It's becoming a holiday (and June) tradition for a quartet of San Francisco's finest drag talents to tackle, on the live stage, word-for-word, a selection of old episodes of The Golden Girls -- that long-running sitcom about randy old ladies still beloved by gays in syndication. Given her spot-on inflection and talents for extemporaneous jabber, Heklina is always a delight as Dorothy, and backing her up are Pollo Del Mar as Rose, Cookie Dough as Blanche, and Matthew Martin as Sophia. The video above comes from last year's holiday show. This year's December run features just "The Christmas Episodes," and tonight's 7 p.m. opening night performance is a benefit for Toys for Tots and features a guest appearance by Fernando & Greg, formerly of 92.7, and now on 99.7.
The show plays every Thursday, Friday and Saturday now through December 26th, at 7 and 9 p.m., with an extra 5 p.m. show on closing night. The venue is Mama Calizo's Voice Factory, 1519 Mission Street, 2nd Floor. Get tickets here. ($20 advance/$25 at the door)