After making waves in 2022 with a album full of cameos and award-winning direction, DRAG: The Musical she's ready to run in full guise — wearing a pair of stilettos, mind you — by 2024.
On Wednesday (December 13), it was revealed that the show — which they co-write RuPaul's Drag Race graduate Alaska — would return for a limited run of performances at The Bourbon Room in Hollywood in spring 2024. Beginning March 15, the show will run for two weeks before moving to New York for fall 2024.
“Every day someone asks me, 'When is it? DRAG: The Musical going back to the Bourbon Room?' Alaska said in a statement. “I finally have an answer for them and I can't wait. I am honored and excited to bring this musical I love so much back to life, this time in Los Angeles.”
The new set of dates will feature a stellar cast of performers including Alaska, Nick Adams, Jujubee, Jan Sport, Lagoona Bloo, Nick Laughlin and more, with additional cast members to be announced in January.
The musical tells the story of two rival drag bars who, thanks to gentrification and rising costs, are forced to compete with each other for survival. Talking to you Advertising sign in 2022, Alaska said her goal in working with co-writer Tomas Costanza was to capture the harsh, harsh reality of what it means to be a drag performer working in the local scene.
“It's not all about sequins and shiny things. You can take very down and dirty from traction,” he said. “It was the kind of shows that used to happen at The Stud in San Francisco or the Blue Moon in Pittsburgh, where everything was kind of covered in beer, every surface. But you were able to bring something from your imagination to life in this space where everything is a bit relaxed.”
Get your tickets for DRAG: The MusicalMarch 2024 hereand check out the trailer for the limited series below.
