I'M HERE OUTSIDE THE WESTSIDE
THEATER HERE IN MANHATTAN AND WERE FOR 5 YEARS. LITTLE SHOP
OF CARS HAS BEEN RUNNING OFF BROADWAY. BUT RIGHT NOW YOU CAN
CATCH ONE THING. THE QUEEN OF ALL QUEENS, A QUEEN, A THEATER
MAKING HISTORY AND A LEAD OF THE SHOW. BUT IT'S JUST ONE OF
MANY THING SHE'S GOT GOING ON. SHE'S GOT A RETURN TO CHICAGO.
SHE'S GOT CARNEGIE HALL NEXT. HERE. SHE'S AND DOCTOR TO TIME.
>> AND
>> MEANS IT.
>> LET'S GO TALK TO HER.
>> I I'M HAVING THE TIME OF MY LIFE LIKE
I MY JOB RIGHT NOW IS A DREAM COME TRUE.
I'M EXCITED TO GO TO WORK EVERY DAY. AND AT THAT POINT, MY LIFE
THAT JUST FEELS REALLY EXCITING TO BE GIVEN THIS CHANCE.
BUT IT'S CHARACTER IN THIS RELEASED A PRODUCTION. WHAT'S
BEEN YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH LITTLE DROP OVER THE YEARS AND
ALL THE DIFFERENT VARIATIONS THAT EXIST?
WELL, IT WAS JUST A FAVORITE IN MY FAMILY AND SOME OF THAT
WHEN I GOT MY KNOW MY FISH, I DON'T KNOW.
I PUT ON THOSE UPPER FLOORS, THE VHS. I HAD TO REWIND IT,
BUT I'D WAKE UP AND IT WOULD BE WHEREVER IT IS IN THE TOWN.
AND IF I WAKE UP AND IT WAS STATIC, JUST REWIND THAT
IMPRESSED PLAN STARTED AGAIN FOR LIKE A WEEK AND A HALF.
SO I THINK IT'S JUST BEEN THAT IN MY PSYCHE, A SENSE AT LEAST
HIGH SCHOOL.
>> AND YOU'RE DOING IT RIGHT. COOL SAID READING REALLY GOOD.
BUT WHAT A WAY THAT IT WOULD BE. PART OF WHAT WAS YOUR
REACTION? IS IT APPROPRIATE TO SAY, AHA,
NO KNOW WHAT IT WAS LIKE THIS?
>> I WAS REALLY EXCITED THAT IT IS GOING TO BE SOMEONE WHO HAD
DONE THE ROAD BEFORE BECAUSE I KNOW HOW FUN IT CAN BE TO COME
BACK TO A LULL AFTER YOU'VE HAD A BREAK.
WHY WHEN YOU AND THE REACTION LIKE SOME OF THAT? AND SO
THAT'S HAPPENS LIKE A COUPLE WEEKS LATER. WE ARE LIKE
I JUST HAVE AS GREAT A CAR OR SOMETHING HAPPENS TO YOU WHEN
YOU'RE LIKE, OH, I UNDERSTAND SOMETHING DIFFERENT. I WOULD
LOVE TO THAT
INCORPORATED THIS, YOU KNOW,
SO WHEN YOU GET TO RETURN TO REALLY GET THAT CHANCE, AND
THEN I STARTED ASKING AROUND, LET'S CORP, UNLIKE WE'RE GOING
TO HAVE THIS AMAZING REPUTATION JUST LIKE NO ONE HAS THAT THING
TO SAY ABOUT. AND WE FOUND THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF SIMILARITIES
WITH THE VIDEO GAME THERE. AND WE WATCHED AVATAR THE LAST
AIRBENDER THAT ANIMATED ONE. NOT GOOD.
WE WILL SEE.
>> THIS IS.
