Nina West dishes on her love of Christmas, John Waters, Broadway and the milestone holiday drag show heading to Dallas STEVEN LINDSEY | Contributing writerStevenCraigLindsey@gmail.com For years, Mary Tyler Moore turned the world on with her smile.
But it’s worth arguing that Nina West has taken over the role of cheer spreader to millions of fans. The moment her out-of-drag alter ego, Andrew Robert Levitt, popped on the Zoom screen for this interview, that infectious grin lit up the laptop screen and set the stage for a fun half-hour of banter.
Voted “Miss Congeniality” by her peers on the 11th season of RuPaul’s Drag Race, Nina West deserves her reputation for kindness and positivity.
They’d certainly be the first to pop over with a cheese-laden casserole the moment she heard someone had a sniffle. So, who better to host the epic 10th anniversary tour of A Drag Queen Christmas when it makes its Dallas stop next week at the Music Hall at Fair Park?