Category Archives: On Point With

This larger than life stage performer was newly a New Yorker and had a sweet gig booked before Covid came a-coming. But now to our great benefit, she’s giving this time to her fabulous drag persona,the electrifying Sasha VanGuard! Thotyssey: Hello Sasha! Thanks for chatting with us today! So, how is Halloween month treating youContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Sasha VanGuard”

Starting her drag life as a digital queen, the spooky and mysterious Obscura eventually made herself known in NYC via the Ultimate Drag Pageant and other gigs. And now that lockdown has forced all drag into the unfamiliar territory of livestreams and videos, it’s quite the homecoming for this ghostly gal. Thotyssey: Hello Obscura! HappyContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Obscura”

Spilling the tea on her long career throughout the changing landscape of NYC drag, the “Drag Race” effect, the spooky season of this Covid year, the origin of her drag name, her haunted Zoom bingo, and an intense suckage of toes… it’s our 2-ply lady of laughter, Charmagne Aültra! Thotyssey: Hello Charmagne, thanks for chattingContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Charmagne Aültra”

Armed with songs, jokes, poems and of course capital-B Beauty, this performer’s weekly “Cabernet Cabaret” was / is the toast of the East Village, winning her a much-viewed spot on late night TV. Now with an upcoming livestream showcase and a book of poetry in the works, Catherine Cohen is once again ready to embraceContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Catherine Cohen”

After a long hiatus due to the pandemic lockdown, sexy nightlife veteran and renown multimedia artist Krys Fox is back with an enticingly spooky gallery of horrors. Thotyssey: Hello Krys, Happy October! How is the spooky season treating you so far?Krys Fox: Hey Jim! All things considered, I’m pretty well. It’s been a crazy fewContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Krys Fox”

This performer brings shocking / titillating displays of horror and sexuality to the stage, challenging the “norms” of gender presentation and drag style. And throughout the month of October, we will have plenty of digital chances to experience the amazing “drag quing’ Shay They! Thotyssey: Hello Shay! Thanks for chatting with us! Shay They: Hey!ContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Shay They”

Picking up drag in the “anything goes” San Francisco scene, this performer now sports refined glamor and elegance (not to mention an impressive array of self-styled wigs) as The Queen of The Rockaways. One of the few who are successfully balancing a domestic family life with the specific rigor of nightlife, Ginger Ladd’s digital performingContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Ginger Ladd”

One of New York’s favorite DJ’s, Xavier Mazara makes the musical magic happen for dance floors and drag shows alike. And after six long, hard, inactive months, he’s finally ready to launch a whole new era of nightlife… in the bar where it all began for him! Thotyssey: Hello again, Xavier! Thanks for chatting withContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Xavier Mazara”

Named after the pop star and the bridge to get to her own borough, Staten Island’s best (possibly only, but still!) drag queen brings fabulous dance production to her stage numbers and event decor excellence to your home. And with a deadline right around the corner, she’s telling you to complete the damn Census andContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Britney Virazzano”

A bona fide Broadway and touring musical theater star, John Michael Dias has dabbled as a drag queen here and there… but it’s really just been the past few years where this diva has become a true live singing star of the nightlife stage. She’s certainly been serving us fierce weekly digital drag since theContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Evita Loca”

Tiz the season to get to know our spooky queens, and here’s a rising darkstar of the scene. Haunting venues in Long Island, Brooklyn, Manhattan and beyond, this young vamp is quite a bit more than just your run-of-the-mill Halloween queen, however. Let’s get to know the ghostly Coma White! Thotyssey: Greetings, Coma! So, youContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Coma White”

Bringing playful sexiness, warrior advocacy and dazzling choreo to NYC nightlife for a decade now, this GLAM winner keeps the scene’s heart beating both from behind and on the stage. Whether he’s shaking his money maker for your dollars or your paid subscriptions, jazzing up a “Drag Race” girl’s set with ferocious dancing, burlesque-ing hisContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Richard JMV”

A true showgirl, this multi-talented queen made her New York debut as an Ultimate Drag Pageant contestant and was later crowned an All-Star season winner. And in late September, you can catch her in Central Park… performing, of course. Behold the beautiful Bambina! [Cover photo: Corey Rives] Thotyssey: Greetings Bambi! Actually, here’s the first thingContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Bambina the Don Diva”

We all love our drag shows and circuit parties, but artists like Billy Hough keep a rich tradition of fringe queer nightlife alive: scrappy punk-fused rock-n-roll, exciting improvised stage antics and a sharp wit informed by literature and current events. An actor and writer as well as a musician (he and his brothers also compriseContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Billy Hough”

This (very) tall drink of water brings Broadway, country and artsy vibes to NYC drag. Performing in Astoria this weekend with an A-List roster of queens, the glamorous Marilyn Monhoe is here to SMASH our lives…. and we’re loving it! Thotyssey: Hello Marilyn, thanks for chatting today! Our Bizarre Pandemic Summer is almost over… howContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Marilyn Monhoe”

Thespian, musician, environmentalist, filmmaker, dollmaker, scholar, drag queen and all around explosion of quirky charisma—the world can’t get enough of Tammie Brown! Her collective time on “Rupaul’s Drag Race,” where she appeared on both the first ever season and the first All-Star season, was brief (she’s the only contestant in the show’s history to lastContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Tammie Brown”

A gorgeous and fairly new addition to drag, this Broadway babe is gorgeously representing the Haus of Cumming as one of the few weekly live performing queens in the city today. And there’s more to come from this gal with a certain something… Janae Saisquoi! Thotyssey: Hello Janae, thanks for chatting with us today! SoContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Janae SaisQuoi”

A glamorous Jersey Girl named after an iconic supermodel, Twiggy Malone has been entertaining the children on either side of the river for a minute now. And not even lockdown will keep her away from live performance this week, as she prepares to bring it (in a socially distanced way, of course) in Brooklyn! Thotyssey:ContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Twiggy Malone”

From Puerto Rico to Chicago to the globe to your devices, DJ Cindel keeps the beat alive this Labor Day Lockdown. Thotyssey: Hello, Cindel! So, this bizarre summer is nearly over… how did you hold up? DJ Cindel: This summer has definitely been quite challenging for artists like myself. Having so many events we allContinueContinue reading “On Point With: DJ Cindel”

While many of NYC’s greatest queens have struggled learning to adapt to digital performing, here is a queen that was actually born during lockdown on the virtual stage. She sings, she’s camp, she reads tarot, and she’ll soon be a queen to look out for in the real world as well. Introducing Ms. Lena Horné!ContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Lena Horné”