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BY KEVIN WIRTH
On Mekahel Celebrates
a Hoe-y Christmas
For On Mekahel, A Hoe-y Christmas is
more than just a collection of songs.
It’s a celebration of queer joy and
chosen family. “I grew up in Israel,
where we didn’t celebrate Christmas,”
he explains. “But I always loved the
decorations and the lights. When I
met my husband, Christmas became
part of my life, too. Our first Christmas
together was one of the most magical
moments of my life, and I wanted to
share that warmth with all of my fans
this holiday season.”
While the title and tone are undeniably
cheeky, Mekahel says the album
comes straight from the heart. “It is a
love letter to the holidays,” he says.
He explains more.

INTERVIEW >>>
If you could describe A
Hoe-y Christmas in three
words to someone who
hasn’t heard it yet, what
would they be?
Sexy because the whole EP
has this sultry, playful energy
running through every track.
Warm because I poured my
heart and natural warmth into
these songs. Cozy because A
Hoe-y Christmas is all about
that feeling of being cuddled
up with good vibes and
holiday spirit all around you.
What inspired you to create
the album?
I wanted to create an
experience for people
who love Christmas and
the holidays, but from a
different perspective than the
wholesome, family-oriented
one we’re used to. I wanted
the songs to feel festive
and familiar, but with a sexy
twist. Something a little less
traditional, a little wild and
definitely fun.
You’ve included a mix of
originals and reimagined
holiday standards like
“Hoe-y Night” and “Hark the
Herald Who?”. How did you
decide which classics to
twist and make your own?
I chose my favorite traditional
holiday songs and simply
added a little of me to them.
For example, “Hark! The
Herald Angels Sing” has
always been one of my
favorites, but coming from a
culture where I didn’t grow up
with these songs, I used to
wonder: Who’s Harold? So I
decided to explore that in a
playful way. And “Silent Night”
is such a beautiful song full
of spirit, but I turned it into
“Hoe-y Night” because that
felt a little more like
me; still warm, but
cheekier.
Your version of
“Have Yourself
a Merry Little
Christmas” brings
a queer, soulful
warmth to a
timeless favorite.
I sang it exactly
the way I’ve
always sung it. I
wanted to keep it
authentic to how I
naturally perform
it. Our pianist, Ark,
followed the melody
the way I’ve always
done it, and we
recorded it raw and
soulful.
“Under the Blanket” sounds
like it could be the perfect
cozy (or steamy!) winter
anthem. What’s the story
behind it?
That one was written
entirely by my husband,
Dave, who writes most of my
music with me. I only gave
him the title, because that’s
exactly where I want to be
with him during the holidays.
The song really captures
one of our winter traditions.
Every year, we go up to
our cabin with our puppies
and spend a few days, just
the two of us. No work, no
distractions, just snow, a
fireplace, and each other
under the blanket.
The humor in A Hoe-y
Christmas really stands
out, but so does its heart.
How did you strike the
balance between campy
fun and genuine holiday
emotion?
The whole EP is full of
emotion. I wanted every
song to flow naturally into
the next, creating a cozy
little journey. Between the
traditional covers and the
originals, everything came
from a place of love.

BY EILEEN SHAPIRO
CELEBRITY CORRESPONDENT
A Very Queer XXX-MAS
Locky Brownlie
Brings Holiday Fantasy to Hell’s Kitchen
In the heart of Hell’s Kitchen,
where red velvet curtains glow
and winter nights hum with
mischief, BROLESQUE: XXX-MAS
is rewriting holiday magic one
rhinestone, one tease and one
outrageous fantasy at a time.
Created and directed by
international dancer and creative
force Locky Brownlie—whose
career spans touring with Katy
Perry, Jennifer Lopez and Britney
Spears, and starring in Wicked—
this all-male, high-octane
spectacle is shaking up queer
nightlife with a burst of glittersoaked
irreverence.
After years away from the scene,
Brownlie returned to New York’s
stages with a mission: to give
queer dancers a place where
they could be the stars, not the
backdrop; where sensuality,
humor and theatricality could
collide in full, unapologetic
bloom.
BROLESQUE: XXX-MAS
turns the Gingerbread Man,
the Nutcracker and the burly
lumberjack into deliciously
subversive icons—complete with
daring choreography, costumestrip
transformations, campy
storytelling and the kind of
audience interaction that turns
Thursday nights at Balcon Salon
into the unofficial start of the
weekend.
With the show’s blend of
burlesque, dance, comedy,
acrobatics and interactive
play (including a very cheeky
Oven Mitt Challenge), Brownlie
channels nearly two decades
of global performance into an
intimate, immersive 60-minute
experience that feels both fresh
and long-missing from the city’s
queer landscape. It’s a holiday
celebration for your chosen
family—bold, sexy, joyful and
irresistibly naughty—rooted in
the freedom of self-expression
Brownlie’s championed since the
beginning of his career.
BROLESQUE: XXX-MAS runs
every Thursday at 11:00 p.m. at
Balcon Salon in Hell’s Kitchen—a
vibrant, intimate home perfectly
sized for the glitz, glamour, and
wild heart of New York’s newest
queer tradition.

