{"id":107169,"date":"2024-06-25T06:52:25","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T06:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/25\/drag-the-musical-sets-new-york-premiere-with-joey-mcintyre-starring-alongside-drag-race-favorites\/"},"modified":"2024-06-25T06:52:25","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T06:52:25","slug":"drag-the-musical-sets-new-york-premiere-with-joey-mcintyre-starring-alongside-drag-race-favorites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/25\/drag-the-musical-sets-new-york-premiere-with-joey-mcintyre-starring-alongside-drag-race-favorites\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Drag! The Musical\u2019 Sets New York Premiere with Joey McIntyre Starring Alongside \u2018Drag Race\u2019 Favorites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span><\/p>\n<p>The brand new show<strong><em> Drag! The Musical <\/em><\/strong>is heading to New York this fall!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/alaska-thunderf*ck\/\" title=\"Alaska Thunderf*ck\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Alaska Thunderf*ck<\/strong><\/a>, who came in second place on <em>RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race<\/em> season five and won the second season of <em>All Stars<\/em>, co-wrote the new show and she\u2019s also starring in the musical for a limited run. <\/p>\n<p>In <em>DRAG: The Musical<\/em>, two Drag Houses, both alike in indignity, vie for supremacy in a wig-snatching journey of fashion, family, and forgiveness. After a bitter split, two estranged queens bring their already simmering tensions to a boiling point when they open competing clubs. In this queen-eat-queen tale of spite and survival, there\u2019s only one rule: No Lip Synching Allowed.<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"hidearticle\"><em>Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><span id=\"more-2033782\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The cast will feature fellow <em>Drag Race<\/em> alum <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/jujubee\/\" title=\"Jujubee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Jujubee<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/jan-sport\/\" title=\"Jan Sport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Jan Sport<\/strong><\/a>, plus drag favorite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/lagoona-bloo\/\" title=\"Lagoona Bloo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Lagoona Bloo<\/strong><\/a>, Broadway veteran <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/j-elaine-marcos\/\" title=\"J Elaine Marcos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>J. Elaine Marcos<\/strong><\/a>, and <strong>New Kids on the Block <\/strong>star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/joey-mcintyre\/\" title=\"Joey Mcintyre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Joey McIntyre<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The musical will begin performances at Off-Broadway house New World Stages on September 30 ahead of an opening night show on October 21. <strong>Joey<\/strong> is playing a limited run through November 24 and <strong>Alaska <\/strong>is in the show through January 11. <\/p>\n<p>In a statement, <strong>Alaska Thunderf*ck<\/strong> said, \u201cWhen I first moved to Los Angeles, I dreamt of being an actor. Then I realized being an actor is hard, so I became a Drag Queen. Now, after almost 20 years of drag, I\u2019ve written myself into a musical. I think New York audiences are going to love this sweet and simple tale of Drag Queens being cunty to one another. What I\u2019m trying to say is: dreams really do come true.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alaska <\/strong>co-wrote the show with <strong>Tomas Costanza <\/strong>and <strong>Ashley Gordon<\/strong>. The musical will be directed and choreographed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/spencer-liff\/\" title=\"Spencer Liff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Spencer Liff<\/strong><\/a>, who helmed the acclaimed Los Angeles run.<\/p>\n<p>Watch a trailer below!<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DRAG The Musical Coming to New World Stages this Fall\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k8K4gM7z9aE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2&appId=145071315902360\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2024\/06\/25\/drag-the-musical-sets-new-york-premiere-with-joey-mcintyre-starring-alongside-drag-race-favorites\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The brand new show Drag! The Musical is heading to New York this fall! Alaska Thunderf*ck, who came in second place on RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race season five and won the second season of All Stars, co-wrote the new show and she\u2019s also starring in the musical for a limited run. In DRAG: The Musical, two [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":107171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-107169","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}