A Tom Murrin/Alien Comic Invention

Tom Murrin, the Alien Comic and ‘Godfather of Performance Art’, did his Luna Macaroona show—without fail—on every full moon. With a club date or not, he’d perform a piece wrangling many of his friends to perform as guests—pushing the careers of David Cale, David Sedaris, Amy Sedaris, Blue Man Group, Ethyl Eichelberger, Lisa Kron and many others. When he didn’t have a club date, Tom would take it to the street! One of his favorite spots was in front of the Plaza Hotel where pedestrians on Fifth Avenue would encounter his delightful madness as they went about their business.

As part of Howl’s ongoing monthly series celebrating Tom’s wildly inventive Luna Macaroona shows, Howl! Happening is pleased to present dual gender performer BOBBIE, with a street performance in front of the gallery which houses Murrin’s archives. A hybrid ingénue and storyteller, BOBBIE is an avid collector of gay history and sees his work in a continuum of culture—a young, post-modern gay performer who mines the 80s and beyond to write stories and create characters that he describes as being in “a suspended state of intermittent Identity.” Coordinated by curator/performer Salley May.

Free to the public