Interview>>>
BROLESQUE: XXX-
MAS turns classic
holiday characters
into sexy, subversive
fantasies. What inspired
you to reimagine the
Gingerbread Man, the
Nutcracker and the
lumberjack
through this
playful, queer
lens?
I wanted to
bring some
holiday cheer in
a different way.
Something
fun for the
community.
For our queer
community.
We’ve been
gone for a
few years, but
we’ve recently
come back and
started doing
shows again
this August.
I wanted to
switch up and
do a holiday
show and
bring some fun
characters that
we all know so
well. Just kind
of switch the
narrative a little
bit and make them a little
naughty, fun and campy.
You’ve toured with
legends like Britney
Spears, Katy Perry
and Jennifer Lopez
and even starred in
Wicked on Broadway.
How did those massive
productions influence the
creative vision behind
BROLESQUE?
Yeah, I did. Wicked was
the first job I did back in
Australia. After its success
on Broadway, they brought
the show over to Australia
to continue on. That was
actually my first job I did in
Australia. I was 18. I came
over to America with my
visa and all the legal stuff
that has to go on. Which
really snowballed my career
over here. I am forever
thankful for Wicked. I had
been a professional dancer
since I was 18. I danced
my whole life growing up.
I’ve always been a part
of a show, whether it was
being in the audience or
ensemble. Dancing behind
the artist or the star are
what makes these big
shows come to life. When
I was starting to want to
venture out to the creative
space, like producing or
being the director of the
new show, I wanted to put
dancers at
the forefront
of the show.
Have them
be their
own stars.
Especially for
the LGBTQ
dancers in
the dance
scene. I
wanted us
to have
something
that we could
be a part of
and be the
star of. That’s
kind of how
it started. I
wanted to
give dancers
the extra job
to do. They
are always
looking for
big breaks
working with
these pop
stars or in
musicals.
So I wanted them to have
something to go to. To have
some freedom to be out and
take their clothes off and be
masculine, but also in touch
with our feminine side. The
sexual freedom that comes
with doing burlesque and
dance and mixing those two
together.
PHOTO CREDIT: BTSCENESBODY

You’re currently on
THE KNOCKOUT TOUR
with Violet Chachki
and Gottmik. How does
performing with two drag
superstars feed your
artistry and challenge you
creatively?
They asked me to jump
on their tour this year and
it’s been amazing. We are
doing 46 shows, different
cities, so it’s a full tour
bus show. They are solely
producing it themselves,
which is amazing. As a
young producer and as
someone who is going
through the highs and lows
of producing a show, to see
friends and other creatives
that I look up to go through
the same thing and work
through the same obstacles
that I am challenged with
is really inspiring. On the
creative side, being with
them and creating their
numbers and talking about
their visions, they have
some deep expectations,
which I love because I’m
also a big thinker and I
really try to strive to have
these ideas come to life.
To work with people with
the same type of artistry
and all the glitz and glamor
and rhinestones–and Violet
brings in the burlesque
element. Working on this
show has actually taken
me a step back to do what
I need to be doing. This is
just adding to my artistry
fire.
BROLESQUE mixes
burlesque, dance, comedy
and audience participation
— including segments like
the Oven Mitt Challenge.
How do you decide just
how mischievous you’re
willing to let the show get?
Thursday night, I feel, is the
beginning of the weekend.
Where everyone starts
to get a little bit edgy and
they are ready to look for
some trouble, especially in
the city, especially in New
York, especially in the winter
months. So I think I’d like to
say that we are the beginning
of what the weekend could
look like. Some of the acts
in the show do get down to
not much covering them.
Maybe just a hat covering
their private part. Or maybe
a little cocktail glass could
be covering something. We
do like to be a little risque,
but also keep it classy and
tasteful. Just enough for
everyone to go, “Oh, I want
to know what’s behind that
hat.”
Balcon Salon in Hell’s
Kitchen has become a
hotspot for queer nightlife.
What makes this venue
the perfect home for
BROLESQUE?
Balcon is a fabulous space.
You have a great stage. It’s
a petite stage. It’s not huge,
but it really works for a lot
of different types of shows.
Along with that, it visually
looks stunning. It’s got an
atrium and it’s got this red
curtain. It just looks fantastic.
It’s in a great space. It’s not
super small–it’s a nice size.
It feels very intimate, in a
good way. It doesn’t feel like
it’s super squishy. We have
definitely paid for spaces
where you have all this extra
room behind the crowd you’re
working for and it kind of is
hard to get into it when you’re
dealing with the giant big
space. This space is perfect.
It could do a lot of different
things. It could be a drag
stage. It could be a musical
act stage. It could turn into
different things. It is a very
versatile space. Right in the
heart of Hell’s Kitchen.

