July 27, 1984

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ENTERTAINMENT

Pretending with curves and curls

HOW CAN she be a he? But she is, or rather they are.
Above, women impersonators from the Great Imposters pose
in full make-up and dress, left to right, Randy Cole, Jackie
Loren and Danny Love. And above right, the three males
show themselves out of costume, posing in the same order.

The three, with their leader Rusty Ryan, are playing at
Plazazz until August 4.

The women imper-
sonators, playing at the In-
ternational Plaza until
August 4, put on a cabaret
show of singing, dancing,
acting and comedy, with a
risque wit that might take an
unsuspecting audience by
surprise.

While Rusty Ryan, the
Imposter’s creator, plays a
‘Big Mama’ master of cere-
monies, keeping the au-
dience amused, and shocked,

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THEY WEREN’T real women, they weren’t real
movie stars and they weren’t real singers, but
these discrepancies are what keep the Great Im-
posters honest, holding them true to their name.

By BARRETT FISHER

with his forward humor, the
other three Imposters dress
in clinging gowns, sequins
and feathers, long flowing
curls and impeccable make-
up, to mouth the words to
songs by famous women ar-
lists.

Except that the
‘“‘women’s’’ voices kept up
the same intensity with or

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without the microphones,
and the costumes they wore
had tell-tale cups built into
the tops, the impersonators
might have got away with
their deception.

But of course, the au-
dience knew what they had
come to see, and the Im-
posters certainly weren't try-
ing to hide their secret. For
example, Danny Love, the
clown of the group, bares his
chest during a strip act, giv-
ing the audience a glimpse of
his male body.

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