Michou, center, at his cabaret in Montmartre. “I hope you’re enjoying your dinner,” he told the crowd. “If the meat is good, it’s because I slept with the butcher!”Credit...Dmitry Kostyukov for The ...
For more than half a century, the most flamboyant figure in Paris’s liveliest district was a bouffant-haired man with a single name, Michou. Habitually dressed in blue — often with a blue satin jacket ...
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A Parisian drag cabaret club that has hosted singers such as Liza Minnelli and Serge Gainsbourg is closing its doors due to financial struggles. Chez Michou, which lies in the hilltop neighborhood of ...
A celebrated French drag cabaret has given its final performance, bringing an end to the Parisian fixture that inspired a Hollywood film. Chez Michou said on social media that Sunday's performance ...
Michou, a legend of the Paris night scene who helped inspire the comedy classic "La Cage aux Folles", died Sunday at the age of 88. A trailblazer who established drag cabaret in France, Michou died in ...
After 68 years in the burlesque business, Sunday's performance will be the last, the managers of the cabaret Chez Michou wrote on Facebook last week. A liquidator will be appointed from 16 July 2024, ...