Comparatively new to the drag scene, Muffy Vanderbilt III has made a reputation for herself in 4 quick years of performing. The bodacious bombshell leans on her musical theater background to tell her drag persona, a lot to the delight of audiences throughout Houston.
Early in her profession, “I did skilled theater and I received to play an ‘Ugly Stepsister’ in Cinderella,” Vanderbilt says. “It was a lot enjoyable!” The performer, who describes her aesthetic as “campy, however vogue ahead,” starred in different productions, together with one other flip in Cinderella at A.D. Gamers. “I went on to play ‘Mary Sunshine’ in Chicago and I used to be like, ‘Oh, I’m fairly.’”
The drag bug bit, because it usually does, at a neighborhood bar. “I used to be going to this drag present referred to as the Broad’sWay as a result of I’m a musical theater individual. I assumed, ‘I can do that—perhaps even higher.’” However the early days for Vanderbilt weren’t as profitable as she predicted. “I used to be not higher,” she mentioned with amusing. “I used to be very common at it. However the extra I labored, and the extra stage expertise I received, it simply clicked.”
Right this moment, Vanderbilt hosts Sing! at Hamburger Mary’s as soon as a month, and Theme Queens at Buddy’s on Sundays at 7:30 p.m. She mentioned that her followers make performing intoxicatingly enjoyable, and her drag household makes performing worthwhile. “The household side of drag has been actually vital to me,” she mentioned. “It’s laborious to make pals as an grownup. To have the ability to make greatest pals and lifelong connections with individuals, I feel that’s actually uncommon.”
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Alexye’us Paris | Blackberri | Chloe Crawford Ross | Mistress Isabelle Brooks | Muffy Vanderbilt III | Persephone
