Salty Brine: Thank U 4 a Funky Time

Formerly a dingy theater, the Red Room has been transformed into a sexy, speakeasy-style lounge, with a copper bathtub in one corner and a stage in the other. It’s a great place to be on Wednesdays, when Salty Brine performs his weekly Spectacular Living Record Collection Cabaret. An outrageously talented singer-actor in the vein of Taylor Mac, Brine takes a different classic pop album in each show—from Joni Mitchell’s Blue to the Dirty Dancing soundtrack—and weaves its songs into funny, perceptive tapestries of storytelling. The show is highly addictive: Once you’ve been dunked into Brine, you’ll want to dive back every month. The March edition, inspired by Prince's Purple Rain, costars musical-theater writer Nate Weida.