>> CORBIN AND HIS WIFE PERFECT DRAG RACE FANS AND BUT I DIDN'T
KNOW THAT RIGHT AWAY. HE'S SUPER JOE SUPER EASY TO WORK
AND VERY, VERY GENEROUS STAGE PARTNER. YOU KNOW, LIKE I FEEL
LIKE WE BOTH WE GO ON STAGE AND I DON'T EVEN HAVE TO THINK I
JUST TURN INTO A TREE. AND AND THAT IS ALL IT TAKES. I GUESS
THE PHRASE IN NEW YORK IS IN THE POCKET. WHERE DO THAT?
>> FROM EVERYONE. WELCH POCKET.
>> HAS THE BIG MO THIS AND THEY SAY MORE. AND SO IT WAS IN THAT
SONG BECAUSE ONE OF MY FAVORITE RENDITION OF THAT, WEIRDLY IS
UP FROM AN EPISODE OF THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN,
MJ RODRIGUEZ, US OBVIOUSLY. AND IT IS INCREDIBLE ACTRESS.
>> OUR SHE'S BEEN ON MY MIND A LOT. I REMEMBER SEEING
CLIPS LIKE THE ONE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AND IM FEELING
INSPIRED AND FEELING LIKE,
OH, MY GOSH, ARE WE GETTING THERE? YOU KNOW, LIKE AND WE
DIDN'T DO IT FOR US IN CHICAGO.
IT JUST FEELS LIKE
IT FEELS LIKE OUR SOCIETY IS READY IN SPITE
OF THE PRIVILEGED MINORITY WHO THINKS THE ENTIRE WORLD SHOULD
OPERATE FOR THEM.
I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE REALLY, REALLY READY FOR THIS
SHIFT IN CONSCIOUSNESS AND UNDERSTANDING AND EMPATHY.
AND IT STARTS IN OUR HEARTS AND ENTERTAIN AND AND TO BE TRUSTED
AND INVITED TO THIS PROTECTION IN THIS ROOM. ALL IS JUST
REALLY, REALLY AN HONOR. AND SO I THINK ABOUT PEOPLE
LIKE
AND JAY ANGELICA PAVING THE WAY AND HAVE HER MAN IN A
>> ALEX NEWELL AND THERE. OH, MY GOSH. I KNOW WHEN ALEX.
>> 3 YEARS AND IT'S SO EXCITING TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE YOUR
FRIEND DOING SOMETHING SERIOUS.
>> YEAH, YEAH, ONE. IT'S KIND OF A FUNNY DICHOTOMY THAT LIKE
THE OTHERS CONSIDERED SUCH A CLEAR FROM THE STATE'S RIGHT.
AND YET SO MANY OF THESE PERCENT, SO MUCH OF THIS
HISTORY BEING MADE IN JUST THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, YOU FEEL
LIKE THE TIDE IS TURNING TO KIND OF MEAN WHERE THERE COULD
BE. YEAH.
>> THANK YOU. I MEAN, I THINK THIS IS ME BEING HERE
AS AN EXAMPLE OR THAT, YOU KNOW,
AND WHAT I WANT TO SAY ABOUT THAT IS THAT WE NEED TO GIVE
MORE AND MORE CHANCES TO PEOPLE WHO ARE WHO HAVE TO PROVE IN.
THEY GOT THE GOOD. YES. AND YOU KNOW, THE ANXIETY THAT I CAME
INTO THIS 2 MEN WERE DOING ANY TIME. I PERFORMS WITH ALL EYES
ON ME BEING A TRANCE 7 AND PERSON BEING A DRAG QUEEN IN
THIS INDUSTRY. YOU KNOW, I'M WORRIED ABOUT MISSING OUT
BECAUSE I'M LIKE IF I MESS UP,
IS THIS GOING TO BE THE LAST TIME THIS SUMMER? AND IT'S AN
OPPORTUNITY. SO WANT TO SAY, GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY, ALLOW FOR
ROOM TO IMPROVE, PROVE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE ONLY WAY THAT WE
CAN BECOME BETTER AS A GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE I
LEARNED SO MUCH LIKE I FELT GOOD GOING INTO CHICAGO.