The cast of BROLESQUE
blends highly trained
dancers with larger-thanlife
personalities. What
qualities do you look for
when casting performers
who can embody both
sensuality and comedy?
Definitely charisma. I come
from a theater background.
In all of my work, I like to
really bring in the theatrics
of it all. The drama. I myself
am a very expressive and
theatrical performer. I’ve
got to find people that
match my creativity and
what I’m thinking for each
of the shows. Dance ability.
Obviously, we need people
who are very versatile
in their dancing. But it
really does come down
to the interaction with the
audience. We do dance
numbers on stage, but then
we go through the audience
and we like to connect with
them. Collect the tipping
from the audience. It’s very
immersive, interactive.
The audience gets the
permission to be able to
touch the dancers and to
put the dollar notes into
anywhere that they can
find an elastic band. Or
someplace the dollar would
stay. The performers have
to be comfortable interacting
with the audience. That is
surprisingly not that easy
to find.
Holiday shows often lean
family-friendly — but
BROLESQUE: XXX-MAS
goes deliciously in the
opposite direction. Why
do you think audiences
are craving this kind
of alternative holiday
entertainment?
Yeah. This is for your chosen
family. Perhaps LGBT family
or sorority girls family for a
fun little campy date night.
You sit there and watch and
fantasize about it and think
about what you might do
with your loved one later
that night. It is definitely a
different type of family night,
for sure. I think there is a
space for all types of cheer
for joyful expressions. I
like mixing a little bit of the
risque, sexy type fantasy
that we go through, along
with this Christmas cheer.
When you think about it,
Santa Claus is so campy.
Santa Claus in that big
red suit and the little elves
that help him…all of it is
so campy. So you kind of
switch that into imagining or
fantasizing what they might
look like in sexy lingerie or
masculine lingerie. I bet
we all have those kinds
of thoughts. It is allowing
people to kind of come and
think and fantasize that way.
With nearly 20 years in the
entertainment industry,
what moment or artist
pushed you the most —
and how does that show
up in your work as a
creative director today?
I have toured with so many
different pop girls and done
so many amazing jobs.
Working with Katie was a
huge part of my career. It
was the first major pop artist
of that large scale. I worked
with her for five years and
did all of the tours. And
took that to Australia and
performed for my family.
I remember how finishing
Firework in Melbourne and
knowing my family was out
in the front was such an
emotional moment for me.
PHOTO CREDIT: GURAM MURADOV

PHOTO CREDIT: GURAM MURADOV
That was definitely a special
time. But then, working for
Jennifer Lopez, that was a
hard show. I pushed myself
physically and creatively, just
to get through that show–
which I think as a dancer is
hard but feels amazing. Each
of the jobs I have done has
been different and all bring
different stories and different
ways that I approach
them. Those are a few of
the highlights, but I think
everything I have done has
just been such an amazing
journey in its own way.
BROLESQUE has been
called part of a new wave
redefining queer nightlife
in New York City. In your
eyes, what is the show
giving to the community
that’s been missing?
The fact that there is an
all male cast that is doing
costume changes, it’s a
high level production. It’s
a 60-minute show. It’s got
all the glitz and glamor. I
think we have been missing
shows like that. There are a
lot of drag shows. There are
a lot of shows with singing,
but to have an all-male
cast that is dancing, doing
tricks and acrobatics, it’s
fully choreographed, it’s got
costumes and production
level. That to me has been
missing. Which is the reason
that I started it. I didn’t see
anything like this happening.
Not that I could be a part of.
I was looking for this
type of thing when I
was in and out of jobs.
So I think I’ve created
something that is
definitely new for the
queer nightlife. I just
want it to get bigger
and better and in more
cities. For everyone to
experience the fun of
it all.
You’ve performed
for stadiums, global
superstars, and
Broadway audiences.
How does the intimacy of
BROLESQUE compare?
It’s so different. Doing those
big shows for me is easy.
There are so many people
in the audience. You have
no idea who they are. You
just kind of see the sparkle
of the lights. Doing these
smaller shows and shows
when you know your friends
in the audience and you can
see their faces and their
reactions because they’re
much closer than they are
in those big arenas…That
is much harder to me. It’s
different, not harder. You
see people’s reactions. You
see if they are enjoying it or
not. And that can sometimes
put you off as a performer.
Or you can get distracted
in different ways. When
you perform in front of the
giant audiences, they kind
of become this big blur. You
don’t know if they’re enjoying
it, other than hearing their
screams. During these
intimate shows, you also get
to know the audience. By
the end of the show, you see
their whole journey of how
they go from wondering what
the show is about. Halfway
through the show, they start
to get a little smile. And by
the end, they are standing
on their feet, clapping and
saying, “Oh my God, that
was amazing.” So, as a
dancer, you see this whole
journey of the audience that
you wouldn’t see in a big
show.
The show is every
Thursday at Balcon. The
showtime is 11:00 p.m.

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