Utica, N.Y. — Tickets are going fast for “John Waters: The Naked Truth,” coming to Munson’s Root Court on Thursday, April 10, at 7:30 p.m. This exclusive upstate New York performance features the legendary filmmaker, author, and counterculture icon in an all-new, fast-moving, part-confessional, part-inquisitional spoken-word show.
Tickets for the performance are $55 for the general public and $44 for members. Waters will also host a sold-out post-show intimate Group Therapy discussion during which he will answer burning questions. Autographed copies of Waters’s book, Liarmouth, will be available for purchase from the Museum Shop.
“We’re thrilled to welcome the legendary and provocative filmmaker John Waters this spring,” said Bob Mortis, Munson’s Director of Performing Arts. “His unique voice and fearless approach to storytelling have inspired and challenged audiences for decades. Bringing him to our stage reflects our commitment to delivering diverse and compelling programming that pushes boundaries and sparks personal and cultural transformations.”
During his show, Waters will share stories from his life in the arts and salute the new gender-guerilla generation of today for doing the impossible – actually making him nervous. Together, he demands, we must form a new rainbow of rancid colors and seize back the sexual revolution from the self-righteousness of the left and the intolerance of the right.
Expect Waters’s signature wit—raw, irreverent, and unapologetically outrageous. This event contains mature content and is recommended for adult audiences only.
Waters is known for his cult epics, including “Pink Flamingos,” “Polyester,” “Serial Mom,” “Pecker,” “Cecil B. Demented,” and “A Dirty Shame.” Two of his more surprisingly commercial films have been adapted for the stage: “Hairspray,” winner of eight Tony Awards and “Cry Baby – The Musical,” nominated for four.
Funding for Waters’s appearance is provided by Deborah and Michael Zahn.
For tickets and details, visit munson.art/johnwaters, stop by the welcome desk, or call 315-797-0055.
