Smoke & Mirrors

The Bride of Dracula!

When a drag queen says her biggest inspiration comes from every Dracula film she's ever seen, and that she styles her eyebrows after Nosferatu, I know I have to support her in all her endeavors. I first became aware of Sasha Velour during the 2017 season of RuPaul's Drag Race, which she won with a gaggingly beautiful and inventive performance of "So Emotional" by Whitney Houston. Since then, she has continued to refine her strikingly original style and innovative shows through a monthly nightclub gig here in New York, and now a one-queen show called Smoke & Mirrors that she is taking on tour this month!

I was lucky enough to catch a performance of that show last spring and was blown away by the artistry of her costumes, projections, and props that turned a simple stage into a living tree, a chorus line of many Sashas, a rainy day complete with puddles, and so much more. Here she is at her monthly "Nightgowns" show in Brooklyn performing Annie Lennox's "Love Song for a Vampire" from the soundtrack to Bram Stoker's Dracula. Can't you feel the rhythm of that trembling heart?