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A Drag Queen Christmas
A Drag Queen Christmas is a drag tour featuring alumni of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. History The "Return to Order" campaign, led by the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property, sought to end the series and cancel a scheduled December 2019 performance at Folly Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri. The campaign gathered 13,000 signatures. Scheduled performers were Aja, Chi Chi DeVayne, Eureka O'Hara, Farrah Moan, Kim Chi, Latrice Royale, Sasha Velour, and Shea Couleé, with Trinity the Tuck hosting. Tour dates * November 26, 2017 – Lincoln Theatre, Washington, D.C. * November 27, 2017 – Dominion Arts Center, Richmond * December 10, 2017 – Buckhead Theatre, Atlanta * December 15, 2017 – Orpheum Theatre, Wichita, Kansas * November 14, 2018 – State Theater, Portland, Maine Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maine and the seat of Cumberland County. Portland's population was 68,408 in April 2020. The Greater Portland metropolitan a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RuPaul's Drag Race
''RuPaul's Drag Race'' is an American reality competition television series, the first in the ''Drag Race'' franchise, produced by World of Wonder for Logo TV (season 1–8), WOW Presents Plus, VH1 (season 9–14) and, beginning with the fifteenth season, MTV. The show documents RuPaul in the search for "America's next drag superstar". RuPaul plays the role of host, mentor, and head judge for this series, as contestants are given different challenges each week. Contestants are judged by a panel that includes RuPaul, Michelle Visage, an alternating third main judge of either Carson Kressley, Ross Mathews, or Ts Madison, and one or more guest judges, who critique their progress throughout the competition. The title of the show is a play on drag queen and drag racing, and the title sequence and song "Drag Race" both have a drag-racing theme. ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' has spanned fifteen seasons and inspired the spin-off shows '' RuPaul's Drag U'', '' RuPaul's Drag Race All St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Society For The Defense Of Tradition, Family And Property
The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property, also known as The American TFP, and legally incorporated as The Foundation for a Christian Civilization, Inc. is a Catholic American advocacy group. It is an autonomous organization which forms part of the larger international Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) movement founded by Brazilian intellectual, politician and activist Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira. History Fou ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folly Theater
The Standard Theatre, now known as the Folly Theater and also known as the Century Theater and Shubert's Missouri, is a former vaudeville hall in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Built in 1900, it was designed by Kansas City architect Louis Curtiss, Louis S. Curtiss. The theater was associated with the adjoining Edward Hotel (known later as the Hotel Missouri), which was also designed by Curtiss; the hotel was demolished in 1965. History The Standard Theatre opened with 2,400 seats on September 23, 1900, featuring burlesque and vaudeville. It was built by Colonel Edward Butler of St. Louis, Missouri, at a cost of $250,000, for his son to present shows on the Empire vaudeville circuit. In 1901, a fire at the nearby Coates Opera House caused opera and comic opera performances to be moved to the Standard, featuring such performers as Sarah Bernhardt, Richard Mansfield, and Maude Adams. The theater's name changed to the "Century" in 1902. The Century featured acts from the Empire b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City (abbreviated KC or KCMO) is the largest city in Missouri by population and area. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 508,090 in 2020, making it the List of United States cities by population, 36th most-populous city in the United States. It is the central city of the Kansas City metropolitan area, which straddles the Missouri–Kansas state line and has a population of 2,392,035. Most of the city lies within Jackson County, Missouri, Jackson County, with portions spilling into Clay County, Missouri, Clay, Cass County, Missouri, Cass, and Platte County, Missouri, Platte counties. Kansas City was founded in the 1830s as a port on the Missouri River at its confluence with the Kansas River coming in from the west. On June 1, 1850, the town of Kansas was incorporated; shortly after came the establishment of the Kansas Territory. Confusion between the two ensued, and the name Kansas City was assigned to distinguish them soon afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aja (entertainer)
Venus Nadya Oshun, known professionally as Aja LaBeija, better known mononymously as Aja () (born January 4, 1994) is an American rapper, reality television personality and drag queen best known for competing on the ninth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' and on the third season of '' RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars''. Aja released her debut EP, ''In My Feelings'', in 2018, followed by her debut studio album, ''BOX Office'', in February 2019. Her second EP, ''ALL CAPS'', was released in June 2019. She released '' Nail in the Coffin'', a Halloween-themed EP, in collaboration with Shilow later that year. She recently starred as a contestant on the third season of ''Legendary'' on HBO Max, where she finished in 6th place with the House of LaBeija. Early life Aja was born on January 4, 1994, in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. She was raised by adoptive parents. She used to suffer from PTSD and anxiety, attributing her to a "broken family" situation, but stopped having panic attacks af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chi Chi DeVayne
Zavion Michael Davenport (September 24, 1985August 20, 2020), better known by the stage name Chi Chi DeVayne, was an American drag queen and reality television personality who came to international attention on the eighth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' and on the third season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars''. DeVayne began her drag career in her native Shreveport, Louisiana, where she was known locally prior to her 2016 debut on ''Drag Race''. Following her time on the show, DeVayne embarked on a number of domestic and international tours, and she was featured on several web series about drag. Davenport was diagnosed with scleroderma in 2018 and, two years later, he died following a bout of pneumonia he contracted after a hospital stay for scleroderma-related kidney failure. Early life and career Zavion Michael Davenport was born on September 24, 1985, in Shreveport, Louisiana, to Alberteen Wyandon and Zan Davenport III. He had a sister, Brittany; a brother, DaRico Wya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eureka O'Hara
