​The Dirty Blondes presents DRAG at LPR

with Glace Chase (emcee), Bear Lee Legal, Chris Tyler, Dynasty, Donald C. Shorter, Jr.

We celebrated six years of badassery and feminist theater-making by The Dirty Blondes with a gender-bending, stereotype-defying night of outrageous performances by some of the most adventurous and exciting performers from New York City's drag culture! 

Emceed by the fabulous Glace Chase of Dream Queen Tours, the night thrilled, shocked and entertained all while celebrating the bodacious performance art that is DRAG. 

Glace Chase (EMCEE)

Glace Chase is a multiple award winning multi-disciplinary drag performer / playwright / comedian / screenwriter / tour guide / bon vivant. She hosts & performs across NYC – including “Neurotica” at Metropolitan Bar (1st Saturdays), “Singaling” comedy karaoke at Belle Reve (Wednesdays), “Disgustation” at Rosemont (Fridays) & various bingo gigs at Le Poisson Rouge & Madame Maries. Time Out NY has described her as “a “bonkers drag darling”… “delightfully satanic” & “not to be missed”. Her acclaimed 5 star Trip Advisor reviewed underground lgbt walking tour Dream Queen Tours won best Alternative Tour 2018 – International Tourism & Hospitality Awards. Lover of extremely wealthy older men with no living beneficiaries with terminal health conditions. 
@glacechase

BearLee Legal 

Bear Lee Legal is an anarchist and androgynous self-described punk rock mermaid drag queen here to fuck with gender, break the rules, and make a damn mess while doing it.Typically you can find this queen wandering around Brooklyn covered in blood, or at their fave monthly show Queer as in Fuck You (also usually covered in blood.) ​
​@bearleelegal

Chris Tyler

Chris Tyler is a performing artist examining the intersections of popular culture, collective action and digital identity. Recent projects include the ongoing MAKE AMERICA series (Ars Nova), flesh failure (The Civilians' R&D Group), R*NT (University Settlement), and TOTAL REJECTS LIVE!!! (Public Theater/Under the Radar Festival). His performance style has been called “equal parts hilarious and chilling” (Fusion) and “precise-yet-butchered” (Out Magazine). AB: Brown University.
​@NOTCHRISTYLER.

Dynasty

Dynasty is an up-and-coming fashion forward drag queen diva who pushes the boundaries of drag, gender, and of course, fashion, at parties and events all throughout Brooklyn and Manhattan.  Dynasty was a featured queen in the 20 Fierce Queens Fueling Brooklyn's Drag Renaissance article on intomore.com
​@reignofdynasty

Donald C. Shorter Jr.

Donald is an artist living in Bushwick, Bk and has holds a B.A. in Liberal Studies from West Chester University with a minor in Dance and an M.F.A. in Dance from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Labels such as activist, choreographer, dancer, singer, actor, gender nonconformist, and drag queen are interchangeable on any given day. Shorter is a former company member of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. During that time he had the honor of creating THE NAZ with Bill T. Jones, which was performed in his one-man show As I was Saying. Donald has appeared in Broadway national tours such as: Hairspray, La Cage Aux Folles, A Chorus Line, and Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Donald is the creator, writer, and performer of his one-woman show GENDEROSITY, which looks at the process of his drag transformation and uses drag to talk about gender nonconformity. Shorter has restaged choreography from the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company at Barnard College, Towson University, and University of Idaho. He has premiered solo works at the Pompidou Centre, American College Dance Festival, ALLGOLD artist space at MOMA PS1, The Actor's Fund Building, Center for Performance Research, 92nd Street Y, and at the Performance Mix Festival. Shorter is currently a co-host of the PBS Digital Studios web series First Person PBS.
​@donxmen

Holly Box-Springs

Holly Box-Springs, AKA Nathan McManus, is originally from down south—the not so small town of Pearland, Texas. He grew up loving the stage and studied musical theater in college. Eventually he was drawn to the Big City, moving there in 2009 with only a suitcase, first month’s rent and a security deposit. Nathan became Holly three years ago in her first debut in “So You Think You Can Drag” at New World Stages. Outfitted with a sewing machine, Box-Springs earned the nickname “Queen of the reveals.” Holly Box-Springs stars on "Shade: Queens of NYC" on FUSION.

The Gallery at (Le) Poisson Rouge
​(LPR)

158 Bleecker Street
New York, NY 10012
Phone: (212) 505-FISH (3474)

Getting here by subway: Take the ACE or BDFM to West 4th Street; Exit at West 3rd Street and walk west toward MacDougal; make 1st right on MacDougal; Make 1st left on Bleecker Street. (Le) Poisson Rouge is on the south side of Bleecker Street between Thompson & Sullivan

Getting here by car from points West (Holland Tunnel): Exit and follow signs for Canal Street East, Take 3rd Exit toward Brooklyn, follow road through Beach Street and make a slight left on 6th Avenue/Avenue of The Americas. Continue North; make right onto Bleecker Street, (Le) Poisson Rouge is on the south side of Bleecker Street between Thompson & Sullivan

For detailed driving, public transit or walking directions, click here, click directions and enter your starting point.