For Pride Month: Two New Articles By Me on Vaudeville Drag

For Pride Month: Two new articles by me on drag performance in Chelsea Now:

Fatty Arbuckle undercover as a bathing beauty in “Coney Island” (1917) with Alice Mann

The first, which came out last week, concerns drag by straight performers in classic comedy:

http://chelseanow.com/2018/06/dressed-for-laughs-drag-in-the-days-of-yore/

Barbette

The other, out this week, concerns drag artists with exotic vaudeville skills. The one and only Lady Bunny took part in this one!:

http://chelseanow.com/2018/06/skills-in-the-vaudeville-tradition-drag-is-alive-kicking-yodeling-fire-eating/

I hope you’ll give them both a read!