Best in Drag Show at The Orpheum Theatre

                              BEST IN DRAG SHOW RETURNS TO ORPHEUM THEATRE ON OCTOBER 6th

                                                                 BUY TICKETS NOW!

                         Benefitting Alliance for Housing and Healing (AHH), the Housing Arm of APLA Health

Best in Drag Show 2024, the most fun, fabulous, original and outrageous beauty pageant parody of the year, returns to the Orpheum Theatre stage on Sunday, October 6th at 7pm. Best in Drag Show is a grassroots community fundraiser featuring amateur drag queens and celebrity judges benefiting AHH, now part of the APLA Health family. The non-profit is the largest provider of housing and housing support services in Los Angeles County for people living with HIV/AIDS. Best in Drag Show began in 1989 in creator Alexis Pittman’s apartment and has grown into an annual spectacular that has raised over $6 million to support people struggling with poverty, homelessness, and HIV/AIDS. The show is produced by a team of dedicated volunteers, contestants and sponsors who all donate their time and talent to support their community,

WHERE:                The Orpheum Theatre, 842 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90014

WHEN:                   Sunday, October 6tth, 5:30pm-Pink Carpet, 5:30pm-VIP Reception,

                                7:00pm-Best in Drag Show Pageant begins

TICKETS:              https://bestindragshow.com

Best in Drag Show is so impactful and groundbreaking that World of Wonder (RuPaul's Drag Race) and Gatekeeper produced an upcoming documentary about it,  The Little Pageant that Could. Watch the trailer. Casting directors Patrick Rush and Jeffrey Drew are, respectively, the host and director/ choreographer of Best in Drag Show and are featured in the doc.

Attendees are guaranteed a great evening while simultaneously making a real difference in serving the most underserved and vulnerable among us in the LGBTQ+ community including many thoughtful support services designed to supply and restore dignity to those most in need.

Six amateur drag queens will enchant/terrify/amuse/amaze you on the Orpheum Theatre stage in their battle for the tiara. The winner will be chosen by a panel of celebrity judges including Judy Greer (White House Plumbers, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever), Kathy Kinney (The Drew Carey Show), Mindy Cohn (Palm Royale), Melanie Griffith (Working Girl), Marc Malkin (Variety’s Senior Culture & Events Editor, TV personality) and Daniel Franzese (Mean Girls). Contestants will compete in drag in the traditional swimsuit, evening gown, question and answer categories and the hilarious talent competition. This year’s contestants are Miss California Lyle (Lyle Mackston), Miss Missouri Shania Train (Caleb Campbell), Miss New York Annie Vaxxer (Sasha Urban), Miss Pennsylvania Karen Beaches (Kevin Whitmire) and Miss Wisconsin Dawn-Cha Knowles (ROX, David Varela). Patrick Rush returns as host, Jeffrey Drew returns as director/choreographer with Kay Sedia as the color commentator. Our generous sponsors include Diamond Diva Sponsors: Craig Fisse & Michael Patrick King and The Orpheum Theatre; Golden Jewel Sponsors: ABC 7 Los Angeles, Paul Hastings, Henkel, Kraut Law Group, Gilead and Microsoft; Silver Sequin Sponsor: Kaiser Permanente; Fierce n’ Fabulous Friends: Andrew Rhoda & J. Ben Bourgeois, Dr. Don Bacigalupi & Daniel Feder, Fresh Corn Grill and Wimmer & Associates.

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