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Bridget Everett moved to New York in 1997, at 26, with no plan, no money, and no prospects. She survived waitressing, karaoke, and the alternative-cabaret circuit before creating and starring in “Somebody Somewhere,” her autobiographical coming-of-middle-age series, premièring this month on HBO. “It’s not every network that’s calling up a perimenopausal woman who sings cabaret to do a TV show,” Everett, now 49, said. “You gotta celebrate the moments.” Tap the link in our bio to read about how Everett mines her dysfunctional childhood to create an outrageous onstage presence that even Amy Schumer says she “could not follow.” Photograph by Mark Lim (@markmarklimlim) for The New Yorker.

December 31, 2021