Subversive and Charming Trans Performer Daphne Always is ‘Trying to Ride the Mechanical Bull...
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | One of the NYC performance scene’s most original inhabitants, Daphne Always—by her own definition—”blends music, standup, burlesque and drag” for...
Chatting with the Chita Rivera Awards Nominees: Gotta Dance!
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | I saw the late legend Chita Rivera in Broadway shows and cabaret concerts many times, and every time, it was...
Interview: Drew Droege Spills All About “Messy White Gays”
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | A witty actor known for performances in Luca Guadagnino’s Queer and, onstage, in the hit spoof Titanique, Drew Droege is...
The 150 Best New Drag Names: Try One On!
WRITTEN BY MICHAEL MUSTO | I love a good drag name because it not only encompasses clever wordplay, but it can also be refreshingly...
Roundup: Will Drag Queens Leave Trump’s America?
WRITTEN & REPORTED BY MICHAEL MUSTO | Drag and trans folk have been particularly oppressed by Trump’s GOP, which somehow pegs any man in...
Ranking Today’s Broadway Musical Divas: Who’s The Best, In Order?
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | Nothing is more exciting to theater queens than a bona fide Broadway diva belting out a song and making it...
As The Hedwig Movie Hits 25, John Cameron Mitchell Tells All
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | Based on the stage musical by John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask, Hedwig and the Angry Inch is the famous...