Eureka, also known as Eureka O'Hara and Eureka!, is the stage name of Eureka D. Huggard (born August 26, 1990), an American drag queen and reality television personality. Eureka rose to prominence competing on the ninth and tenth seasons of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. They were removed from the ninth season of ''Drag Race'' due to a knee injury, becoming the first contestant in the history of the show to be sent home due to injury; they were then given an automatic berth to season 10, where they placed as runner-up. In 2021, Eureka competed on the sixth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars'', where they once more placed as a runner-up. Since 2020, Eureka has co-hosted '' We're Here'' on HBO alongside fellow ''Drag Race'' contestants Bob the Drag Queen and Shangela. The series has received acclaim from critics. Early life and education Huggard was born August 26, 1990, in Bristol, Tennessee, and started performing in drag at the club New Beginnings. They chose the drag name Eu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farrah Moan
Cameron Clayton, better known by the stage name Farrah Moan, (born September 11, 1993), is an American drag queen, model, actor, make-up artist and internet personality best known for participating in the ninth season of the reality TV show ''RuPaul's Drag Race'', placing eighth, as well as participating in the 4th season of All Stars, where she placed 9th. Her stage name is a pun on the term "pheromone", whilst also being a reference to American actress Farrah Fawcett. In some interviews, Farrah jokingly states that her drag surname is a reference to "being a whore". Early life Farrah graduated from and attended Klein High School in Houston, Texas, in 2011 and was bullied during childhood. Farrah's single-mother household was poor, and he ran away as a teenager, to Austin. He left with a stripper friend, who helped start his career as a drag queen. Prior to starting drag, Clayton was an internet personality on the social-networking website Myspace, under the alias "Cameron U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Chi (drag Queen)
Sang-Young Shin ( ko, 신상영; born August 8, 1987), known professionally as Kim Chi, is a Korean Americans, Korean-American drag queen, artist, entrepreneur, and television personality best known for competing on the RuPaul's Drag Race (season 8), eighth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. Kim Chi was the first Korean-American contestant on the show as well as the first Korean-American drag queen on American national television. She owns the beauty brand Kim Chi Chic Cosmetics. Early life Sang-Young Shin was born in the United States on August 8, 1987, and lived in South Korea as a child. His parents, who are divorced, also live in Chicago. He attended Okemos High School. As of 2017 his mother did not know he did drag until he reached fame on TV. Shin studied graphic design in college before working as an art director and exploring sculpture, fashion design, and painting. Career Shin started performing in drag as Kim Chi in Chicago in 2012. His drag name is a pun on "Kimchi", th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latrice Royale
Timothy K. Wilcots (born February 12, 1972), better known by the stage name Latrice Royale, is an American drag performer, recording artist, and reality television personality. She is best known for her appearances on the fourth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' in 2012 and on the first and fourth seasons of '' RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars''. She finished fourth on her original season; in its final episode, she was crowned Miss Congeniality. She placed fifth on the fourth season of ''All Stars''. Life and career Wilcots was born in California and raised in Compton, a city in Greater Los Angeles. While growing up, he did not have a relationship with his father. Royale's first foray into drag was dressing up as Wanda, a character from American sketch comedy show ''In Living Color'', to amuse his friends. While in his twenties, in the mid-1990s, he performed in his first drag show: it was at the Copa Night Club in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Her drag mother is Tiffany Arieagus. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sasha Velour
Alexander "Sasha" Hedges Steinberg (born June 25, 1987), known professionally as Sasha Velour, is an American drag queen, artist, actor, and stage and television producer, based in Brooklyn, New York. Velour is known for winning the ninth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race,'' her drag revue '' NightGowns,'' and her one-queen theatrical work, ''Smoke & Mirrors.'' Early life and education Born in Berkeley, California, Velour was raised in Connecticut until the age of nine when her family moved to Urbana, Illinois. Velour is the only child of Mark Steinberg, a scholar of Russian history and professor in the Department of History at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and Jane Hedges, who served as editor at Yale University Press and managing editor of the ''Slavic Review''. Velour is of Russian Jewish descent on her father's side, and identifies with her father's faith. Her grandmother emigrated from the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic via Manchuria. Velour graduated from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shea Couleé
Jaren Kyei Merrell (born February 8, 1989), known professionally as Shea Couleé, is an American drag queen, musician, actor, podcaster, and fixture of the Chicago nightlife scene. Born in Warsaw, Indiana, they began their drag career in 2012. In 2017, Couleé achieved international fame after competing on season nine of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'', placing in the top four. In 2020, Couleé won the fifth season of '' RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars''. Couleé later returned to compete on the all-winners seventh season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars'' in 2022. In 2016, Couleé co-produced, directed, wrote, and starred in ''Lipstick City''. In 2017, Couleé released their debut EP, ''Couleé-D'', along with accompanying music videos. Since then, Couleé has continued their musical career, starred in their own web series, podcast, and has embarked on domestic and international tours, including Werq the World, Haters Roast, and A Drag Queen Christmas. Early life and education Merre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
