Reverend Billy rocks Starbucks!
The upcoming performances at St. Clement's by Reverend Billy and the Macky Dees Gospel Choir open this Thursday May 18 and continue on the 19th, 20th and 21st. The comic anti-consumerist church services have been called "the most pointed and exciting political theater in New York" by The New York Times.
Theater At St. Clement's, May 18,
19, 20, 21
423 West 46th St., west of 9th Ave
Box Office: 358 5181, All shows 8 PM. $15.
Students/seniors $12. Press Contact 982 3899. or revbilly.com
After each show the infringement by Starbucks of our local "Franchise Free Zone" will be underscored by a citizen's eviction of the 'Mermaid with the $3 latte'. We will march from the performance to the 47th and 9th Ave. Starbucks, which sits in the middle of the remarkable community of owner-run shops between 43rd and 49th on 9th Avenue. A direct attack on the Galaxy Cafe and the Coffee Pot (whose owners will receive our comic Sainthood), this Nasdaq-financed sipping travesty will be disinvited from our midst. We will throw nontransnational beans at their windows. Join us for "STARBUCKS OUT OF HELL'S KITCHEN!"