I FELT AMAZING LEAVING. I JUST FELT SO CHARGED IN POWERFUL.
AND I TOOK THAT INTO YOU DOCTOR, TOO. AND IT'S JUST ALL
KEEPS FEEDING INTO IT. AND THEN I GET TO COME INTO THIS
PRODUCTION AFTER THAT WONDERFUL YEAR,
VEERING, RIGHT? I CAN DO THIS NOW, BUT THAT TOOK A YEAR AND
IT TOOK A LOT OF PEOPLE. YEAH, TRUSTING ME. AND AND
SEEING THAT IT'S TIME TO TRUST.
>> PULL TO PROVE IT. I MEAN, 6, 4, YEARS, A KIND OF A DEAL.
AND BEFORE YOU WERE BREAKING ALL THESE RECORDS, I MEAN,
ACTUAL RECORD FOR THE HIGHEST PRESIDENT NOW HAS 26 YEAR
HISTORY. A 2 WEEKS IN A ROW FOR BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE MY TIME
HERE NOW.
>> YOU LIKE THAT TO CRACK THE THE SHIP TO A NEW WAY. ALL I
WOULD SAY THAT IS OKAY. SO IMPROVED THERE.
>> AND I THINK IT'S I I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT TRUST. IT'S NOT
JUST ABOUT TRUSTING THE ARTISTS TRUSTING YOUR AUDIENCE. AND I
THINK ABOUT REALLY LISTENING TO BE ALL THAT'S HOW WE MAKE YES,
STEPS FORWARD. THAT'S HOW WE MAKE TRUE PROGRESS. WE NEED TO
START LISTENING.
>> AND THEN YOU GO BACK TO GO AFTER THE U.S. AND I DON'T LIKE
WHEN YOU GO BACK OVER THAT AND ARE YOU GONNA DO THIS BY
LOWERING THE LAKE? THAT'S TRUE FOR YOU. GOING BACK TO CHICAGO?
>> ABSOLUTELY THE WAY
BECAUSE
WHAT THE TAKE IS, YOU KNOW IT.
WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT BEING PRESIDENT STAGE
AND
BEING PRESENT IN YOUR LIFE,
YOU KNOW, BEING REALLY LIKE AND TAKE A FRONT SEAT TO MY OWN
LIFE. I'M NOT GOING TO BE PASSIVE ABOUT IT.
>> AND I SAY THAT BUT AND DELEGATE AND SO MANY OF US
FUNDS ABILITY.
>> YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU CHOOSE TO BE PRESENT IN YOUR LIFE FOR ME,
IT WAS CUTTING OUT ALCOHOL. YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A BIG PART
OF IT.
BUT I HAVE ME A LOT OF STRIDES IN GAME PRESENT IN MY LIFE AND
THAT HELPS ME BE MORE PRESIDENT ON STAGE AND ENDING OR PRESENT
ON STAGE. IT DOES. I BET THIS WOULD WORK MORE IN LIFE,
TOO. SO, YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE IS A BEAUTIFUL SYNCHRONICITY IN
MY LIFE RIGHT NOW. I'M JUST APPRECIATING IT. I TRY TO BE
SILLY THESE DAYS AS THE SITE COUNTERS STRESS. IT'S TELLING
US THAT CAUSE STRESS ISN'T MAKE HAS A THAT SITUATION UNDER
THAT.
>> HAHA.
>> HANG OUT WITH NO SHOW.
>> AND THE NAME FEE, I'M PLAIN JANE AND STUFF ERA CAME AND SAW
ME ON OPENING NIGHT. AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT'S A MOMENT WHERE
IT'S EASY TO CELEBRATE YOUR FRIENDS BECAUSE
WHEN WHEN PEOPLE ARE COMING FOR AN FROM ANGLES, YOU WEREN'T
EXPECTING, YOU KNOW, WHAT MAKES YOU WANT TO CELEBRATE OR
FRIENDS LOUDER.
