Jackie Beat News

Last night legendary drag performer JACKIE BEAT opened her 21st annual holiday show ILLUMINATI OR NICE? to a sold-out crowd at The Laurie Beechman Theatre. There are two more sold-out shows, tonight, Saturday 12/21 and tomorrow night, Sunday 12/22.

Casting has been announced for the upcoming edition of Dennis Hensley's The MisMatch Game, the show the Los Angeles Times called, a?oewitty, ribald ... an adventure in surrealist era bending!a?? The side-splitting parody of the '70s game show returns to the Los Angeles LGBT Center's Renberg Theatre for two shows only on Friday, September 13, and Saturday, September 14, at 8pm.

Today Brooklyn's premier queer club, 3 Dollar Bill, announces a number of special events a?" 3DB Live a?"lined up for fall 2019. The following list is in formation and does not include 3DB's regular events and parties produced by other promoters, which are also listed at 3dbnyc.com/events:

Martinis Above Fourth | Table + Stage has announced its lineup of shows for September. See the full listings below. 

Who is the best Drag Queen in the whole wide world? Now's your chance to find out at the first ever Drag Queen of the Year Pageant Competition Award Contest Competition. Millions of the best Drag performers from around the world applied, but only eight will compete, carefully chosen by a mysterious group of anonymous Drag Elders.

Casting has been announced for the upcoming 15th Anniversary edition of Dennis Hensley's The MisMatch Game, the show the Los Angeles Times called, witty, ribald ... an adventure in surrealist era bending! The side-splitting parody of the '70s game show returns to the Los Angeles LGBT Center's Renberg Theatre for two shows only on Friday, March 29, and Saturday, March 30, at 8pm.

Selene Luna: Pretty Special is a new, one-hour stand-up comedy show featuring Luna's original, biting, and heartfelt perspective on being a little person, an atheist who's afraid of ghosts, and being married to a "normal-sized" man. This long-awaited show will be filmed live at the Renberg Theatre on Saturday, February 2, at 7pm and will be the first-ever, female little-person stand-up comedy special. Selene Luna: Pretty Special is conceived by long-time collaborators Selene Luna and John Stapleton, written by Luna with additional material by John Stapleton and Jackie Beat, performed by Luna, and directed by Margaret Cho,  

Anita Procedure, LA's premiere singing drag queen, is set to bring her show Adult Performer: A Musical Tale of One Queen's Journey from Twinkdom to (Semi) Stardom to the Laurie Beechman Theatre in New York City. There will be two performances only, on Thursday, August 16 and Today, August 17, both at 7pm.

Anita Procedure, LA's premiere singing drag queen, is set to bring her show Adult Performer: A Musical Tale of One Queen's Journey from Twinkdom to (Semi) Stardom to the Laurie Beechman Theatre in New York City. There will be two performances only, today, August 16 and Friday, August 17, both at 7pm.

Anita Procedure, LA's premiere singing drag queen, is set to bring her show Adult Performer: A Musical Tale of One Queen's Journey from Twinkdom to (Semi) Stardom to the Laurie Beechman Theatre in New York City. There will be two performances only, on Thursday, August 16 and Friday, August 17, both at 7pm.

Casting has been announced for the upcoming edition of Dennis Hensley's The MisMatch Game, the show the Los Angeles Times called, "witty, ribald ... an adventure in surrealist era bending." The side-splitting parody of the '70s game show returns to the Los Angeles LGBT Center's Renberg Theatre for two nights only, Saturday, July 28, at 8pm and Sunday, July 29, at 7pm.

Bianca Del Rio is sitting on a tour bus, laughing. 'You'd be surprised what you can get away with in drag. Trust me, I'm proof!'

Peter Groom is an actor, dancer and choreographer, originally from Newcastle. Since graduating from Guildford School of Acting in 2013 he has gone on to work both in the UK and internationally, with credits including Schaubuhne, Berlin and Aquilla Theatre, New York. Alongside this he began to create his own devised work, and then in 2016 started working as a drag performer, with performances at Battersea Arts Centre, The Glory and Royal Vauxhall Tavern. His new show Dietrich: Natural Duty has its world premiere at the VAULT Festival later this month. I had the pleasure of meeting up with Peter. We talked about inspirations, politics, queer history, visibility and so much more. Here's how it went.

???????Are you ready for the trashiest tunes, the dirtiest ditties, the most-scandalous songs? Then you're in the mood for…  THE VERY WORST OF JACKIE BEAT!

History will be made in Times Square in May when the 'Crossroads of America' plays host to The Drag Queens of Comedy 2017, featuring 10 of the most outrageous and uproarious drag queens to ever throw shade over the 'Great White Way.' Producer, celebutante and heiress Sasha Soprano presents the largest drag queen show ever served up to The Big Apple!

Between the two of them, drag icons Sherry Vine and Joey Arias have more than 50 years of performing experience combined. Not only that, but their working relationship and enduring friendship began more than 20 years ago. Though they've toured with one another around the world over the years, it's been a few years since they've teamed up for a big show in New York, where they first met. Thankfully, the legendary divas will reunite onstage in the city for a new show at Feinstein's/54 Below, as part of Garth Schilling's (also known as Miss Vodka Stinger) drag-themed Thursday night series called LATE NIGHT DRAG. The run will also include Cacophony Daniels, Marti Gould Cummings, Varla Jean Merman, Ray DeForest, RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE star Alexis Michelle, and Miss Vodka Stinger herself with the Martha Rayes. Prior to Vine and Arias' show, the pair pressed pause on their first day of rehearsal to speak with us over the phone about their individual careers, more than two decades of collaboration, and reuniting onstage in the city that brought them together.

History will be made in Times Square in May when the "Crossroads of America" plays host to The Drag Queens of Comedy 2017, featuring 10 of the most outrageous and uproarious drag queens to ever throw shade over the "Great White Way." Producer, celebutante and heiress Sasha Soprano presents the largest drag queen show ever served up to The Big Apple!

Sasha Soprano presents The Drag Queens of Comedy, in association with Peaches Christ Productions, Friday, May 12 at 7 and 10 p.m., at the Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 N. Southport Ave. What has become a not-to-be-missed event in San Francisco since 2010, The Drag Queens of Comedy makes its Chicago debut with a line up of the world's most popular drag queen stars. Ticket prices range from $37- $57 with a $100 VIP ticket that includes preferred seating, a signed poster of the event and access to a meet and greet.* Tickets may be purchased at TheDragQueensofComedy.com or by calling 773.935.6875. The performance runs 120 minutes with no intermission, and due to strong language Drag Queens of Comedy is recommended for ages 13 years old and older.

The Los Angeles LGBT Center's Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center has announced a special, one night only performance by two legendary drag icons, Jackie Beat and Sherry Vine, in Battle of the Bitches. On Sunday, March 26 at 7pm at the Center's Renberg Theatre, the two formidable queens will go head to head in a no-holds-barred, anything goes, musical melee.

Casting has been announced for the upcoming edition of Dennis Hensley's The MisMatch Game. The side-splitting parody of the 70s game show returns to the Los Angeles LGBT Center's Renberg Theatre for two nights only, Friday, January 20 and Saturday, January 21 at 8pm.