Esther Fallick likes to call herself “Brooklyn’s finest recently blonde trans woman cabaret comedienne,” and it doesn’t take much doing to confirm the accuracy of that description.

Ahead of the second performance of Fallick’s new hour-long comedy show, Esther Updates Her Book , at Joe’s Pub on Sunday, Vogue caught up with her to chat about working with Natalie Walker , writing an anthem for the purple M&M, and her desire to see more vaudeville-inflected comedy on (and off-) Broadway.

Vogue : As a New Yorker, how are you feeling about Zohran Mamdani’s recent election as mayor?

Esther Fallick: I’m honestly feeling so great. Something that I think about a lot is not only, Am I going to be able to live in New York? , but also: Is my audience going to be able to survive here and

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