Every drag fan remembers the moment they fell in love with Miss
Coco Peru. For many, it was her show-stopping bathroom monologue in
the hit flick Trick (“It BURRRRNS!“). For me, it was the
moment she laid back for the first of a couple erotic abortions in the camp classic Girls Will Be Girls. Tonight and tomorrow,
Coco makes her Seattle debut at Re-bar, with a greatest-hits
show culled from her decade-plus of exemplary dragging.
(Re-bar, 1114 Howell St, www
.brownpapertickets.com. 8 pm, $25,
21+.)

David Schmader—former weed columnist and Stranger associate editor—is the author of the solo plays Straight and Letter to Axl, which he’s performed in Seattle and across the US. His latest...