Released on: May 4, 2008, 10:43 pm

Press Release Author: Vicarious New York

Industry: Entertainment

Press Release Summary: Bravo TV star Jade Esteban Estrada portrays historical
figureheads in "ICONS: The Lesbian and Gay History of the World, Vol. 3"

Press Release Body: May 5, 2008 - Tulsa, OK - Vicarious Productions is proud to
announce the Tulsa premiere of "ICONS: The Lesbian and Gay History of the World,
Vol. 3," a solo musical comedy performance written and performed by
nationally-acclaimed solo theatre artist Jade Esteban Estrada (2005 Performance
Artist of the Year) at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 8, 2008. The performance will be held
at the Nightingale Theatre located at 1416 East 4th Street in downtown Tulsa,
Oklahoma. The event is wheelchair accessible and appropriate for ages 13 and up.
Show duration is 65 minutes with no intermission. The celebrated actor will sign
autographs immediately after the show. Tickets are $10. For reservations and
information call 918-633-8666, e-mail info@nightingaletheater.com or log onto
www.getjaded.com.

What do biblical Naomi, King James, Miss Bessie, Greg and Mary all have in common?
They're all coming to Tulsa - at the same time!

Religion. Revision. Music. Sports. Privilege. ICONS: The Lesbian and Gay History of
the World, Vol. 3 debuted in September 2006 at the Columbus National Gay and Lesbian
Theatre Festival in Columbus, Ohio and won the awards for Best Solo Performance and
Best Original Music. In the last segment of the trilogy, Estrada takes on the roles
of biblical Naomi, King James, Bessie Smith, Greg Louganis and Mary Cheney, the
lesbian daughter of U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney.

Estrada performed his solo show "ICONS: The Lesbian and Gay History of the World,
Vol. 2" in November 2007, "Tortilla Heaven" in September 2007 and May 2005, and
"ICONS: The Lesbian and Gay History of the World, Vol. 1" in January 2005. He was
also honorable grand marshal for Tulsa Pride 2002. This is the comedian's fifth
engagement at the Nightingale Theatre.

Estrada is the host of the 19th South Florida Annual GLAAD Media Awards which will
air on Bravo TV later this season.

He has appeared on such television shows as "30 Rock," "Friday Night Lights" (NBC),
"The Graham Norton Effect" (Comedy Central) and his Latin dance music can be heard
on the Golden Globe and Emmy award-winning police drama "The Shield" (FX).

"Jade Esteban Estrada told the truth about homosexuals in history last night with a
voice fit for Broadway," raves Dana Freeman of the Bowling Green News.

Out Magazine christened him "the first gay Latin star." The Oklahoma Gazette calls
him "a prominent and controversial gay Latin performer."

\"I\'ve seen Jade Esteban on stage four times before, but when I saw him portraying
Mary Cheney, I realized he wasn\'t only celebrating gay icons. He was using irony to
tell us that not all of our gay icons are people that we love or respect. It was
incredibly clever,\" stated Thaddius Novack, Creative Director of Jersey City Lesbian
and Gay Outreach.

\"\'ICONS\' is part history lesson, part musical, part politics and ALL entertainment,\"
states Jennifer Chung of the San Diego Daily Transcript. Tom Sime of the Dallas
Morning News calls it, \"funny and irreverent.a feel-good session for gay people.\"

"ICONS 3 is fantastic," said Eric Crumrine, president of the LGBT student group
VISION at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. "It was a great
opportunity for us to have Mr. Estrada complete his ICONS trilogy with us."

\"Most performers would be happy to have a fraction of Jade Esteban Estrada\'s
career,\" states Marty Rosen of the Louisville Courier-Journal. Roy Proctor of the
Richmond Times-Dispatch calls him \"a master entertainer.\" Minneapolis-St. Paul
Magazine calls him "one of the finest solo theatre artists of the 21st century."
Hector Saldana of the San Antonio Express-News calls him "a star attraction."

Estrada debuted his first solo show "It's Too Late.It's Already In Me." at the
Festival de Libre Enganche in 1997 and over a decade later has been compared to Ruth
Draper, Lily Tomlin and other luminaries in the field of solo theatre.

The prolific actor appears this month in the feature film "Crosshairs" directed by
Brett Mauser and recently released his designer humor line of bilingual greeting
cards, "Jade Esteban Estrada for Nos Vemos Greetings."

Formally the choreographer to television personality Charo and a scratch vocalist
for the Back Street Boys, Estrada released his debut CD \"Angel\" (Vicarious) in 2001
and in 2002 took part in the \"Being Out Rocks\" (Centaur) CD compilation in honor of
National Coming Out Day for the Human Rights Campaign.

In October 2006, Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher paid tribute to Estrada by
commissioning him the title of \"Kentucky Colonel,\" the highest honor awarded by the
Commonwealth of Kentucky that acknowledges outstanding ambassadors of goodwill and
fellowship around the world. The Texas native joined other honorary colonels which
include Winston Churchill, Ronald Reagan, Bob Hope, Joan Crawford, Johnny Depp,
Muhammad Ali and Pope John Paul II.

For further information or to request high resolution artwork or an interview,
please contact Greta Golding at vicariouspr@aol.com, call 646-342-8647 or visit
www.getjaded.com.



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