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November 16,2023 / ISSUE #<strong>526</strong><br />
Felipe<br />
Huracan<br />
COVER: MIKHAIL TORICH / SPECIAL THANKS TO DIEGO MESA + GERALD GAITAN<br />
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November 16,2023 / ISSUE #<strong>526</strong><br />
ISSUE #<strong>526</strong><br />
COVER DESIGN:<br />
MIKHAIL TORICH<br />
PHOTO CREDIT:<br />
MIKHAIL TORICH<br />
COVER: MIKHAIL TORICH / SPECIAL THANKS TO DIEGO MESA + GERALD GAITAN<br />
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LIFE IS A CABARET FOR DRAG STAR<br />
FLOTILLA DEBARGE<br />
PHOTO CREDIT: SEAN P. WATTERS<br />
Flotilla DeBarge, one of<br />
New York’s original drag<br />
stars, will bring her special<br />
holiday evening, “Black<br />
Friday”, to the midtown<br />
hotspot the Green Room<br />
42 on November 24 at<br />
7:00 PM. Hilarious and<br />
definitely old-school<br />
showbiz, the singer, actor<br />
and 2022 Bistro Award<br />
winner for “Consummate<br />
Drag Artistry” brings her<br />
sassy, soulful style to the<br />
stage. Her unforgettable evening of music and comedy features songs from<br />
Bill Withers and Tina Turner to Kander and Ebb. In addition to her stage<br />
performances, Flotilla has appeared in the films To Wong Foo…, Flawless,<br />
and Marci X. She has been seen on television’s Law & Order, HBO’s Angels in<br />
America and Broadway’s The Threepenny Opera.<br />
You can follow her antics on Instagram @flotilladebarge<br />
INTERVIEW >>><br />
Hello, Flotilla. What should we expect<br />
from “Black Friday,” your upcoming<br />
return to the Green Room 42?<br />
The only expectation is I hope everyone<br />
will enjoy the evening, the music and have<br />
a good laugh, be present and just go with<br />
the “Flo”.<br />
You’re known as one of the few drag<br />
stars that does their own vocals. How<br />
do you choose your songs?<br />
I choose songs that I identify with<br />
musically and lyrically<strong>–</strong>songs that are<br />
familiar to people and make them smile<br />
with joy and recognition. I like classic pop<br />
and Broadway, but I love jazz standards<br />
and blues too. I got to sing those genres<br />
working with Joey Arias, Raven O and<br />
the late Sade Pendarvis at Bar’do. I loved<br />
performing with those three. I’m planning<br />
to do more of that with my musical director,<br />
along with a combo/trio. Singing to tracks<br />
is okay, but nothing beats the experience<br />
of live music with live musicians. I do have<br />
a music background and yes, I was in the<br />
chorus, unlike Vera Charles from Mame,<br />
the musical.
How has the New York City drag scene<br />
changed since you started?<br />
The scene has changed immensely.<br />
It has broadened to include Brooklyn,<br />
Queens and the Bronx, and they have<br />
some interesting and creative personalities<br />
pushing the bar in performance with their<br />
looks and style. I haven’t met any Staten<br />
Island drag queens yet, but I’m sure there<br />
are some. And let’s not forget the Long<br />
Island girls!<br />
What other projects are you working<br />
on?<br />
Currently, I DJ on the second Sunday of<br />
every month “Disco Classics Tea Dance”<br />
at the Monster and I’ve been having a<br />
blast. I took over that spot from Lady<br />
Bunny, who was doing it for quite some<br />
time. Bunny brought me to the Monster.<br />
She knew of my music knowledge, so<br />
the owner auditioned me first with the<br />
crowd, liked the music and liked me…so<br />
I was hired. Lady Bunny and I also have<br />
collaborated on two parody videos. The<br />
first was “DAP,” a parody of Cardi B and<br />
Megan Thee Stallion’s “WAP.” The latest<br />
one is That Chick Angel’s “One Margarita.”<br />
I’m doing my best “silent movie” moves.<br />
No vocals from me on that one, but that’s<br />
okay. Our friendship goes back to the<br />
early ‘90s, when she gave me a spot at<br />
Wigstock, an annual festival she cofounded<br />
in Tompkins Square Park. As for<br />
cabaret performances, I will continue to<br />
entertain audiences with my talent, voice,<br />
glamor, charm and comedic wit. Till then,<br />
follow me on Instagram. And thank you!
