Miss Coco Peru will grace the stage of Pilgrim House on Friday, September 6, 2019 at 7pm with her new show, Have You Heard. Miss Coco Peru (aka Clinton Leupp) has been a household name in the LGBT community for over 25 years. She got her start in the early ’90’s as a downtown favorite in the cabaret world of New York after she wrote, produced, directed and starred in her first show, Miss Coco Peru in My Goddamn Cabaret and has since enjoyed an expansive career, ranging from intimate cabaret stages in New York and LA, to television sets in millions of living rooms. She’s toured around the world, has over nine million views on YouTube and has been in multiple cherished films, garnering multiple awards and nominations for her work.
A veteran of numerous feature films (trick, To Wong Foo…, the cult classic Girls Will Be Girls and TV shows “How I Met Your Mother,” “Arrested Development” and “Will & Grace,” among numerous others. Coco has also become a viral sensation on social media platforms, including Instagram and YouTube.
Considered “the hostess with that something…extra,” Coco has received worldwide acclaim for her award-winning solo shows that she’s starred in, written, produced and directed, as well as her remarkable series of tributes to great performers, Conversations with Coco, in which she conducted live career-retrospective interviews with such luminaries as Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Liza Minnelli and the late Bea Arthur.
Coco’s long history of passionate activism, unflagging support of the LGBT community and fierce dedication to AIDS-related charities earned her the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Board of Directors Award, presented to her by Zachary Quinto.
She is also available for children’s parties.
Pilgrim House – 336 Commercial Street – (508)487-6424
Friday, September 6, 2019 @ 7pm
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