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Hot Greeks: The Cockettes Musical

EXTENDED though May 19th, 2012

Creepshow Camp 2012

by Daniel Zilber on March 6, 2012

Four two-week sessions open to students ages 8 – 15. Camp meets Monday – Friday from 9:00am – 3:00pm at Thrillpeddlers’ Hypnodrome theatre, 575 10th Street, San Francisco. [Map] Session 1: June 4 – 15 Session 2: June 18 – 29 Session 3: July 23 – August 3 Session 4: August 6 – 17 Tuition: [...]

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Hot Greeks (2012)

by Daniel Zilber on March 5, 2012

Music by Scrumbly Koldewyn Book and Lyrics by Martin Worman and Scrumbly Koldewyn Directed by Russell Blackwood EXTENDED through May 19, 2012! Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 8:00pm At The Hypnodrome 575 10th Street, San Francisco Tickets: $30 – $35 Online: BrownPaperTickets.com Phone: 800-838-3006 Thrillpeddlers are proud to announce our Spring Season 2012 production of HOT [...]

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Thrillpeddlers Bring ‘Vice Palace’
To New York

by Daniel Zilber on October 1, 2011

Two Opportunities to See This Rare Gem of the Ridiculous Theater Movement in NYC: The Thrillpeddlers and The HOWL! Festival present VICE PALACE: The Last Cockettes Musical A Concert Version of the 1972 Musical Revue Extravaganza Two nights only! October 21 & 22 2011 – 11pm at Theater 80, 80 St. Marks Place – New [...]

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Shocktoberfest!! 12: Fear Over Frisco

by Daniel Zilber on August 24, 2011

Shocktoberfest 12: FEAR OVER FRISCO – A Trio of Noir-Horror Plays – Our 12th Annual Extravaganza of Terror and Titillation A collaboration between the city’s renowned Thrillpeddlers and “Czar of Noir” Eddie Muller, author of the evening’s three plays. Sept. 23 – Nov. 19, 2011 (Thurs., Fri. & Sat. at 8:00 pm) At The Hypnodrome [...]

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SF Chronicle Interviews “Vice Palace” Creator Scrumbly Koldewyn

by Daniel Zilber on April 23, 2011

“Vice Palace” creator and musical director “Scrumbly” Koldewyn recently sat down for an interview with the SF Chronicle theatre critic Robert Hurwitt to talk about the Cockettes and our new production of their last musical. On “Vice Palace:” Vice Palace” was written because, although the Cockettes had officially disbanded, it was getting close to Halloween. [...]

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Vice Palace:
The Last Cockettes Musical

by Daniel Zilber on March 27, 2011

April 22 – July 31, 2011 Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 PM Sundays at 7:00 PM At the Hypnodrome – 575 10th St., in SF 94103. (Bryant & Division Sts.) Tickets available online at

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Now Playing: Pearls Over Shanghai

by Daniel Zilber on August 24, 2010

Our gender-bending revival of The Cockettes’ psychedelic musical inspired by sin-soaked Old Shanghai and Busby Berkeley movie musicals from Hollywood’s Golden Age. Now in its second smash year! Click for more info.

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Shocktoberfest!! 2010: Kiss of Blood

Shocktoberfest!! 2010 Kiss Of Blood

by Daniel Zilber on August 23, 2010

Our 11th annual ‘pageant of terror and titillation’ featuring plays from, and inspired by, the notorious Grand Guignol theatre. Don’t come alone! Click for more info.

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To Thrill Is Divine

by Daniel Zilber on April 29, 2010

By Nicole Gluckstern for the SF Bay Guradian ::

Thrillpeddlers has slyly redefined its brand of thrills to embrace a wholly different genre besides the Grand Guignol revivalism for which it is best known; setting aside its usual quotient of twisted naturalism and splattered gore for the rambunctious, over-the-top glitter and glam of Theatre of the Ridiculous.

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Hot Greeks (2010)

by Daniel Zilber on March 22, 2010

College rhythm meets the Peloponnesian War in our revival of the 1972 Cockettes musical extravaganza HOT GREEKS. The show is loosely based on Aristophanes’s LYSISTRATA and is set to the sounds of the big-band hit parade of the 1940′s. It is the fabled and fabulous Cockettes’ only other scripted book musical besides PEARLS OVER SHANGHAI. May 2 – June 27, 2010 Thursdays at 8:00 PM and Sundays at 7:00 PM

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