Did Critics Gag for Drag: The Musical Off-Broadway? | Playbill

The Verdict Did Critics Gag for Drag: The Musical Off-Broadway?

Co-written by and starring Drag Race winner Alaska, the musical makes its New York debut after two Los Angeles runs.

Jujubee, Jan Sport, Alaska Thunderf*ck, and Nick Laughlin in DRAG: The Musical Matthew Murphy

Drag: The Musical officially opened its Off-Broadway premiere October 21 at New World Stages, and the reviews are in, darlings! See what critics are saying below.

The cast is led by co-writer and RuPaul's Drag Race winner Alaska Thunderfuck as Kitty Galloway. She's joined by fellow Drag Race alums Luxx Noir London as Popcorn, Jan Sport as Savannah St. James, and Jujubee as The Tigress, along with Joey McIntyre as Tom Hutchinson, Nick Adams as Alexis Gilmore, Liisi LaFontaine as Dixie Coxworth, Eddie Korbich as Drunk Jerry, Lagoona Bloo as Tuna Turner, Nick Laughlin as Puss Puss Dubois, and J. Elaine Marcos as Gloria Schmidt and Rita Laritz, along with Cameron Mitchell Bell, Brandon Burks, Nicholas Kraft, Christine Shepard, and Kodiak Thompson. Remi Tuckman and Yair Keydar are sharing the tole of Brendan Hutchinson. Casting is by Ryan Bernard Tymensky of RBT Casting.

Alaska wrote the musical alongside collaborators Tomas Costanza and Ashley Gordon. The show follows two rival drag bars, each fighting for survival while dealing with financial troubles. Spencer Liff is directing and choreographing.

Read the reviews below.

AMNY (Emily Davenport)

CitiTour NYC (Brian Scott Lipton)

Culture Sauce (Thom Geier)

The Daily Beast (Tim Teeman)*

DC Theater Arts (Deb Miller)

Digital Journal (Markos Papadatos)

The Front Row Center (Margret Echeverria)

Huffington Post (Curtis M. Wong)

Into (Christian Lewis)

New York Theatre Guide (Austin Fimmano)

TheaterMania (Zachary Stewart)

Times Square Chronicles (Suzanna Bowling)

The Wrap (Robert Hofler)

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Playbill will continue to update this list as reviews come in.

Video: See Alaska Thunderf*ck, Joey McIntyre Perform the Songs of Drag: The Musical

The production features scenic design by Jason Sherwood, costume design by Marco Marco, lighting design by Adam Honore, sound design by Drew Levy, makeup design by Aurora Sexton, and projection design by Aaron Rhyne. KGM Theatrical is general manager. Jennifer Rogers is production stage manager, and Matthew Hermann is assistant stage manager.

The producing team for the Off-Broadway bow includes Costanza, Scott Prisand, Matthew Weaver, Paolo & Jodie Coppola, Aron & Gabe Alves-Tomko, Nicholas Kaiser, Willette & Manny Klausner, Tristan Schukraft, Janet Billig Rich, Hillary Weaver, Producer Entertainment Group, Jackie Huba, 1145 Ventures, Peter Crawford/Pieter Van Meeuwen, Bruce Robert Harris/Jack W. Batman, Drama Club, Concord Theatricals, Rob Kolson, Sarina Neer, Liesl Wilke, Daitch/Busch, and Liza Minnelli.

Tickets are available at DragTheMusical.com.

 
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