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What the critics are saying about JACKIE BEAT...

“Jackie Beat is the greatest drag queen on earth!”
- Roseanne Barr

"Beat's sharp stand-up routine remains virtually unchallenged in the
drag scene."
- HX Magazine

"Hilarious... Incredibly satisfying... Seriously recommended. What
are you waiting for?"
- NEXT Magazine

"A large and in-charge petulant drag queen who flies in the face of
supermodel wannabes and mundane underworld depravity."
- New York Press

"Jackie Beat gives 'til it hurts! This gal can sing!"
- Time Out New York

"Beat keeps the crowd howling!"
- New York Post

"A breath (make that a blast) of fresh air in a genre that constantly
teeters on the brink of irrelevance."
- Genre Magazine

"If she actually slays you with her barbed-wire witticism, I'm sure
that she'll politely step over your carcass on the way to the bar."
- HX Magazine

"A large, sexy and twisted gal, armed with an endless store of
one-liners. A rollercoaster ride of raunch and rudeness."
- The Seattle Weekly

"Jackie Beat always puts on an awe-inspiring, hilarious show."
- Edge Magazine

"Jackie Beat is so funny she could get laughs by merely reading the want ads."
- The LA Weekly

"Ms. Beat's performances are in little danger of being relegated to
the theme-club, drag queen barrio from which she is rapidly emerging
as a star."
- Bang Magazine

Jackie Beat is superb. Rippingly funny... Equally hilarious and
oddly moving. A polished performer, her wigs and costumes reveal
rather than mask."
- The LA Weekly

"Jackie Beat is a campy riot!"
- The LA Reader

"You haven't arrived on the scene until you have felt the cold glare
of Jackie Beat reading your tired ass."
- Planet Homo

"A divine drag queen with a heart of coal, Miss Beat is a treat!"
- LGNY

"One of downtown's scarier divas. Something for everyone... well,
everyone with really bad taste, at least."
- Sidewalk New York

"First terrorists, then anthrax and now Jackie Beat!"
– HX Magazine

"Perversely twisted"
– Next Magazine

"Jackie Beat, the self-proclaimed World’s Best Drag Queen, is not
to be missed."
– New York Blade

"For Beat, lack of subtlety isn’t just a lifetime trait; it’s an
art form."
– Back Stage

"Some small children may be frightened"
– The New York Times

“Just when you thought that trannies were about as hip as
Deee-Lite and platform shoes, Lady Beat has come up and hit us over
the head with her humor, her falsies, her creativity, her artistic
endeavors and her staying power.”
- Beardburn.com

And the critics just love Jackie's award-winning annual holiday show, too...

“A crabby alternative to Christmas cheer. Tacky, tasteless and
hysterical! An oasis of bile in a season of sappy sentiment.”
- Time Out New York

“Unforgettable! A holiday tradition is born!”
- On & Off Magazine

“Jackie Beat’s holiday show will knock you out!”
- The Village Voice

“A hilarious not-to-be-missed holiday tradition!”
- HX Magazine