Jade Esteban Estrada, a singer, actor, dancer and comedian, said he

feels empty inside if he entertains with only one of his talents, so he combined all four into an entertaining show that he hopes will touch the lives of all who see it.

     "People used to tell me, 'you can't be a jack of all trades,'" he said. "I said, 'I am all these things. I need to dance, act and sing when I perform.' Every time I just did one of those things, I didn't feel whole."

     "I want my audiences to take something deeper from my shows than just the entertainment," Estrada said. "All great works of art teach because they enlighten and inspire."

     Estrada, a Latin pop star who has appeared on Comedy Central and HBO Latino, will perform his show, "ICONS: The Lesbian and Gay History of the World, Vol. 1," on Saturday.

     Estrada said he has "never not been in the business. I was in the choir as a little boy in San Antonio, " and he got into dancing and acting as well.

     "This led me to musicals," he said, adding that he made a career for himself in New York as an entertainer.

     "I love dancing," Estrada said. "It's another form of communication. I understand movement and physicality and how the body works."

     In his one-man show, titled "ICONS," Estrada portrays Sappho, Michelangelo, Oscar Wilde, Gertrude Stein, Sylvia Rivera and Ellen DeGeneres.

      Estrada said he wrote this show "so I could feel whole. It's not about me; it's the story of the history of the world. This is about all people. I feel like I'm holding an hand mirror in front of the audience when I perform."

     He added, "this show is larger than life. I can manipulate destines onstage. I didn't write these stories. These are people in history, and I just dolled them up and made them fascinating."

     After years of performing different musicals, Estrada said he wanted to combine comedy into his work, which is the reason he wrote "ICONS," the show he is performing in Prescott.

     "I was hungry to do my own stuff," he said, adding that he has always enjoyed being humorous. "I love getting up and making people laugh."

     After he wrote "ICONS", Estrada wrote "ICONS: The Lesbian and Gay History of the World, Vol. 2." "ICONS 3" opens in September 2006 at the Columbus National Gay and Lesbian Theatre Festival.

     In all of his shows, Estrada combines comedy with singing, dancing and acting, which he said provides a wonderful blend of entertainment.

     "I love performing," he said. "My job is to tell stories. That is every performers job. We tell stories from the past and we enlighten, and give hope."

     He also provides plenty of laughs when he entertains because "without laughter, there is little to look forward to."

     Estrada has never been to Prescott and is looking forward to his visit here.

     "I hope to come back to Prescott to perform 'ICONS 2,'" he said. "I hope that the people of Arizona will come and see my show. This is not a gay thing; this is a human thing. I invite every class of people from every walk of life to come see my shows."