>> UP TO A YEAR AND AFTER THIS SEASON. BUT WAS IT LIKE SEEING
YOUR FACE LAST HAPPENED? THAT TRAILER TELL US ABOUT YOUR
CHARACTER. 2 OF THE CANDIDATE AND STATE.
I SAID.
>> I HAVE THE LAST
LAST FOOTAGE OF MY OWN FACE. A KNOW.
>> I DON'T KNOW AS A BIG TIME FAN OF REST OF TODAY. THIS IS
BIG TIME FAN OF
THE WHOEVER'S IN
AS A FAN OF SHOES E IN MIDWAY. I DON'T KNOW. IT'S JUST LIKE
I
I JUST FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN REPEATING MYSELF SO MUCH
BECAUSE THE DREAM COME TRUE. DREAM JOB FOR ALL. SO YOU'RE
OFF. I'M SO EXCITED BECAUSE I'VE ALREADY STARTED PLANNING.
I WAS WHEN I ASKS A CREATIVE. SO IT WILL BE A LIE. LONGTIME
COLLABORATOR, BEN AND WHO WILL BE CO WRITING AND DIRECTING.
I SURE HOPE IS THAT, YES, IT I SO I APPROACHED TO WRITE AND
DIRECT A CARNEGIE HALL SHOW
AND THEN SHE 100 WITH YES, AND I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE OVER.
I AM WITH YOU. AND
I WAS SO EXCITED TO HEAR THAT BECAUSE I AND I THINK A LOT
MORE THAT I WRITE, YOU KNOW, BUT I DO MY BEST WORK WITH
DATA.
>> ALSO HAS SHOW AND THAT ARE VACCINATED.
>> DID YOU ASK HER ANY ADVICE ABOUT THE? I WAS TRYING REALLY
HARD BUT SAYING REALLY, I THINK RULE.
BUT I HAD TO MAKE IMPULSE FREAK CASHING AND MOSTLY TALKED ABOUT
COMPANY ON THE STAND. BUT TRULY, I SAID THIS TO HER.
AND I BELIEVE THAT IT'S AND HERE I THINK AGAIN. AND IF YOU
HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT SINGING AND BEING A SINGER FROM
JUST BEING A FAN, HAD DOUBLE THE PERFECT AT THINGS LIKE
THIS.
>> AND LEARNING AND THE CROWD, RIGHT. BUT AS WITH ALL THE
YEARS, THE SAME TRACK THAT IS READY FOR A FIGHT. AND I LOVE
THAT NAME BEFORE THE EVENT HERE AT CHICAGO. YOU FEEL LIKE YOU
COULD HANDLE.
>> IF IT WERE IN A SHOW THAT I RAO WAS PERFORMING.
ABSOLUTELY.
>> IT ESTABLISHED SCRIPTED SHOW. I DON'T. I MEAN, I FEEL
LIKE YOU HAVE TO BE PATTI LUPONE BEFORE YOU WHAT SHE DID
THAT. BUT
>> LIKE I SAID, I LIKE HIM FOR OUT. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW TO
ANSWER THAT QUESTION, BUT I'M SURE ONE WILL COME TO ME OF A
BEFORE LIKE REALLY DOING. AND RIGHT NOW JUST FOR US ALL.
AND YOU TAKE IT BECAUSE OF THOSE. OKAY, OKAY.
>> DO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHEN THAT IN?
>> HUGE. AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE DOING JUDY GARLAND RIGHT NOW
BECAUSE I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS SHOW AND THAT'S THE SHOW
THAT ALL OF THESE PEOPLE PAY FOR. SO IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND
AUDIENCE, IF YOU COULD TELL THIS PERSON HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT
THERE BEING A YEAR SO I CAN GET ON WITH MY FABULOUS LOVES.
