QUOTED: Rufus Wainwright burns down the Hamptons with Kylie Minogue

(Rufus Wainwright)
 
In his time, out troubador Rufus Wainwright has re-enacted Judy Garland’s legendary show at Carnegie Hall, collaborated with Antony and the Johnsons and even headlined Dean Johnson’s queer-punk Homocore show at CBGB. His latest “co-star” is none other than Kylie Minogue, who will be Wainwright’s special guest at Last Song of Summer, a benefit concert for Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center in the Hamptons. “It was my and [boyfriend] Jörn [Weisbrodt’s] idea," Rufus tells us. "We saw her at Hammerstein and loved it—and I worked with her on a Sting tribute years ago. Jörn got in touch and she was delighted. It’s so exciting!”
 
Read the full interview here.
 
Last Song of Summer at Watermill Center, Watermill, NY, 212-253-7484, watermillcenter.org, Aug 28 at 4:30pm, $150 –$1000.