It’s not easy to create a new showcase for drag in today’s Brooklyn–let alone in a non-queer venue–but this queen has done it. Lady Crystal Hart of Long Island rules The Bedford, and gives us life! Thotyssey: Crystal, hello! Thanks for chatting! So are you sad or relieved to be missing out on the NYCContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Crystal Hart”
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On Point With: Izzy Uncut
One of the city’s most insanely aerobic queens has come into her own as a fabulous performer and, more recently, show host. Izzy Uncut gives Thotyssey the tea on this Friday night’s biggest kiki! Thotyssey: Hey there, Izzy! So how was Sunday’s Stonewall show with Hibiscus–aka Miss Stonewall herself–and company? Izzy Uncut: Hi, Jim! Always amazing.ContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Izzy Uncut”
On Point With: DJ Nita Aviance
One of New York’s most beloved and experienced dance floor DJs, Nita Aviance (from, duh, the legendary House of Aviance) slays us the world over with beats as one half of The Carry Nation and as a solo entity. Today he tells Thotyssey about what’s in store for him, and us. Thotyssey: Nita, hello! ThanksContinueContinue reading “On Point With: DJ Nita Aviance”
On Point With: Cicatrix
From the swamps of North Carolina comes this fierce, campy horror queen of musical theater. Having overcome a major health situation when she was younger, Adam aka Cicatrix is ready to make her mark on this city in the most fabulous and terrifying ways! Thotyssey: Greetings, Cicatrix! Thanks for talking to us today! Where inContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Cicatrix”
On Point With: Sherry Poppins
The posh third of popular Brooklyn nightlife collective STR8 to DVD, Sherry Poppins got her drag start in college and kept the amazing momentum going. Now in addition to lighting up Brooklyn, this queen has crossed over into Astoria to lay down the kiki! Thotyssey: Sherry, hello! How’s it going today? Sherry Poppins: Hey there!ContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Sherry Poppins”
On Point With: Petti Cake
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”
On Point With: Ariel Versace
One of Jersey’s fiercest and best known queens paved her own path to success. All hail queen Ariel Versace! Thotyssey: Ariel, hello and thanks so much for talking to us this not-too-disgusting summer Saturday! So where are you right now? Ariel Versace: Just relaxing! Pool day for this Jersey girl. We just bought a houseContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Ariel Versace”
On Point With: Angelica Sundae
From the Vegas strip to Metropolitan Avenue, this funny glamour ghoul became well-known in Brooklyn nightlife as one third of the nutty supergroup the Haus of Umpteen Corpses. And when the Haus got evicted, she became a much enjoyed entertainer in her own right–making the children laugh, cry and squirm. It’s the bittersweet Angelica Sundae!ContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Angelica Sundae”
On Point With: Adriana Le Glam
This Costa Rican-born classic ballroom dancer grew up to be a classy beauty of New York and New Jersey nightlife. Now after years in the biz, she is finally about to bring her fierce looks and moves to her very first weekly show. Viva Adriana Le Glam! Thotyssey: Adriana, hello! It’s another hot-ass day, howContinueContinue reading “On Point With: Adriana Le Glam”
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”
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