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LADY CLOVER HONEY BRINGS<br />
DRAG AND HORROR TOGETHER<br />
HORRIFYING, BUT STILL FABULOUS<br />
PHOTOS BY: DANA BRYAN<br />
Horror film monsters, serial slashers<br />
and villains do not have to always be<br />
masculine. The new indie, horror short<br />
film DRAG TO DEATH is proof of this<br />
in a very off-the-wall way! DRAG TO<br />
DEATH, written by and starring drag<br />
performer Clover Welsh, will have its<br />
world premiere on Wednesday November<br />
15th at RockBar, 185 Christopher Street,<br />
New York City at 9 PM. This will follow the<br />
FINAL EXAM Horror Trivia event hosted by<br />
FANGORIA horror and cult magazine at 7<br />
PM on the same night. DRAG TO DEATH<br />
will also be broadcast by the TV series<br />
RYAN REPORTING on MNN, Manhattan<br />
Neighborhood Network cable station, while<br />
being globally streamed on MNN Culture<br />
Channel 4 on November 27th at 10 PM.
The plot involves a drag queen who gets<br />
someone to impersonate her to provide a<br />
false alibi when murdering her husband.<br />
But makeup can’t mask the horrors in heels<br />
that unfold. “Horror and drag work very<br />
well together” says Welsh, who also goes<br />
by the name Lady Clover Honey. “Both are<br />
outrageous, campy, over-the-top and aren’t<br />
afraid to go beyond the viewers’ comfort<br />
level.” DRAG TO DEATH gets inspiration<br />
from ALL ABOUT EVE, DRESSED TO KILL<br />
and obviously (when you see Welsh’s<br />
breasts) ELVIRA’S HAUNTED HILLS.<br />
Cross-dressing and gender nonconforming<br />
characters have been part of<br />
the horror genre since PSYCHO in 1960.<br />
And continuing with HOMICIDAL, THE<br />
COMEBACK, DRESSED TO KILL, TERROR<br />
TRAIN, DEADLY BLESSING, SLEEPAWAY<br />
CAMP and others. Also worth mentioning<br />
are the infamous horror drag personas<br />
in Ryan Murphy’s AMERICAN HORROR<br />
STORY<strong>–</strong>HOTEL, Charles Busch’s DIE,<br />
MOMMY DIE, Lloyd Kaufman’s TERROR<br />
FIRMER and most notably, THE ROCKY<br />
HORROR PICTURE SHOW.<br />
Appearing in DRAG TO DEATH is<br />
filmmaker/journalist/actor Jed Ryan<br />
(LAVENDER AFTER DARK), who previously<br />
collaborated with Welsh on the awardwinning<br />
comedy short film MODEST MALE<br />
EXPOSURE, a mockumentary about public<br />
nudity. Actors Ryan Wolowaki and Anu<br />
Singh, who also appeared in MODEST<br />
MALE EXPOSURE, are again with Welsh<br />
and Ryan in DRAG TO DEATH. Wolowski<br />
also brings us RYAN REPORTING, an<br />
event/nightlife TV series on Manhattan<br />
Neighborhood Network since 2006.<br />
Also in the cast is Gladiola Gladrags,<br />
known for being a Sister of Perpetual<br />
Indulgence who was in MORE TALES OF<br />
THE CITY. Rounding out the cast are Ike<br />
Avelli (LOOSE LIPS), Wendy Stuart (IF<br />
THESE WALLS COULD TALK) and Tym<br />
Moss (LOOSE LIPS and IF THESE WALLS<br />
COULD TALK), who are actors as well as<br />
comedians and talk-show hosts. Avelli and<br />
Moss additionally bring us the renowned<br />
live comedy/variety cabaret showcase 50<br />
SHADES OF <strong>GAY</strong>. Stuart is also the author<br />
of the best-selling memoir SHE’S THE<br />
LAST MODEL STANDING.<br />
DRAG TO DEATH has cinematography,<br />
editing, graphics and F/X by Dana Bryan,<br />
aka Brian Brennan, who is known as the<br />
creator of the original Latino Fan Club,<br />
male adult entertainment videos. Bryan<br />
and Welsh also recently created ATTACK<br />
OF THE AMAZING COLOSSAL STUD, a<br />
sci-fi, horror parody with Welsh in drag<br />
introducing a classic story with archival<br />
Fan Club footage. COLOSSAL STUD<br />
contains no penetration or sex acts, but<br />
has nudity, comedy and larger-than-life<br />
visuals.<br />
DRAG TO DEATH, filmed in New York City<br />
and Jersey City, provides entertainment<br />
to thrill-seeking horror fans, as well as<br />
cult, comedy, underground film and drag<br />
aficionados.<br />
Photo Credit: Dana Bryan<br />
Actors in the Pics are:<br />
Clover Welsh with Drag to Death title graphic<br />
Gladiola Gladrags (being choked with boa)<br />
Clover Welsh<br />
Jed Ryan (dead in blood)<br />
Ike Avelli with Clover Welsh<br />
Tym Moss (falling)<br />
Wendy Stuart<br />
Anu Singh and Clover Welsh<br />
Ryan Wolowski, Anu Singh, Clover Welsh,<br />
Gladiola Gladrags, Tym Moss, Ike Avelli
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