Penny Arcade: The Art of Becoming Episode 3: “Superstar Inte

The Art of Becoming: Episode 3 – 1967-1974: "Superstar Interrupted"

Penny Arcade returns to the experimental memoir, rock-and-roll performance theater she pioneered in the 1980's with the quotable one-liners and the cultural critique we have come to expect from her.

EPISODE 3, From her immigrant italian family to the NY legends of the Underground, a walk on the wild side to Max’s Kansas City, with Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe, Andy Warhol, Rent A-Superstar, and the Stonewall Uprising. Its about when Fame is not enough. Its about the completion of character, our ancestors and how the past comes back to meet us.

Bonus: How To Stay Young Forever!!

Penny Arcade: The Art of Becoming, a memoir, live show and podcast is being conceptualized and created by Penny Arcade and Steve Zehentner.
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Penny Arcade Performance

Penny Arcade debuted in 1968 at 18 with New York’s explosive Play-House of the Ridiculous, the seminal, rock and roll, queer, glitter/glam, political performance theater that influenced everything from Hair to Punk. A Warhol Superstar at 19 featured in the 1972 Warhol/Morrissey comedy, "Women in Revolt".

Penny is the author of over 16 full length plays and hundreds of solo performance pieces. She is an independent artist who's active career spans over 50 years, contributing to new art forms for every decade since the 1960’s. A highly influential performance and experimental theatre artist , her magnetic stage presence has brought her international renown, her compassionate yet unflinching honesty has influenced generations of artists everywhere, making her an icon of artistic resistance.