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One of the great pleasures of going to clubs in the nineteen-eighties and nineties—back when now defunct venues like the Clit Club and the Pyramid Club and Jackie 60 had live performance—was what you could find on a night out. Aside from a temporary love, or a new friend, you could easily stumble upon fabulous stage shows that were presented with such seriousness, often, that you wondered if—while watching the amazing Duelling Bankheads, for instance, or so many people who got up so brilliantly as Stevie Nicks on the Night of 1000 Stevies—you were high on the entertainment, or on dancing with your chosen community, or just amazed by what New Yo

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