Spin Cycle Brings Drag Legends to Baruch Performing Arts Center
Scarlet Envy
The talented folks at Spin Cycle have hung the lights with another star-studded lineup of drag legends to entertain and inspire you during this holiday season. From December 14-18, you can enjoy shows featuring legendary queens Lady Bunny and Jackie Beat, together for the first time live during the holidays, plus shows by Scarlet Envy and Tammie Brown. So, head to Midtown Manhattan and stock up on your holiday ho-ho-hos.
On December 14th Join RuPaul's Drag Race All-Stars Season 6 star Scarlet Envy for the New York premiere of her first holiday show Hung With Care. New York City local, Scarlet Envy, rose to international attention as a contestant on Season 11 of VH1’s Rupaul’s Drag Race. She recently returned to the series to compete for Rupaul’s Drag Race Allstars 6. The fan-favorite is credited with voicing the original viral sensation, “Am I the drama? I don’t think I’m the drama!”
Scarlet tours regularly, headlining events around the world. Her debut single “Feeling Is Mutual” (2019) was distributed by CMDShift Label, along with her most recent music video “Is It Me?” (2021). Television work includes VH1, Paramount+, NBC, Netflix, & HBO. She is set to make her film debut starring in Only Worn Once, premiering in 2023.
With over half a million followers on Instagram (@scarletenvy) and hundreds of thousands more across other platforms, Scarlet loves regularly connecting with fans on social media. Scarlet teaches MAC Cosmetics Masterclasses, serves as a celebrity ambassador for Teen Cancer America where she teaches cosmetic courses for teen and young adult cancer patients and survivors, and is honored to be partnered with the Alzheimer's Association.
This new one-night-only extravaganza, filled with festive music and stories will be performed live on Wednesday, December 14 at 7pm at Baruch Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $22-50 (for VIP that include a meet-and-greet).
On December 15th, Tammie Brown from RuPaul’s Drag Race, RuPaul’s Drag Race Allstars, America’s Got Talent, Skin Wars, and many other television shows, returns to NYC with the New York premiere of her festive new holiday show Tammie Brown's Holiday Sparkle 2022. This self-described bohemian drag queen superstar is a singer, songwriter, drag queen and activist.
A veteran of television, live theater, music videos and hit EP’s and singles, Tammie is known for her “strange” and “quirky” personality and will be hitting the stage in a way that only she knows how. This new holiday show is sure to be a deliciously outlandish evening of original music, holiday classics and seasonal storytelling by one of the most original drag queens around.
Lady Bunny
Tammie Brown is the stage name of Keith Glen Schubert, an American singer, actor and drag performer, perhaps best known for his appearance as a contestant on RuPaul’s Drag Race, Season 1 and RuPaul's Drag Race All-Stars. Currently, he is a fixture in the Southern California drag scene. Born in Corpus Christi, Texas, Schubert started his auspicious career performing as Cha Cha in the musical “Grease,” and as the Wicked Stepmother in “Into the Woods.”
He first started performing drag at Club Divas in Corpus Christi, Texas. In the early 2000’s he made an appearance as Tammie Brown on “The Surreal Life” with Tammy Faye Messner and as himself on “How Clean is Your House?”. As Keith Glen Schubert, he has appeared in commercials for McDonalds and UPS and for Korn’s music video " Twisted Transistor.”
As Tammie Brown, he has appeared in Robbie William’s music video “She’s Madonna” and Crazy Lupe’s “Mm Ma Ma.” In March 2009, Tammie released her first, album “Popcorn” on iTunes. On YouTube you can view Tammie’s videos such as “Shaka Buku U”, “Whatever” and “The Ballad of Tiger Lily.”
Tammie Brown's Holiday Sparkle 2022 will be performed for one night only, Thursday, December 15 at 7pm at Baruch Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $25-50 (for VIP that include a meet-and-greet).
And in the tradition of iconic comedy duos such as Lucy & Ethel, Laverne & Shirley and Trump & Putin, drag icons Lady Bunny and Jackie Beat are joining forces for the first time ever in a live performance with the World Premiere of Silver & Gold, Bitter & Old, an evening of legendary leftovers and freshly baked new material.
Together again after their monstrous “Mummy Dearest” number in the hit Huluween Dragstravaganza, these two legendary clowns will be serving up a heapin' helpin' of delicious duets and savory solos to help celebrate the hateful holidays. Let's be honest, if Bianca Del Rio finally gets her annual Christmas "wish," one (or both) of these drag legends could drop dead at any moment. So don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime pairing.
Internationally known drag icon, comedian, recording artist and jet-set DJ Lady Bunny is as famous for her big-banged bouffant and her notoriously naughty wit as for her ability to get a dance floor jumping. A Manhattan gal since the early ‘80s, Lady Bunny shares Atlanta roots with fellow drag star and former roommate, RuPaul, and is most famous for co-founding and emceeing Wigstock, the annual New York City Labor Day outdoor drag festival that ran for nearly 20 years. She tours constantly, taking her bodaciously bawdy brand of humor to audiences from Cincinnati to Los Angeles, Buenos Aires, London, Marrakesh and Sydney. From headlining clubs to Pride events worldwide, Bunny has been lucky enough to share the stage or screen with many of her idols including Patti Labelle, Joan Rivers, Bea Arthur, Charo, Elvira, Lynda Carter, Chaka Khan, Grace Jones, Loleatta Holloway, Jocelyn Brown, Martha Wash, Margaret Cho and Christina Aguilera at Radio City Music Hall, who tweeted, “Upstaged at my own show! #Diva.”
Lady Bunny’s comic genius can also be seen in films and television, most recently in “Wig,” the HBO Wigstock documentary made with Neil Patrick Harris, and the feature film, “Hurricane Bianca: From Russia with Hate.” She was the “Dean of Drag” on three seasons of “RuPaul’s Drag U,” has been roasted by Joan Rivers, roasted Pam on “The Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson,” and emceed the LGBT prom in one of the most popular episodes of “Sex and the City.”
Award-winning drag darling Jackie Beat has been wowing unsuspecting audiences since 1989. She has toured with Roseanne Barr as the comic legend’s opening act including a seven-week run at The New York New York in Las Vegas; written for TV (Fashion Police, Hello Ross, Hype! and others) and collaborated on special material with the like of Rosie O’Donnell and Jennifer Coolidge; appeared in countless TV shows (including Sex and the City), movies (Grief, Wigstock The Movie, Flawless, Adam & Steve) and Off-Broadway hits (Valley of the Dolls, Tell-Tale!).
She has been named Best Drag Queen by New York Press and Best Live Performance by HX Magazine. Jackie is also a columnist, lead singer for the electro-rock band Dirty Sanchez, and the subject of the documentary film My Name is Jackie Beat including commentary from Joan Rivers, Margaret Cho, and Roseanne.
Lady Bunny & Jackie Beat: Silver & Gold, Bitter & Old! will run for four performances only: Friday, Dec. 16 at 7pm; Saturday, Dec. 17 at 7pm & 9pm; and Sunday, Dec. 18 at 7pm at The Baruch Performing Arts Center. Tickets are Tickets are $25-60 (for VIP that include a signed poster). And remember: this duo is often offensive and definitely not PC, so don't buy a ticket if you don't like twisted humor!
All shows will be held at The Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Avenue (25th Street between 3rd & Lexington Aves. in Manhattan). All attendees must present proof of vaccination for COVID-19 or present a negative PCR test taken within seven days of the event.
Tickets are available at www.SpinCycleNYC.com.