forces them to question who they are beyond the spotlight. 

The performance blends theater, dance and camp while exploring themes of identity, friendship, community and performance. 

The cast features Mariama Condé, Doğa Ozbilun, Hana Lauer, Maci Zakarin and He-Myong Woo, with choreography by Kalie-Ann Nassoura. 

The show starts at 8 p.m. (doors at 7:30 p.m.) at the Slipper Room, 167 Orchard St. Tickets are available here. 

50 years of 'Deep Throat'

Photos by Stacie Joy 

The Slipper Room, the performance arts theater at 167 Orchard St., hosted a 50th-anniversary screening of "Deep Throat" — the first adult film to secure a mainstream theatrical release — on June 12. 

The premiere of the 4K digital version included a cocktail party, go-go dancers, film screenings, a Q&A session and a 1970s-themed burlesque show. (You can read about the film's complicated legacy here. Or here.)

Gerard Damiano Jr. (photo above) and Christar Damiano (middle below), the children of "Deep Throat"'s writer and director Gerard Sr., were at the premiere... as was EVG contributor Stacie Joy...

"The Deep Throat at 50" tour continues throughout 2022.