A harnessed Sasha Velour flies through the air with the greatest of ease
Drag Race Global All Stars, Sasha Velour is doing a precarious series of splits in the premiere of Velour: A Drag Spectacular at San Diego’s La Jolla Playhouse.
The intriguing collaboration between drag champion, author, artist, and Tectonic Theater Project director Moisés Kaufman (The Laramie Project, I Am My Own Wife) feels like two minds.Since winning season nine, Velour has continued to evolve, creating a vivid and unique style of performance art.
The drag multi-hyphenate, who recently stepped into the demanding high heels of Max’s We’re Here, returns to the stage with a show mindful of its roots but with an eye of the future.
Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.In its efforts to charm and enlighten regional theater season subscribers while maintaining a bit of drag’s downtown edge and experimentalism, Velour: A Drag Spectacular makes a well-intentioned stretch.
