This is an encore performance of Sara singing "On My Own" from Les Misérables. Credit: Courtesy of Sara Porkalob
This is an encore performance of Sara singing “On My Own” from Les Misérables.Courtesy of Sara Porkalob
Good morning. It’s Friday, June 26, and the start of Pride weekend in Seattle. Happy Pride!
To put a smile on your face as we go into the weekend, and to remind you of the funniest Message to the City yet, today we are re-broadcasting the actor, singer, and writer Sara Porkalob‘s cover of “On My Own” from Les Misérables from two months ago.
It was this video that inspired Gay Misérables, an all-queer night of musical-theater covers, pop songs, interviews, ASMR, and hilarious insanity that The Stranger is streaming tonight—one night only!
Gay Misérables opens with Porkalob and Nicholas Bernard singing Eponine’s other song from Les Mis, the duet “A Little Fall of Rain.” But just as with Sara’s “On My Own,” Nicholas and Sara rewrote the lyrics… to be about defunding the police.
The only way to watch that is to get a ticket and be right on time, because it starts the show.
In honor of the brilliance that started it all, here, once again, is Sara Porkalob singing “On My Own.”
As Sara sings, rewriting the lyrics: “And now the night is near, and I can make believe we’re all queer…”
The set list of Gay Misérables is a surprise, but musical-theater diehards will be happy to know that it does also include Justin Huertas performing a cover of something from Follies, and Danny Kam performing a cover of something from Rent.
Note: the more you pay for your ticket, the more the performers make, and the bigger a donation The Stranger will be able to make to the Trans Women of Color Solidarity Network and Black and Pink.
Thank you, Sara, for making the world a better place through art.
Support artists, people. They are the ones who are saving our sanity right now.
Happy Friday.
* * Previously in this series:
Rachel Guyer-Mafune’s message to the city on June 26.
Liz Hayes’s message to the city on June 24.
Nicholas Bernard’s message to the city on June 22.
Tariqa Waters’s message to the city on June 19.
Bruce Clayton Tom’s message to the city on June 18.
Isaac Gutierrez’s message to the city on June 17.
Markeith Wiley’s message to the city on June 16.
Aleksa Manila’s message to the city on June 15.
Derrick Ryan Claude Mitchell’s message to the city on June 12.
Bret Fetzer’s message to the city on June 11.
Kyle O’Quin’s message to the city on June 10.
Elisheba Johnson’s message to the city on June 9.
Michael Jinsoo Lim’s message to the city on June 8.
Brandon Ivie’s message to the city on June 5.
Kimya Dawson’s message to the city on June 4.
Jennifer Nelson’s message to the city on June 3.
Erin Jorgensen’s message to the city on June 2.
Brangien Davis and Daniel Spils’s message to the city on June 1.
Timothy De Clue’s message to the city on May 29.
Elizabeth Aquino’s message to the city on May 28.
Christopher Frizzelle’s message to the city on May 27.
Elby Brosch’s message to the city on May 26.
Mila Skyy’s message to the city on May 22.
Michael Lee’s message to the city on May 21.
SassyBlack’s message to the city on May 20.
Seattle Symphony horn section’s message to the city on May 19.
Lori Goldston’s message to the city on May 18.
Ibidunni Ojikutu’s message to the city on May 15.
RL Heyer’s message to the city on May 14.
Garth Stein’s message to the city on May 13.
Okanomodé’s message to the city on May 12.
Zoe Scofield’s message to the city on May 11.
Aham Oluo’s message to the city on May 8.
Pete Rush’s message to the city on May 7.
Trent Moorman’s message to the city on May 6.
Renée Valencia’s message to the city on May 5.
Justin Huertas’s message to the city on May 4.
Charles Mudede’s message to the city on May 1.
Kathryn Rathke’s message to the city on April 30.
Anthony White’s message to the city on April 30.
Miss Texas 1988’s message to the city.
Matt Bishop’s message on April 27.
Cherdonna’s message to the city on April 26.
Shenandoah Davis’s message to the city on April 25.
Lorena González’s message to the city on April 24.
Clyde Petersen’s message to the city on April 23.
David Ritt’s message to the city on April 22.
Sara Porkalob’s message to the city on April 21.
Julia Sweeney’s message to the city on April 20.
Linda Derschang’s message to the city on April 19.
Molly Sides’s message to the city on April 18.
Nick Garrison’s message to the city on April 17.
Tomo Nakayama’s message to the city on April 16.
Rebecca M. Davis’s message to the city April 15.
Heather McHugh’s message to the city on April 14.
Brandon O’Neill’s message to the city on April 13.
Kate Wallich’s message to the city on April 12.
Rebecca Brown’s message to the city on April 11.
Lucien Postlewaite’s message to the city on April 10.
Betty Wetter’s message to the city on April 9.
Amanda Morgan’s message to the city on April 8.
Nancy Guppy’s message to the city on April 7.
Jonathan Biss’s message to the city on April 6.
Chris Jeffries’s message to the city on April 5.
Lesley Hazleton’s message to the city on April 4.
John Roderick’s message to the city on April 3.
Bill Carty’s message to the city on April 2.
Price Suddarth’s message to the city on April 1.
Kary Wayson’s message to the city on March 31.
Ellen Forney’s message to the city on March 30.
Major Scales’s message to the city on March 29.
E. J. Koh’s message to the city on March 28.
Ken Jennings’s message to the city on March 27.
Demarre McGill’s message to the city on March 26.
Lynn Shelton’s Message to the City on March 25th.
Timothy White Eagle’s message to the city on March 24.
