Andy Warhol's Pork

Andy Warhol's Pork (also known as Pork) was Andy Warhol's first play.

Pork opened on May 5, 1971, at La MaMa theater in New York for a two-week run and was brought to the Roundhouse in London for a longer run in August 1971.[1] Pork was based on tape-recorded conversations between Brigid Berlin and Warhol during which Brigid would play for Warhol tapes she had made of phone conversations between herself and her mother, socialite Honey Berlin. It was directed by Anthony Ingrassia,[2] and stage-managed by Leee Black Childers.[3]

The play featured Jayne County as "Vulva" and Cherry Vanilla as "Amanda Pork".[4] Other cast members included Tony Zanetta as a Warhol-analogue called B. Marlowe,[4] Cleve Roller and Suzanne Smith.[5]

Cherry Vanilla and Julia Breck appeared in the London production.[6][7]

David Bowie, who saw the play, later hired several of the Pork cast members to join his management firm MainMan.[8][9]

References
  1. Lokke, Geoffrey (2019-01-01). "The Theatre of Andy Warhol: Pork in New York and London". PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art. 41 (1): 54–75. doi:10.1162/pajj_a_00452. ISSN 1520-281X. S2CID 59337107.
  2. Auslander, Philip, 1956- (2006). Performing glam rock : gender and theatricality in popular music. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press. p. 121. ISBN 0-472-09868-3. OCLC 60743181.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. "Leee Black Childers Chronicler Of Drag Queens And Punks Dies". Artlyst. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  4. "Talk on the Wild Side: The Effect of Andy Warhol's PORK on the evolution of Glitter, Glam and Punk Rock". warhol.org. Archived from the original on January 26, 2016. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  5. Glueck, Grace (1971-05-23). "'Pork' Is Not The Kosher‐est Show in Town". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  6. "PHOTOS: A Serving of Andy Warhol's Pork". www.advocate.com. 2013-09-10. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  7. "Obituary: Julia Breck – TV and stage comedy actor who was a favourite of Spike Milligan". The Stage. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  8. Weiss, Curt (September 2017). Stranded in the jungle : Jerry Nolan's wild ride--a tale of drugs, fashion, the New York Dolls, and punk rock. Milwaukee, WI. ISBN 978-1-5400-0493-2. OCLC 1031401746.
  9. Development, PodBean. "Tony Zanetta - talking Andy Warhol, David Bowie, Pork & much much more". www.c86show.org. Retrieved 2020-05-30.


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