Get Out! GAY Magazine – Issue 535
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INTERVIEW<br />
Hello, Sutton! What can<br />
audiences expect from your<br />
upcoming show at the Green<br />
Room 42?<br />
I think of this show as Bette<br />
Midler’s performance in<br />
the bathhouse, but set in<br />
Barbie’s Dream House. It’s<br />
bubbly, it’s naughty, it’s fun…<br />
and people should absolutely<br />
expect my usual sass and<br />
flair for the dramatic.<br />
Your show is called<br />
“Broadway Barbie”. How has<br />
Barbie influenced your drag<br />
and performance style?<br />
Barbie is drag and drag is<br />
Barbie. Barbie and drag have<br />
inspired many generations<br />
to be whoever they want to<br />
be and be confident. Barbie<br />
also gets scrutinized and<br />
drag gets called a crime…but<br />
we persist and pursue our<br />
dreams. As for “performance<br />
style,” people should come<br />
see for themselves how both<br />
influenced me.<br />
Tell us about your recent tour<br />
opening for the one and only<br />
Bianca Del Rio?<br />
I think it’s important to<br />
support up-and-comers like<br />
Bianca. I hope she makes it.<br />
I doubt she will… HA! But<br />
seriously, it was a fantastic<br />
experience! I never imagined<br />
drag would take me to 2,500<br />
seat theaters, and Bianca<br />
made that happen for me.<br />
I’m forever grateful to her! It<br />
was incredible singing dirty<br />
parodies for thousands of<br />
people while getting them<br />
excited for the “Queen of<br />
Mean” herself! Simply the<br />
best!<br />
In addition to performing<br />
around the States, you’ve<br />
also been a fixture in Puerto<br />
Vallarta. What do you love<br />
about performing there?<br />
Who is the craziest person<br />
that’s ever been in your<br />
audience?<br />
The truth is: I love avoiding<br />
winter. Yes, I love the<br />
community, I love the culture,<br />
I love the audiences. But<br />
at the heart of it…I’m just<br />
avoiding winter. As for the<br />
craziest person…frankly, it’s<br />
me. I’m the craziest person<br />
in the room. No one has ever<br />
derailed my show because I<br />
thrive on chaos.<br />
After your New York shows<br />
this spring, you’re opening<br />
your first full summer season<br />
in Provincetown. How does<br />
it feel to now be part of that<br />
special pantheon of iconic<br />
queens to summer there?<br />
I’m very excited about<br />
Provincetown! The<br />
community of queens up<br />
there is very supportive<br />
and welcoming, and they<br />
have been inspiring me for<br />
years. Class acts, all of ‘em!<br />
I can’t wait to get started<br />
and I hope people will come<br />
see me at the Red Room<br />
on Commercial Street all<br />
summer long. But I am even<br />
more excited that I get to<br />
bring this show home to<br />
NYC before pounding the<br />
pavement in Provincetown!<br />
PHOTO CREDIT: PRESTON BURFORD
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