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Photo Coverage: Randy Rainbow Hosts Pre-Inaugural Situation at Birdland

By: Jan. 03, 2017
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The Broadway at Birdland concert series presented internet sensation Randy Rainbow hosting a Pre-Inaugural Situation at the historic music room last night and BroadwayWorld was there.

As expected there were political parodies, news updates, outrageous humor, non-partisan insults and special guests Ryan Rafferty, Molly Pope, Gerard Salvador, and Hannah Rose DeFlumeri.

Randy Rainbow (yes, real name) is a comedian, actor,writer, host and internet celebrity best known for his series of satirical videos, including "Randy Rainbow is Dating Mel Gibson," "Randy Rainbow Works at Chi-fil-A," and "The Kim Davis Cell Block Tango." His political poofs (including "Randy Rainbow Interviews Donald Trump") have garnered international acclaim and millions of views. His song parody "GOPDropout" series was called "the best thing about the GOP race"by Dan Savage. His videos have appeared regularly on popular blogs Towleroad, Queerty, Perez Hilton and VH1's Best Week Ever. Randy was a columnist for HXMagazine, one of New York's most prominent gay publications, and has also written for Kathy Griffin. He has hosted and performed in a number of theatrical concerts and benefits for the Broadway, cabaret and gay communities,as well as hosted events for the Tony Awards and for some of New York City's most popular nightspots, including 54 Below, XL Nightclub and Therapy NYC,where his own weekly show ran successfully for 2 years. He's been seen as a talking head on numerous VH1 specials including "The 100 Greatest Songs of the 2000's" and has been heard regularly as both a guest and guest co-host on Sirius XM. Exclusive web series include "Hashtag Randy Rainbow" onVH1.com and "Chewing the Scenery with Randy Rainbow" on BroadwayWorld.com.

Photo Credit: Stephen Sorokoff

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