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Quinn Lemley Brings Rita Hayworth: The Heat Is On! Back to The Triad Theater

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Broadway World Best Female Vocalist and Bistro Award winner Quinn Lemley is back on the New York stage with her critically acclaimed show Rita Hayworth: The Heat Is On! — a bold, glamorous celebration of Hollywood’s original Love Goddess. Written and directed by Carter Inskeep, the show continues its record-release residency at The Triad Theater, honoring Lemley’s album Rita Hayworth Revealed, a Grammy® consideration and 2025 Josie Award nominee.

With sharp wit, emotional depth, and serious heat, Lemley doesn’t impersonate Rita — she channels her. Across 20 classic songs, she peels back the myth to reveal the real woman behind the icon: resilient, sensual, complicated, and fiercely human. From Gilda to headline-making romances with Orson Welles, Prince Aly Khan, and Howard Hughes, the show moves like a cinematic confession set to big band swing and smoky ballads.

Critics haven’t been subtle. The New York Times calls her “dazzling.” Cabaret Scenes says “sensual and spellbinding.” The New York Post nails it best: “You don’t even have to squint to see that Rita’s in the room.”

Upcoming Performance Dates (All Upcoming):

Venue: The Triad Theater, 158 West 72nd Street, New York City
Tickets: $25–$50 | $25 food & beverage minimum
Tickets available at www.TriadNYC.com or www.QuinnLemley.com/rita

On Television: Secrets of the Stage
Beyond the cabaret spotlight, Lemley also brings her storytelling instincts to the screen on Secrets of the Stage, a television series that pulls back the curtain on the real lives of performers. The show explores what happens before the lights come up and after the applause fades — the pressure, the craft, the vulnerability, and the drive that fuel live performance. It’s an unfiltered look at artistry from the inside out, and Lemley fits right in: fearless, polished, and never phoning it in.

If you want glamour with substance — and a little danger — this one’s still burning hot.

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OFFICIAL TRAILER RELEASED FOR “CALL ME MICKY,” EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY DOMINIQUE JACKSON

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August 31, 2026

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New 22-minute documentary short follows Micky Angelo Petrillo after transitioning at 59, with the acclaimed POSE star helping bring his story to the screen

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — NEW YORK: The official trailer for CALL ME MICKY, a new documentary short Executive Produced by acclaimed POSE star Dominique Jackson and directed by Andrew Rasmussen, has been released on YouTube ahead of the film’s upcoming festival run.

The 22-minute documentary follows Micky Angelo Petrillo, a larger-than-life New Jersey native who transitioned at 59 and is now discovering what comes next.

Rather than presenting transition as the conclusion of Petrillo’s story, CALL ME MICKY focuses on the life unfolding afterward — through Pride celebrations, open mics, friendships, storytelling and Petrillo’s increasingly public embrace of the man he fought decades to become.

Jackson also appears in the film, joining Petrillo for an intimate on-camera conversation about identity, visibility and what it means to finally live openly as yourself.

Internationally recognized for her commanding portrayal of Elektra on FX’s groundbreaking series POSE, Jackson is an actress, model, activist and producer who also served as an Executive Producer of the acclaimed documentary I’M YOUR VENUS, which premiered at the Tribeca Festival.

Petrillo is the author of the memoir Walking the Earth: First as a Woman, Then a Man.

While CALL ME MICKY captures one chapter of Petrillo’s much larger story, the film offers an intimate portrait of a man discovering that becoming yourself is not the ending — it may only be the beginning.

CALL ME MICKY is produced by CARDINAL, a New York City–based creative production company, and directed by CARDINAL co-founder Andrew Rasmussen.

The film begins its festival run this fall, with additional screenings and festival announcements forthcoming.

Watch the official trailer for CALL ME MICKY:

For more information, visit https://www.CallMeMickyFilm.com

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