Latrice Royale News

The BWW Cabaret Awards honor exemplary performers and productions in New York from October 1st, 2019 to September 30th, 2020. Nominees in all categories excluding Special Event - Solo and Special Event - Multiple needed to have performed all or the majority of their shows (at least two of three shows) during this eligibility period.

The Broadway World Awards has some fabulous nominees for BEST DRAG ARTIST OR IMPERSONATOR and we're going to look at their work right here.

What is it about the art form of cabaret these days that is different from the art form of cabaret from yesterday? Sometimes nothing; but sometimes every damn thing.

The Ali Forney Center, the nation's largest LGBTQ teen and young adult homeless shelter and services organization, presented its 11th annual Oasis: A Virtual Variety Show summer benefit virtually yesterday, August 19.

Austin-based comedy group's virtual Estrogen's Follies, launched their debaucherous and fun-packed variety show this Spring, amid the Covid-19 pandemic, in order to keep spirits high and laughs going, and it's soaring!

The Ali Forney Center, the nation's largest LGBTQ teen and young adult homeless shelter and services organization, will present its 11th annual Oasis: A Virtual Variety Show summer benefit virtually this year at 7:00 p.m. EST, Wednesday, August 19 on Benny Drama's YouTube Channel.

AIDS WALK: LIVE AT HOME shared today that the previously announced star-studded line-up for Sunday's virtual broadcast will now also include Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Glenn Close, Anne Hathaway, Patti LaBelle, Jordin Sparks, Harvey Fierstein, Raul Esparza, Norm Lewis and San Francisco Mayor London Breed.

AIDS Walk New York and AIDS Walk San Francisco are coming together for the first time to present a?oeAIDS Walk: Live From Home.'

Cabaret artist in two different ways, Helane Blumfield is as comfortable onstage as she off, but onstage she has a microphone in her hand and offstage it's a camera

Today's Pandemic Playlist has a special focus on the drag performers who grace the stages of NYC.

Today's top stories: The Minutes officially begins previews tonight on Broadway, and more!

In this episode, Ben and Daniel talk to actor and comedian Drew Droege about Sylvester's 1982 album 'All I Need.' They also discuss Audra McDonald, Eddie Murphy, Sandra Bernhard, Diana Ross, Has Mar Superstar, Robyn, Chloë Sevigny, Annette Funicello, John Waters, Sinead O'Connor, Melissa McCarthy, RuPaul, Jane Fonda. Michael Patrick King, Latrice Royale, Dianne Wiest, Kathleen Turner, Glenn Close, Carol Burnett, 'The Comeback,' and Donna Murphy. Drew is currently performing his play 'Happy Birthday Doug' at SoHo Playhouse. His previous play 'Bright Colors and Bold Patterns' is available to stream on BroadwayHD.

Accurately reviewing Bianca del Rio's It's Jester Joke tour is perhaps one of the most challenging reports I've ever had to write. That's because so much of what I witnessed was quite frankly, and delightfully, unrepeatable. 

Dear Hearts, we took in RuPaul's Drag Race break-out star LATRICE ROYALE's opening night at the Laurie Beechman this week and, while she does indeed sing the TIT-u-lar 'Here's To Life' to close out the night, the show itself is a pure cabaret of song and stories that give you the feeling of, 'I know this person' by evening's end. Dearlings our beautiful Queen of the Big Girls took us all on a celebration JOURNEYYYYY through her life and times as she shared tales of a little gay boy growing up in Compton, CA, right through the choices that lead up to her time behind bars; and NOT the kind that serves our drinks.

RuPaul's Drag Race break-out star LATRICE ROYALE will returned tonight with an updated version of her acclaimed one woman show HERE'S TO LIFE at The Laurie Beechman Theater.  In this celebratory journey of song and story-telling, Latrice shares tales of growing up gay in Compton, the events leading up to her “unfortunate incarceration,” and her infectious, ever-positive perspective that got her through it all.

The Drag Queen horror film Killer Unicorn has just been acquired by distribution house Indican Pictures, at the Cannes Film Festival. Part comedy and all party, Killer Unicorn is the latest film from long time director Drew Bolton and writer Jose D. Alvarez. Set in the underground dance scene of Brooklyn, New York, this film brings a serial killer into the mix. As the local Drag Queens are targeted, survivors must use their special, very unique skills to save themselves and track down this stalker. Killer Unicorn will be in theatres this month, across the United States.

Emmy ® Award-winners RuPaul and World of Wonder ("RuPaul's Drag Race," "Million Dollar Listing," upcoming documentaries "STONEWALL OUTLOUD" and "Liberty: Mother of Exiles") hosted the fifth annual and largest ever RuPaul's DragCon LA at the Los Angeles Convention Center this weekend. Attendees from 44 different countries mixed and mingled with over 75 of the world's top Drag Queens and other talent at the massively successful drag and pop culture convention. RuPaul's DragCon NYC tickets are now on sale for the weekend of September 6th-8th, and the convention returns to Los Angeles May 1st-3rd, 2020.

RuPaul's Drag Race Holi-Slay Spectacular has released a promo for the event. During the Holi-Slay Spectacular, viewers will be treated to an extended first look at RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 4.

VH1 today announced the guest judges set to join the highly anticipated fourth season of “RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.” RuPaul will be joined by a star-studded line-up of celebrities, alongside show regulars Michelle Visage, Carson Kressley, and Ross Mathews, as they decide who will stay, lip-sync for their legacy, or “sashay away.” “RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars” follows the record-breaking tenth season of VH1's “RuPaul's Drag Race,” which just became the first show to ever win an Emmy® Award in both the Outstanding Reality-Competition Program and Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program categories in the same year. The series will return to the runway with supersized 90-minute episodes on Friday, December 14th at 8:00 PM ET/PT on VH1.

Following the record-breaking tenth season of VH1's “RuPaul's Drag Race,” which just became the first show to ever win an Emmy® Award in both the Outstanding Reality-Competition Program and Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program categories in the same year, VH1 has announced the queens returning to the mainstage to compete in the fourth season of “RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.”  The groundbreaking competition is set to return with supersized, 90-minute episodes and more stunning fashions, killer lip-syncs, and jaw-dropping twists than ever before. “RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars” will also be making Friday nights fierce again when it premieres on Friday, December 14th at 8:00 PM ET/PT on VH1.