Last night, the Seattle Repertory Theatre kicked off its 2015-2015 season with The Vaudevillians, the critically acclaimed cabaret act created by Seattle's own Richard Andriessen (aka Major Scales) and Jerick Hoffer (aka Jinkx Monsoon, drag star and finalist for the 2014 Stranger Genius Award in Performance). It is, as you've likely heard, an explosion of delights, built around the conceit of a 1920s vaudeville duo who've spent the past 90 years frozen in ice (they were surprised by an avalanche while touring Antarctica). Now, thanks to global warming, they're all thawed out and ready to dazzle the world with their singing and dancing and "original songs," nearly all of which, they claim, were pillaged during their time in suspended animation by artists who refused to give credit.

What follows is a sweet, goofy cavalcade of beloved pop songs performed in their "original style" and original context. (The Britney Spears' hit "Toxic," for example, was actually written in commemoration of the Vaudevillians's dear old friend Marie Curie.) Songs you love are given ridiculous ragtime treatments by Andriessen and belted out with glorious force by Hoffer, who hurls himself around the stage hilariously, and nails the verbal and physical comedy as expertly as he nails the songs. ("Why are Jews so apprehensive about being asked to stand up and identify themselves?," asks the performer who's been frozen in ice since the 1920s.) The Vaudevillians continues at the Rep through November 2, and no fan or drag or musical comedy should miss it.

Meanwhile, last night on David Letterman brought the late-night television debut of Hatsune Miku, the Japanese pop star who recently opened for Lady Gaga at Madison Square Garden and who is a "humanoid persona voiced by a singing synthesizer application" represented via hologram:

Thank you, David Letterman, for that A-plus exit line.

And speaking of performance in the future: On October 22-23, the one-of-a-kind NYC cabaret star Bridget Everett will perform at the Rendezvous in Seattle, and all fans of itchy comedy, powerhouse singing, and confrontational performance art should really consider going. In the meantime, read this and this and this, and watch this. (And stay tuned for my interview with Ms. Everett, hitting Slog next week.)