"Amy Davis and Michael Musto on Making TV on the Radio's "No Future Shock" Video". ^ Murray Hill at the Siren Music Festival Archived at the Wayback Machine, Hillary Chute, The Village Voice, July 17–23, 2002.Expressionism: On the Streets and in Theaters, Political Protest Is a Multimedia Experience". ^ Judith Halberstam, "Drag Queens: Masculinity and Performance," in Gelder, Ken (2005).^ Massengill, David (October 9, 2006).The Encyclopedia of Lesbian and Gay Histories and Cultures. ^ Judith Halberstam, "Drag Kings", in Zimmerman, Bonnie George E."Girls, Girls, Girls: In the mood for something blue? The Second Annual New York Burlesque Festival is shakin' this weekend". Why can't you just call me a comedian?' ". "Murray Hill: 'I'm more than a drag king. ^ a b c d Meet Downtown's New 'It' Boy, Ada Calhoun, The New York Times, January 9, 2005.
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Hill and Michael Musto appeared in the video for TV on the Radio's song "No Future Shock." Īs of February, 2022, Hill is a supporting cast member in Hulu's Life & Beth and in the HBO Series, Somebody Somewhere.Īs of May, 2023, Hill is a host in Hulu's reality series Drag Me to Dinner.
He also appears in Dirty Martini and the New Burlesque, a film about NYC's burlesque scene with a focus on performer Dirty Martini. Hill had cameos in John Cameron Mitchell's 2006 film, Shortbus, and in HBO's Bored to Death. He has performed at parties given by Joan Rivers and Liza Minnelli and his acts incorporate homages to Joey Adams, Benny Hill, Sammy Davis Jr., and Henny Youngman. Hill was the opening act for a tour of the rock band Le Tigre and has opened for The Gossip. Lez" competition, a bingo night with co-host drag queen Linda Simpson, and a variety of burlesque and theater performances. Hill is a frequent emcee in Lower Manhattan of such events as the annual "Ms. Hill was part of a 1990s wave of comedians and performers whose talent stood out in the Lower East Side and East Village scene, emblematic of the neighborhood as portrayed in the musical Rent. His famous impersonations include Elvis and John Travolta. Hill started performing in 1996, when the East Village's cutting-edge chic waned as the neighborhood gentrified, the art galleries moved for cheaper rent in Chelsea, and the music scene shifted to the Pacific Northwest. The New York Times called him "the current reigning patriarch of the downtown performance community" and the Seattle Weekly called him a "pioneer" of drag kings. In The Encyclopedia of Lesbian and Gay Histories and Cultures, Jack Halberstam praised Hill for "transforming masculinity and exposing its theatricality with profound results". Murray Hill is the self-proclaimed "hardest-working middle-aged man in show business". He is the entertainer persona of Busby Murray Gallagher, although this persona is maintained even in private settings. Murray Hill is a New York City comedian and drag king entertainer.
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