Arias celebrates Holiday’s centennial year with an orchestrated, rarely performed all-Holiday program of songs, for four performances from Thursday, Nov. 19 to Sunday, Nov. 22.

Arias has won acclaim for “channeling Billie Holiday”  by the The New York Times, since he sang the songs of Lady Day in his legendary hit production “Strange Fruit” in the early 1990’s.

For his current production, which premiered at New York’s Lincoln Center in 2014, Arias has created a portrayal of Holiday, with wardrobe assistance from French fashion designer Thierry Mugler, who incorporates some of Billie Holiday’s actual belongings.

Dubbed “a demigod of the demimonde” by Time Out, Joey Arias has long established himself as a world-class entertainer, touring internationally and starring in theatrical productions, including his own phantasmagorical “Arias With A Twist,” which he premiered at Redcat in 2009.

He has also starred as the Mistress of Seduction in Cirque du Soleil’s hit Zumanity in Las Vegas, and was the youngest ever member of The Groundlings comedy troupe at the age of 16.

Redcat is located at  631 West 2nd Street, Los Angeles.

Tickets for the Thursday and Friday shows will be $25 for general admission, $20 for Redcat Members and $12 for Students and faculty of CalArts.

Tickets for the Saturday and Sunday shows will be $30 for general admission, $24 for Redcat Members and $18 for Students and faculty of CalArts.

About Joey Arias

A fixture of New York City’s vibrant downtown performance scene for 30-plus years, Joey Arias is a bona fide New York City icon.

Arias lived and worked with musician Klaus Nomi until Nomi’s death in 1983. However, he has long since stepped out of Nomi’s shadow to gain fame in his own right as a performance artist, cabaret singer and drag artist.

From performances at seminal New York nightclubs Jackie 60 and Squeezebox, to the nights at Bar d’O where he held court with Raven-O and Sherry Vine, Arias has distinguished himself with wit, sleek style and a voice, evocative of Lady Day yet uniquely his own.

Arias has performed worldwide at venues including Carnegie Hall, The Freedom Theatre in London and on a transatlantic world tour into the cabaret clubs of Paris, Tokyo, Moscow, Germany, Finland, Estonia, Canada and England.

On film, he has appeared in Mondo New York, Big Top Pee Wee, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, Wigstock The Movie, Flawless and To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar.

Television credits include the infamous Saturday Night Live episode with David Bowie and Klaus Nomi, Ann Magnuson’s Vandemonium (Cinemax), Elvira’s MTV Halloween Special, HBOs Dragtime, HBO’s Real Sex and Gayer Than Gay on VH1, along with numerous appearances on a wide variety of talk shows and programs.
Additionally, Arias has produced several of his own recordings including “Arias on Holiday,” “Strange Fruit,” “Jazzo Lozo,” “God Shave the Queen” and live recordings of “StarLust in Berlin,” “Arias with a Twist’ and “Bar D’o in New York.”