I DON'T KNOW. WHO KNOWS IF THAT'S WHAT I PROBABLY FEEL A
WHITE HOT RAGE AND GO INTO A TRANCE. SO WHO KNOWS WHAT
HAPPENED?
>> YOUR PERFORMANCE OF MIGHT ADD THAT THERE IS A YEAR.
I THINK A LOT OF THINGS THAT I WAS ON A MISSION OF SO MUCH NOT
JUST FOR YOU WILL YEARS AGO. YOU WANT A FRIEND THAT BROADWAY
AND AREA WHERE A PRODUCT BACK TO.
>> LIKE A TIME.
>> COMMUNITY. I WAS INVOLVED WITH ONE OF THAT PERFORMANCE
YET.
>> IT AND IN ALL ON WHAT YOU DOWN TO REALLY HONESTLY AND
HERE WHERE I IT'S REALLY ELEVATING HAS THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT I WANTED THAT MOMENT TO BE IN THE SECOND MINUTE
THANKSGIVING.
I YOU KNOW,
I JUST I'M REALLY HAPPY. AND I SAID THAT
THAT NIGHT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT WAS
WRITTEN FROM. YOU SAY, I SAID
WHEN YOU SENATOR FOR LIFE KNOWING WHO YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO
BE AND THEN YOU HAVE TO FIGHT TO BE THAT PERSON
AND YOU GET THERE
AND YOU'RE EXACTLY WHERE HE IS. AND AND SINCE THEN, I HAVE FELT
LIKE
I HAD MY CAUSE A GALVANIZED. AND SO I THINK OF HER EVERY
TIME I THINK I'VE NICE. BUT THAT'S THE WORD I WILL
GALVANIZE. THANKS, CHANT.
>> WELL, THAT THIS NEW PRESIDENT BEAUTIFUL ON
INSTAGRAM. THE COUPLE STILL ABOUT IT'S NEVER TOO LATE.
>> YEAH.
>> AND AND WE'RE TALKING YOUR WORRIES THAT THREAT FOR YOUR
OVER TRANSITION. BUT I FEEL LIKE THAT FEELS SO GOOD FOR SO
MUCH OF WHAT YOU DONE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS WHERE I WAS THAT
STATEMENT MEANS TO THEM.
>> YOU KNOW,
AS A PERSON WHO IS A RECOVERING ALCOHOLIC
AS A PERSON WHO IS 36 AND JUST NOW BEGINNING MY MEDICAL
TRANSITION. BUT I HAVE BEEN LIVING IN THIS RACE IS I MEAN,
I HAVE BEEN ME FOR A LONG TIME, RIGHT? AND SO THERE WAS A
LITTLE BIT LIKE
IT TOOK A TRANS ELDERS SAYING
IT'S NEVER TOO LATE. IT TOO.
MY MOM MAKING SURE. I KNEW THAT SHE ABSOLUTELY SUPPORTED ME.
IT ALL JUST KIND OF COALESCED. AND I NEVER IMAGINED THAT I'D
THE PLAYING ON A JURY AT THE SAME TIME AS AND TRANSITIONING
INTO MAY
SADNESS. AND I JUST THIS FEEL LIKE, WOW, HOW THIS IS REALLY
COOL.
>> HAHA, I KNOW THAT I CAN. EVERY EVERYTHING IS JUST.
>> I YOU KNOW, IS THAT PEOPLE SAY, LIKE, WHAT DO THEY DO
NEXT? AND I HAVE LATELY, I'VE JUST BEEN SAYING JUST MORE.
>> WHAT I'M DOING, I LIKE REALLY HAPPY. AND I BE IN LINE
FOR ME.
>> WELL, LET'S DO THIS AGAIN IN ABOUT A YEAR AND SEE WHERE
THANK YOU. LOVE