In just nine short months of doing drag this sparkly, funny dancing queen has accomplished quite a bit, including a new weekly show about to debut. Thotyssey is first to the table when Petti Cake is served! Thotyssey: Petti, hello! How’s summer treating you? Pett Cake: Hi Thotyssey! My summer has been amazing so far.ContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Petti Cake”
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On Point With: Pierretta Viktori
This self-described Fashion Clown turns it on stages from Asbury Park to Bushwick, while in the midst of becoming nightlife’s newest in-demand costume designer. Whether they’re sewing for Asia O’Hara or bringing drama to the Nightgowns stage, Westchester-born Pierretta Viktori is here to slay! Thotyssey: Hello Pierretta, how’s the summer treating you? Pierretta Viktori: Hi! SoContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Pierretta Viktori”
On Point With: Michael Block
The creator of the Theater in the Now blog and the Block Talk podcast (as well as Thotyssey’s fellow on-call judge for the Lady Liberty drag showdowns) is producing what will be one of Astoria’s most exciting new additions to weekly nightlife in quite a while. It’s Michael Block! Thotyssey: Michael, hello! How are youContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Michael Block”
On Point With: Flower Tortilla
This Latinx Texas-born queen is a big time Broadway belter at heart, and has taken to wowing NYC audiences with showstopping live sung sets and fully realized pageantry. And while she’s currently finding her groove in the Brooklyn scene, she still pops up in her breakthrough neighborhood the West Village from time to time, like recentlyContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Flower Tortilla”
On Point With: Merrie Cherry
One of the Brooklyn scene’s most important and pioneering queens and event makers, a mentor to legions of artists on and off stage, and just an all-around nightlfe icon, San Francisco-born Merrie Cherry has been in a constant state of creation, production and performance for over half a decade now. She’s lived as fast andContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Merrie Cherry”
On Point With: Jill Sobule
Jill Sobule, an acclaimed singer / songwriter, is known for a school of musicianship that’s pretty rare these days: story songs about the lives of other people, factual or fictional. One such song about a suburban lesbian courtship–1995′s “I Kissed a Girl” (long before that OTHER song of the same name)–was a massive radio and MTVContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Jill Sobule”
On Point With: Miz Diamond Wigfall
Sporting some killing terror / fantasy looks, slaying dance moves and a truly witchy pedigree, this Goblin Queen will have you under her spell in no time. From a brush with Reality TV child stardom to the Pridefest Stage, here is the West End’s bewitching Miz Diamond Wigfall! Thotyssey: Hello, Diamond! How was your Pride?ContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Miz Diamond Wigfall”
On Point With: Queen Robert
Hilarious, oddball antics and high-meets-low-meets-intergalactic fashions do away with the need for some funny-punny drag name for this performer. Whether she’s interjecting with a slaying quip while screening a classic film, or giving you the whole Big Ang Experience in a high stakes lip sync battle, or just being funny and fierce, this queen isContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Queen Robert”
RePoint: Dezi 5
It hasn’t even been a year since we last kikied, but Thotyssey needed to catch p with one of our favorite musical fashionistas as he prepares to unleash a barrage of beautiful of beats upon us in the form of his new album “Club Kids.” It’s the Dallas-born demigod, Dezi 5! Thotyssey: Dezi, hello! You’re backContinueContinue reading “RePoint: Dezi 5”
On Point With: Laé D. Boi
A face of the new era of Brooklyn nightlife, this socially conscious fashionista has carved out a niche all her own in just about a year’s time. Spearheading events and shows with purposes ranging from celebrating the city’s POC queens to geeked-out Pokemon tournaments, she has certainly gotten her lay of the land… it’s LaéContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Laé D. Boi”
On Point With: Corey TuT
Whether bopping on the dancefloors of the Sound Factory or rocking the CBGB stage, this artist has mixed it up considerably over the years with recordings and performances. And now with a bunch of exciting gigs on the way and an arsenal of tunes to slay us with, King Corey TuT remains a powerful forceContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Corey TuT”
On Point With: DJ Ted Bishop Nieves
The newly-anointed Mr. Fire Island Bear 2018 is actually a veteran nightlifer and DJ in this city, breaking through during the days of ball houses and big clubs. He shares a bit of his history with Thotyssey, and hints at some amazing stuff to come. Thotyssey: Ted, hello! Happy Pride! And of course, a bigContinueContinue reading “On Point With: DJ Ted Bishop Nieves”
On Point With: DJ William Francis
One of 2018′s most in-demand dance floor DJs, this son of a choir director is a true beatmaster working overtime keeping you twirking through the city’s sexiest, chicest parties. DJ William Francis takes Thotyssey to church! Thotyssey: William, hello! It’s nice to catch you during a minute when you’re not at a gig. Do youContinueContinue reading “On Point With: DJ William Francis”
On Point With: Mocha Lite
As most people who have followed NYC drag in the past decade can attest, here is one of the city’s most talented and provocative queens. Whether she’s giving you a crushing ballad or a smashing series of high energy dance moves, she is always–fascinatingly–equal parts drama and kiki. Brooklyn Pride is happy to have herContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Mocha Lite”
On Point With: Hazel Tart
A drag queen who’s found joy and success in the world of burlesque, this unique performer was properly crowned Miss Nerd 2017 just four months ago (note: when pageant producers tell the runner-up she’ll have to step in if the first place winner can’t perform her duties, they aren’t kidding), and she’ll already be passingContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Hazel Tart”
On Point With: Digna
[Photo: James Michael Avance] This Filipino fantasy has been giving us our whole life in NYC for quite a while now… but after taking a sizable break from the biz she’s back and better than ever. Thotyssey dishes the T with the delicious Digna! Thotyssey: Digna, hello! Thanks for chatting tonight! How was your Memorial DayContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Digna”
On Point With: Miss Malice
Nominated for a whopping four Brooklyn Nightlife Awards this year (one as an individual, three as part of an ensemble) for a ceremony which she will be co-hosting, the dazzlingly vamp “femmecee” of the drag / burlesque collective Switch n’ Play is coming into this summer on an all-time high. Miss Malice impales us withContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Miss Malice”
On Point With: Bubbles D’Boob
A veteran queen and a favorite entertainer in Fire Island, this Broadway enthusiast got her some Manhattan fans this year when her Showtunes Sundays became a popular Chelsea destination. But now that summer’s here, the show must go on! Bubbles D’Boob floats us through what to look forward to from DJ Michael Formika Jones and herself atContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Bubbles D’Boob”
On Point With: Jenn D’Role
Part of the venerable tradition of SUNY Purchase drag queens coming to slay NYC’s nightlife, this lovely showstopper also happens to be the admin of one of “RuPaul’s Drag Race’s” largest social media fan communities. Fresh from DragCon and ready to turn it out at two of Brooklyn’s hottest kikis, it’s Jenn D’Role! Thotyssey: Whattup Jenn!ContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Jenn D’Role”
On Point With: Magenta
A Brooklyn Nightlife Award nominee as Best Scene Kid for the second year running, this queen actually began her NYC drag career in the Manhattan weekly competitions. Now she’s turning it in BK with stunning “high fashion hoe” looks and fierce, energetic performances. Thotyssey paints your life with a shade of Magenta! Thotyssey: Magenta, hello! ThanksContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Magenta”
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