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== Works inspired by Tipton == * ''Stevie Wants to Play the Blues'' was a play based on Tipton's life written by [[Eduardo Machado]] and performed in Los Angeles, directed by [[Simon Callow]] and starring [[Amy Madigan]] and [[Paula Kelly (actress)|Paula Kelly]].<ref name="Drake">{{cite web|last1=Drake|first1=Sylvie|title=Stage Review: 'Stevie' Has Jazz and Drama, but Lacks a Subtext|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-02-19-ca-747-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=August 15, 2017|date=February 19, 1990}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=TV News Desk Staff|title=Stage and Screen Actress Paula Kelly Dies at 77|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Stage-and-Screen-Actress-Paula-Kelly-Dies-at-77-20200211|website=Broadway World|date=11 February 2020|access-date=22 July 2020}}</ref> * "The Legend of Billy Tipton", by the [[punk rock|punk]] band The Video Dead, is about the story of Billy Tipton.<ref name="DEAD">{{cite news|url=http://www.bovineclub.com/gasoline/REV20.php?offset=8&entry_id=20 |title=The Video Dead: Brotherhood of the Dead |work=Gasoline Magazine |access-date=April 11, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927062413/http://www.bovineclub.com/gasoline/REV20.php?offset=8&entry_id=20 |archive-date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref> *''Soita minulle Billy'' (''Call me Billy''), a Finnish play with [[Joanna Haartti]] playing Tipton, presented at Theatre Jurka in 2011<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jurkka.fi/index.php?k=224967|title=Soita minulle Billy|website=www.jurkka.fi|language=fi|access-date=February 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220171539/http://www.jurkka.fi/index.php?k=224967|archive-date=February 20, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> and again at the 2012 [[Helsinki Festival]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.korjaamo.fi/fi/event/stage-kotimainen-ohjelmisto-soita-minulle-billy|title=Stage / Kotimainen ohjelmisto: Soita minulle Billy|access-date=February 20, 2017|language=fi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806215302/http://korjaamo.fi/fi/event/stage-kotimainen-ohjelmisto-soita-minulle-billy|archive-date=August 6, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> *''The Slow Drag'' (1996), by [[Carson Kreitzer]], a "jazz cabaret" with a live band onstage featuring the character, Johnny Christmas, based on Tipton.<ref name="Middlebrook 2013">{{cite journal |last=Middlebrook |first=Diane |author-link=Diane Middlebrook |title=The Double Life of Billy Tipton |via=Local 802 AFM |date=2013-04-11 |journal=Allegro |volume=113 |issue=4 |url=https://www.local802afm.org/allegro/articles/the-double-life-of-billy-tipton/ |access-date=2020-12-08 |issn=0002-5704 |oclc=3952697}}</ref><ref name="Tipton Kreitzer Criswell Sadovy 1998 p. ">{{cite AV media |last1=Tipton |first1=Billy |last2=Kreitzer |first2=Carson |last3=Criswell |first3=Kim |last4=Sadovy |first4=Liza |last5=Colquhoun |first5=Christopher |last6=Pearson |first6=James |last7=Englishby |first7=Paul |title=The slow drag : [a jazz musical] : original London cast |publisher=JAY Productions Ltd. |year=1998 |oclc=40522449 }}</ref><ref name="Dalglish 2016">{{cite web |first=Darren |last=Dalglish |title=The Slow Drag |website=London Theatre Guide |date=1997-11-15 |url=https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/reviews/the-slow-drag |access-date=2020-12-08}}</ref> * ''[[Trumpet (novel)|Trumpet]]'', a 1998 novel by [[Jackie Kay]], tells the story of fictional Scottish jazz musician Joss Moody, inspired by Tipton.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jan/16/rereading-trumpet-jackie-kay-ali-smith|title=Ali Smith on Trumpet by Jackie Kay: a jazzy call to action|last=Smith|first=Ali|date=2016-01-16 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=2020-02-02}}</ref> * [[The Tiptons Sax Quartet]], previously known as The Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet, is a jazz saxophone quartet from [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]]. The name of the quartet was inspired by Tipton.<ref name="cabaret" /> * A cabaret musical called ''A Girl Named Bill'', starring [[Nellie McKay]], tells the story of Tipton.<ref name="cabaret">{{cite news |last=Bream |first=Jon |url= https://www.startribune.com/review-cabaret-darling-mckay-sings-tells-odd-tale-of-jazz-musician-billy-tipton/412240183/ |title=Review: Cabaret darling McKay sings/tells odd tale of jazz musician Billy Tipton |work=[[Star Tribune]] |date=January 31, 2017 |access-date=March 2, 2019}}</ref> * ''[[No Ordinary Man (film)|No Ordinary Man]]'', a documentary film about Tipton by [[Aisling Chin-Yee]] and [[Chase Joynt]], premiered at the [[2020 Toronto International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Mullen|first=Pat|url=http://povmagazine.com/blog/view/inconvenient-indian-new-corporation-no-ordinary-man-rep-canadian-docs-in-ti|title='Inconvenient Indian', 'New Corporation', 'No Ordinary Man' Rep Canadian Docs in TIFF Line-up|magazine=[[Point of View (magazine)|Point of View]]|date=July 30, 2020}}</ref>
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