Stay up to date with the latest news on the extended agreement between Concord Music Publishing and Tomas Costanza. Discover how this partnership is shaping the music industry.
Wicked and Frozen star Idina Menzel worked alongside hitmakers Nile Rodgers, Jake Shears, Justin Tranter, Sir Nolan, Simon Wilcox, Laura Veltz, Jim Eliot, Maty Noyes, Mitch Allan, Lindy Robbins, Chantry Johnson, Michelle Zarlenga and more to create a body of work that is a departure from what she’s put out in the past. Listen to the new album!
Many queens wrap up their experience on RuPaul's Drag Race with big dreams of what comes next. For some, that dream is Broadway (see Jinkx Monsoon slaying as Mama Morton in Chicago). Marcia Marcia Marcia has already been there done that... but really. As the resident Broadway baby of Season 15, Marcia let their theatrical talents shine throughout their time on the show, which sadly concluded last week.
Which RuPaul's Drag Race stars have been on Broadway? Which drag queens have dreams of making in big in musical theatre? BroadwayWorld chatted with many of them about their big Broadway dreams!
Especially thanks to Spencer Liff’s inventive staging and punchy choreography, the show is either a riotous musical bursting out of the seams of the intimate Bourbon Room or a drag revue elevated with a solid narrative, pristinely-timed punchlines, and innovative novelty routines.
Alaska Thunderf**k 5000's DRAG: The Musical returns to Los Angeles at The Bourbon Room beginning September 23, 2022. Spencer Liff choreographs and directs the cast of Alaska with JuJubee, Jackie Cox, Jan Sport, Joey McIntrye, Nick Adams, Lagoona Bloo, Aria B. Cassadine and Alysha Deslorieux. Alaska managed to find some time for my queries in between promoting her book My Name’s Yours, What’s Alaska? just released last year, and getting ready for her promotional tour for her latest album Red 4 Filth.
Joey McIntyre and drag icon Jujubee have joined the cast of DRAG: The Musical, returning to The Bourbon Room in Hollywood, with performances running September 23-October 15, 2022.
Following the triumphant release of its soundtrack last month and a major appearance at this year's LA Drag Con, Alaska Thunderf**k's 'DRAG: The Musical' is set to come alive this PRIDE month with several hotly anticipated events.
This Monday, Broadway superstar Derek Klena (Jagged Little Pill, Dogfight, Wicked) joins Rob Morean (Torch Song) and Jarvis Derrell (VH1) as they take over Motel23 for their weekly Broadway residency series, Backstage Tea at Motel23. For reservations, email backstagetea@motel23nyc.com
Join Rob Morean (Torch Song) and Jarvis Derrell (VHI) as they take over Motel23 every Monday, starting October 4th at 8:30 PM in their new weekly Broadway residency series, Backstage Tea at Motel23.
With virtual events & shows now a permanent fixture in the entertainment industry, many of the biggest names in drag are back again in 2021 for a new digital concert festival.
Sam Quinn, Alex Hartman, and Kayley Anne Collins teamed up with Broadway's Kathryn Allison (Company) and RuPauls Drag Race Season 12 standout Jan Sport to spread some love with their Pride video project 'All We Ever Wanted Was Love'.
She may not be America's Next Drag Superstar in title, but the Queen of New York is ready to expand her queendom and take on the world. Already an icon in the NYC drag community before entering the workroom, Brita Filter (known to RuPaul's Drag Race viewers as simply Brita), has long-used her theatrical roots and Broadway-ready lipsync style to outshine her competition.
Rupaul's Drag Race is feeling the Jantasy this season, as the show welcomed one of its most musical queens in its herstory. Jan Sport (known to viewers as just Jan) joined the competition for its 12th season when it premiered just weeks ago on VH1.
When theatre and drag worlds collide, the resulting lovechild is Jackie Cox- a queen who has jokingly described her own drag style as 'fourth ensemble from the left in Promises, Promises.' Jackie is currently turkey-lurkeying for her life as a contestant on the 12th season of Rupaul's Drag Race, on which she is pulling from her theatrical bag of tricks to slay the competition.
Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, the local non-profit providing healthcare targeted to New York's Lesbian, Gay Bisexual, and Transgender communities, presented GLOW: 50 YEARS OF CALLEN-LORDE, a historic five decade anniversary party and fundraiser on Friday, May 31st.
Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, the local non-profit providing sensitive, quality healthcare targeted to New York's Lesbian, Gay Bisexual, and Transgender communities free of judgment and regardless of ability to pay since 1969, today announced that it will present GLOW: 50 YEARS OF CALLEN-LORDE, a historic five decade anniversary party and fundraiser that will take place on Friday, May 31st from 5pm to 9pm at Union Park (6 East 18th Street).
THE GREEN ROOM 42 - Broadway's newest intimate concert venue - welcomes back Stephanie's Child, New York's premier pop-vocal drag trio, for two holiday shows on Friday, December 21 and Saturday, December 22, both at 9:30 PM. Hailed as one of the "Best LGBT Events in New York" from Time Out New York, the Three Wise Women of Stephlehem will bring gifts of riffs, harmonies - and myrrh. What child is this? Come find out at The Green Room 42.