Before the curtain rises on Roundabout Theatre Company's spirited reimagining of The Pirates of Penzance, there is an engagingly meta introduction by the operetta's composer Arthur Sullivan (Preston Truman Boyd) and librettist W. S. Gilbert (David Hyde Pierce). Their charmingly affable preamble is largely based on historical fact about the numerous pirated stagings of their... Continue Reading →
While the Mother of Christmas might be, well, Mary, and the Queen of Christmas might be Mariah, proving themselves once more to be the undeniable Drag Queens of Christmas are Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme who are back with their seventh annual The Jinkx and DeLa Holiday Show. In the midst of a 33-city, 38-show tour... Continue Reading →
As I was dashing through the rain in Brooklyn on Friday night, headed for the appropriately majestic Kings Theatre—a venue fit for two queens—to catch this year's Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show, I had no doubt that I would have a (snow) ball in their company, but questioned whether I would have anything new to... Continue Reading →
Following her triumphant Broadway debut in Chicago earlier this year, Monsoon season continues with two-time Drag Race winner Jinkx Monsoon currently in the midst of a 44-city North American tour, Everything At Stake, with a lively five-piece band. On Saturday night, Jinkx brought her delightfully quirky show to the spectacular Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, an... Continue Reading →
