Miss Coco Peru, aka Clinton Leupp, is a gay American actor and drag performer, perhaps best known for his role in the 1999 independent film Trick. Peru also starred in Richard Day's Girls Will Be Girls (2003), was one of six performers featured in the Logo original stand-up comedy series Wisecrack (2005), and had a cameo appearance in the 1995 comedy film To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar. He has appeared in a number of other supporting and guest-starring roles in film and television, including Will & Grace, the Bravo reality series Boy Meets Boy, and the comedy Straight-Jacket (as the secretly lesbian wife of S.R.O. studio's head).
So the Newport crowd bought one big VIP table so that we can enjoy the show in style. We drove up to Providence (or as us Newporters call it "travelling over seas"). We had a lovely dinner at the most exquiste restaurant in Providence before heading to the show.
We arrived at the Hi-Hat one half hour in advance to assure parking and of course everyone had the same idea. Imagine playing That's My Parking Spot with a bunch of big drag queens in a Beetle. That was worth the trip right there!
Of course.... as soon as I enter the noisey club, my cell phone rings off the hook. A day in the life of a small business owner. It was a gay couple staying at another hotel....????.... asking me what's going on and things to do in the area. (How rude. I don't know why people think that's an okay thing to do.) So being the nice person I am, I told them about the wonderful show of Miss Coco Peru that was about to begin; they seemed slightly less than infuriated probably because if they had known earlier then they could have come to have a good time. Ahhhh karma....
Anyway...Back to the show....
The glasses were being shipped from the bar by the tray. They actually ran out of glasses early on and we had to switch to plastic. It was all good because most people were so engaged in the show.
There must have been dozens of drag queens showing off their talent. Some more convincing than others. The room was packed and we suddenly felt very lucky for knowing the event coordinator so well. Otherwise we would have been in the standing room only circle.
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