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# A Gritty, Musical Portrait of Trans and Drag Sex Workers in 1990s New York
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/trinkets-gene-frankel-theatre-paul-alexander/
- Published: 2018-01-24T23:03:44.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:40:27.000Z
- Description: Paul Alexander's Trinkets is not a glossy Hollywood revision of a bygone time and place; it's a testimonial for a period fraught with excitement and horror.
- Author: Katie Fricas
- Tags: Comics, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-18 14:37 (2018)

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[Trinkets](https://www.genefrankeltheatre.com/trinkets---paul-e-alexander-24-bond-arts-center--gail-thacker.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) *by Paul Alexander continues at the Gene Frankel Theatre (24 Bond St, Lower East Side, Manhattan) through February on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays at 7pm.*