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John Waters, a man of many monikers—including The Prince of Puke, The Duke of Dirt, The Sultan of Sleaze—will bring his one-man show, “This Filthy World,” to Moraine Valley at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, October 17, at Dorothy Menker Theater, 9000 W. College Pkwy., Palos Hills.
“This Filthy World” is Waters’s rapid-fire, one-man, spoken word “vaudeville” act that celebrates the film career and joyously appalling taste of the man William Burroughs once called “The Pope of Trash.” Updated and expanded from the original film version that enjoyed critical success at the Edinburgh, Toronto and Berlin Film Festivals, the live performance of “This Filthy World” focuses on Waters’ early negative artistic influences, his fascination with true crime, exploitation films, fashion lunacy, the extremes of the art world, Catholicism, sexual deviancy, and a love of reading. This show contains adult content and is for mature audiences only.
Waters is famed the world over for his trash epics including “Pink Flamingos,” “Female Trouble," “Desperate Living,” “Polyester,” “Serial Mom,” “Pecker,” “Cecil B. Demented,” and “A Dirty Shame.” Two of his more surprisingly commercial films have been adapted for the stage—“Hairspray,” winner of eight Tony Awards, and “Cry Baby– The Musical,” which was nominated for four 2008 Tony Awards including Best Musical. In summer 2007, “Hairspray” reinvented itself cinematically as a big-budget Hollywood movie starring John Travolta that became a smash hit worldwide.
Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for seniors and $15 for students. For tickets, call or stop by the Moraine Valley Box Office at (708) 974-5500. The Box Office, located on the south end of the Fine and Performing Arts Center, is open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., or visit the Moraine Valley Web site at www.morainevalley.edu/fpac.
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