P.S. Burn This Letter Please

P.S. Burn This Letter Please is a 2020 documentary film about gay life in New York City among 1950s drag queens.^[1][2] The title is taken verbatim from a letter recounting the autumn 1958 theft of 33 luxurious wigs from the Metropolitan Opera House.^[3] The film is based on a trove of correspondence found in a storage unit in 2014, and includes archival footage of cross-dressing balls.^[4]

P.S. Burn This Letter Please
Film poster
Directed by	Michael Seligman Jennifer Tiexiera
Screenplay by	Michael Seligman Jennifer Tiexiera
Based on	Correspondence among 1950s drag queens
Produced by	Michael Seligman Jennifer Tiexiera Craig Olsen
Cinematography	Zachary Shields
Edited by	Jennifer Tiexiera Alex Bohs
Music by	Jonathan Kirkscey
Release date	April 2020 (2020-04) (Tribeca)
Running time	106 minutes
Country	United States

See also

• Ed Limato
• LGBT history in New York
• New York City Drag March, shown in 2017 footage at the film's conclusion