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Interview with John Epperson, aka Lypsinka
- Title
- Interview with John Epperson, aka Lypsinka [videorecording] / [Video prod. company] Character Generators, Inc. ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Patrick Hoffman, director.
- Publication
- New York, c2005.
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- Description
- 1 videocassette (VHS) (129 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- Female impersonator John Epperson, better known under his stage name of Lypsinka, discusses his career with interviewer Patrick Horrigan. Epperson begins with his childhood in Mississippi, the difficulties he experienced as a gay person in that culture, his early work in musical theater, his move to New York City in the 1970s, and his longtime job as rehearsal pianist with the American Ballet Theatre. He reminisces about the East Village club scene of the late '70s and early '80s, his initial performances as a female impersonator, the influence of old movies on his work, and the creation of his stage persona, Lypsinka.
- Alternative Title
- Interview with Lypsinka
- Subjects
- Female impersonators > United States
- Actors > Interviews
- Drag shows
- Epperson, John > Friends and associates
- Homosexuality > Southern States
- Female impersonators > Interviews
- East Village (New York, N.Y.)
- Female impersonators > Southern States
- Motion pictures > Influence
- American Ballet Theatre
- Epperson, John > Interviews
- Gay theater > New York (State) > New York
- Male homosexuality > Social aspects > Southern States
- Ballet dancers > New York (State) > New York
- Musical theater > United States
- Interviews
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Access (note)
- Restricted to qualified researchers.
- Event (note)
- Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive in the Bruno Walter Auditorium, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., Jan. 5, 2005.
- Funding (note)
- Recorded with the financial assistance of a bequest from Charles Pierce.
- Call Number
- NCOW 281
- OCLC
- NYPG05-F10651
- Title
- Interview with John Epperson, aka Lypsinka [videorecording] / [Video prod. company] Character Generators, Inc. ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Patrick Hoffman, director.
- Imprint
- New York, c2005.
- Access
- Restricted to qualified researchers.
- Performer
- Interviewed by Patrick Horrigan.
- Event
- Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive in the Bruno Walter Auditorium, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., Jan. 5, 2005.
- Funding
- Recorded with the financial assistance of a bequest from Charles Pierce.
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- Added Author
- Epperson, John, 1955- interviewee.Horrigan, Patrick E, interviewer.Hoffman, Patrick.Pierce, Charles, 1926-1999.Character Generators/Video.New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
- Research Call Number
- NCOW 281