BEST IN DRAG Featuring Kathy Griffin Returns to Orpheum Theatre 10/2

Best In Drag Show, the fabulous and long-running annual fundraiser, will be held on Sunday, October 2, 2016 at the The Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles. Kathy Griffin will open this year's festivities and the celebrity judging panel includes Melanie Griffith, Jennifer Coolidge and Ana Gasteyer. Best In Drag Show benefits Aid For AIDS, a program of Alliance for Housing and Healing which is dedicated to preventing homelessness and hunger for men, women, children and families living with HIV/AIDS throughout Los Angeles County. The highly-anticipated beauty pageant spoof features six gorgeous gals competing for the crown while keeping the focus on its cause - giving back to the community through fundraising.

WHEN:

Sunday, October 2, 2016

5:30pm - 6:45pm - Pink Carpet Arrivals

WHERE:

Orpheum Theatre

842 S. Broadway

Los Angeles, CA 90014

WHO:

Kathy Griffin, celebrity judges Melanie Griffith, Jennifer Coolidge ("2 Broke Girls"), Ana Gasteyer ("Lady Dynamite"), Dot Marie Jones ("Glee"), Gus Kenworthy (Olympic silver medalist), Kathy Kinney ("The Drew Carey Show"), Donna Mills ("Knots Landing"); Master of Ceremonies Patrick Rush, director/producer Jeffrey Drew, contestants Miss District of Columbia Wanda Wumanz (Keith Lamont), Miss Maryland Hannah Belle Lecter (Jay Fink), Miss New Mexico Pokey Hanus (Brian Lexy), Miss New Jersey Halle Peña Pappas (Johnny Glasser), Miss New York Sandy Claus (Jeffrey Ewell) and Miss Tennessee Sheena Turner (Victor Montoya). Plus Dee W Eye, Kay Sedia, Gregory Zarian & Lawrence Zarian