Mark Oates’s musical satire of the Alfred Hitchcock classic Psycho premiered onstage at New York City’s legendary Pyramid Club in December 1983, starring Oates and Downtown fixtures John Kelly, Stephen Tashjian (aka Tabboo!), and Mark Phredd (aka Hapi Phace). The 24-minute screen adaptation, Psykho III the Musical, made in 1985 by Oates and renowned video artist Tom Rubnitz, preserves a landmark of the influential Lower Manhattan queer theater scene of the period. For this unique celebratory event, featuring unseen outtakes and a slideshow of rare visual material, members of the original cast will join Oates’s wife Anne McInnis and composer Chal Pivik on a panel moderated by writer-performer Kestutis Nakas.
Organized by Ron Magliozzi, Curator, Department of Film, with Anne McInnis.
Film at MoMA is made possible by CHANEL.
Additional support is provided by the Annual Film Fund. Leadership support for the Annual Film Fund is provided by The Contemporary Arts Council of The Museum of Modern Art, Agnes Gund through The International Council of The Museum of Modern Art, the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP), and The Young Patrons Council of The Museum of Modern Art.
