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Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Drag: The Musical

Has Plenty Of Sequins And Sass. It Might Just Make You Cry, Too


By Curtis M. Wong


Jujubee, Jan Sport, Alaska Thunderfuck
and Nick Laughlin in "Drag: The Musical,
Drag: The Musical,” which opens Monday at New World Stages in New York after two successful runs in Los Angeles, centers on former lovers Kitty Galloway (played by Alaska) and Alexis Gilmore (Broadway’s Nick Adams), who now operate a pair of competing drag clubs in the same town.

Unfortunately for Kitty and Alexis, however, both clubs are in financial despair as the city around them is gentrifying and rents are skyrocketing. Enter Alexis’ estranged brother, Tom Hutchinson (Joey McIntyre of New Kids On The Block), who makes a last-ditch, if reluctant, effort to save his younger sibling’s business.

At first, Tom’s adolescent son Brendan (Yair Keydar at a recent performance) approaches his uncle Alexis’ love of drag with skepticism. Over time, the two form a kinship that leads Brendan toward a path of self-discovery.

Alaska, whose real name is Justin Andrew Honard, drew heavily on personal experience while working on the script and songs for “Drag: The Musical” with co-writers Tomas Costanza and Ash Gordon.

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In preparing the show for its New York debut, the trio has written a new song, “Straight Man,” for McIntyre that Costanza has joked is an “anthem for every dude who cracks open a cold one, swings a club, and cranks up the rock at the family barbecue.”









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