Bridget Everett and Kenny Mellman

Artist Description

Bridget Everett has been dubbed “Wynona Judd meets Melissa Etheridge, via the local bar floozy, on a rocket ship out of Twin Peaks” by The Village Voice’s Michael Musto. Having grown up in Manhattan, Kansas, Bridget received her degree in vocal performance at Arizona State University. Soon after, she promptly abandoned it all to move to New York, sing karaoke and work as a waitress.  Bridget has most recently been collaborating with Kenny Mellman (Kiki and Herb) and Michael Patrick King (“Sex and the City”) on At Least It’s Pink. At Least It’s Pink has played at Ars Nova, Joe’s Pub, the Philadelphia Fringe Festival and the Aspen United States Comedy Arts Festival. Bridget played Lynn Chenney in Taylor Mac’s Red Tide Blooming at p.s. 122. She is the cohost of Automatic Vaudeville at Ars Nova, has performed on the Murray Hill show at Mo Pitkins, sung with the Isotoners, with Jim Andralis and Larry Krone, and plays R Kelly’s sister in the show Neal Medlyn Plus Kenny Mellman Equals R Kelly. You can also catch her wearing gold lame in Times Square along side the Varisty Interpretive Dance Squad in Moby’s latest music video “new york, new york.”

Kenny Mellman has been the co-creator and musical director of Kiki & Herb for the better part of a decade. His work with Justin Bond included the 2001 Obie-winning Jesus Wept (Fez Club, NYC), There’s a Stranger in the Manger (Westbeth Theater Center, NYC) which won a 2002 HX Award and Pardon Our Appearance (Soho Theatre, London). He has been nominated for a 2003 Helen Hayes award for Outstanding Supporting Performer for his work in Pardon Our Appearance (Wholly Mammoth Theatre Company, Washington DC). His other theatrical credits include the part of Georgia O’Keefe in John Kelly’s Paved Paradise (Josie’s Cabaret, San Francisco: Highways, Los Angeles; the Library, Manchester U.K.), and his solo show Countdown (Fez Club, NYC). He has performed with the Three Terrors (Stephen Merrett, LD Beghtol and Dudley Klute) at both the Knitting Factory and the Bowery Ballroom in New York City and can be heard accompanying Bob Mould (Husker Du, Sugar) on Stephen Merritt’s 6th Album, Hyacinths and Thistles.