Get Out! GAY Magazine – Issue 300 – January 24, 2017

Yes you do! You are also a very cute
boy. Who are your favorite queens
out there?
On the local level, Dusty Ray Bottoms
is my best friend and someone I am
so inspired by as a queen. Brita Filter
is really fantastic. Pixie Aventura is just
one of the best, the way she dances.
The way Brenda Dharling dances,
so inspirational. Nobody dances like
Brenda and Pixie. Nobody dresses like
Monet X Change. She’s just got the
greatest style. Brita and Dusty are my
sisters. There’s nothing like New York
drag. There’s just so much to offer and
so much variety. On the more national
level, I’ve always looked up to queens
like Chad Michaels, Alaska and of
course Bianca Del Rio.
Bianca is amazing.
And kind. For her level of success and
the amount of annoyance she must
get, she could be a real C U Next
Tuesday, but she’s really nice.
So what dreams have you been
sitting on?
I’ve had some great luck and some great
success here in New York locally, but
I aspire to reach a wider audience.
Getting to travel more is a dream of
mine, both in the U.S. and internationally.
I’d like to see that happen. What’s
interesting, my aspirations really started
working in the theatre, and it’s really
been drag that brought me back around.
This past year I’ve had three different
plays that incorporated my drag. So it
really brought me back to acting. With
all of my dreams, and there are many,
if drag somehow brought me back to
the theatre, on to a Broadway stage,
that would be the big moment, that
everything came full circle, everything
happened for a reason. This is how I was
suppose to do it.
I’m actually doing my 54 Below debut on
January 31, my solo cabaret debut. The
name of the show is “It Takes a Woman.”
The theme is really all about that. It took
dressing like a lady to take me to these
new places. I’m very excited. I’ve seen
a lot of shows there. I’ve done hair and
makeup for a lot of ladies there, and to
get gussied up and do my show there is
something I’ve been dreaming about for
a long time.
Alexis Michelle
Photo by Davide Laffe
How do you handle your mistakes
while performing?
Coming from the theatre, it’s a strength
of mine, because that is live theatre. Live
theatre is not perfect. It’s ever changing,
there are constantly mistakes, some so
small that the audience doesn’t notice,
and sometimes they are bigger. They
are more noticeable. Especially when
they are more noticeable, that’s the time
when you embrace them and not try to
apologize for them or even try to hide
them. Let them all hang out. Another
thing I’ve heard of in the past is that a lot
of people are afraid of drag queens. I like
to be as approachable as I can. I think
that when somebody sees that you make
a mistake, it only makes you more human
and more approachable.
Anything else that you’d like to say?
I’m just so thrilled joining the Therapy
family, a legendary spot in gay nightlife
here in New York City!