Well, Bigmouth Strikes Again – The Smiths Show is certainly something you don’t see every night. New York cabaret darling Salty Brine’s music-meets-mirth show knits together Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein and The Smith’s landmark 1987 album The Queen Is Dead. Call it the ultimate monster mash-up.
After gliding onstage and removing a furry hood and cape to reveal a red mini-dress, Brine demonstrated how these unlikely artistic bedfellows are actually kindred spirits. Shelley was married to Percy Bysshe and was friends with Keats and Byron. Smiths lynchpin Morrissey was something of a romantic poet too. Graveyards pop up in both her book and his lyrics.
