A Variety of Dreamboys
I wasn’t sure who the dreamboys in question were: the dancers from Kim LaRue’s Follies or the singers Seth Sikes, Nicolas King, and Sargento Dan. The answer is: yes! all of the above.
I caught the middle of the three ”Dreamboys” shows on the calendar for The Palm Cabaret. The last one is on Wednesday, February 04, at 7 pm. Go for the harmonies from these three belters of Broadway tunes and find out how funny Seth and Nicolas can be; we already knew that about ”Mentiras star,” Sargento!
”Dreamboys” is a variety show. We don’t get those a lot in Vallarta (like, never), and this one was campy, adorable at times, sidesplittingly funny, poignant, and downright dreamy. Not all at the same time; I was caught off guard by the cast and writing – in a good way.
In one number, The Palm became a speakeasy, in another, a forest dreamscape. The guys were in tuxedos at the start of ”Dreamboys” right down to the cummerbund on Sargento. And, wearing practically nothing at all by the end. Seth was particularly tropical in a ditty about an ”Afternoon with Carlos” which could be subtitled, ”Welcome to Vallarta; Massage, Amigo?” It was hilarious. And, David Diaz was tantalizing as Carlos.
Seth has a groundbreaking show coming up next week at The Palm with Rose Levine. Rose, in case you don’t know, is the oldest working drag queen on Earth; she has some stories to tell, for sure, and continues to inspire drag queens and, for that matter, all entertainers around the world to never give up.
Nicolas will be back in New York, working at The Green Room 42 in less than two weeks; he had better pack some warm sunshine to take home. The Girls’ School is grateful for Nicolas’ appearance at Teatro Vallarta’s Fundraiser ”Stars with a Heart”, produced again for the 4th year by Mary Porter.
Sargento is busy twice a week at Garbos’ with his Broadway sing-along. This wildly popular event fills the bar with an ever-changing playlist, with additions as Sargento learns a new tune in English. And, he has his monthly ”Mentiras Experience,” where he reinterprets Mexico’s longest-running musical (sixteen years and counting).
Back to Kimberly LaRue’s production of ”Dreamboys.” I wasn’t sure how Sargento would do with two singers whose combined time ON Broadway likely exceed Sargento’s age, and he was, for a change, the tallest one on stage!
Nicolas and Seth have sung together dozens of times, but the three barely knew one another a month ago. They did the impossible, pretended they’d been friends singing together since grade school, and bumped it up a notch just for Kimberly and us in the audience. The show has great bones, wonderful twink appeal, too many costume changes, but that and nearly naked dancing boys have become the norm in Vallarta. Go and see their final show next week if you are in town. I hope we will see ”Dreamboys” resurface later this season or next, From Here.
