Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme on Transgender Rights and Trump’s Win: ‘What a F—— Dark World They’ve Created’
variety.comJazz Tangcay Artisans Editor “I take my anger and I turn it into jokes, and I take my sadness and I turn it into music, and that’s how I survive.” It’s an empowering declaration from “RuPaul’s Drag Queen” alum and Broadway star Jinkx Monsoon.
Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme are on the road for “The Jinkx and DeLa Holiday Show.” The pair have just checked into their Durham, N.C.
hotel. This is the third night of the show which will take them through the Southern states before heading up North and over to the West Coast.
Opening night was Nov. 7, and there were a lot of tears and a 13-hour tech check, but the show still had to go on. BenDeLaCreme found solace performing in front of an audience. “That night, to be able to hear every gasp and every mouth being clutched because they’re seeing what they’re feeling on stage.
