Drag Out the Vote’s “Divas For Democracy” Variety Show

You better vote, bitch!

Drag Out the Vote, the national, nonpartisan, nonprofit voter engagement organization, will present a livestream extravaganza uniting divas of the drag world and Broadway icons for a one-night-only variety show to help promote participation in democracy and increase voter awareness of key issues concerning the LGBTQ community and the 2020 election.

Hosted by Entertainment Tonight‘s Keltie Knight and RuPaul’s Drag Race‘s Nina West, Divas For Democracy: United We Slay hopes to persuade voters to sashay their way to the polls. Broadway divas will sing some of the most iconic musical theatre songs while their drag counterparts match their vocal prowess with lip sync passion and style.

Special segments will feature LGBTQ activists in a nonpartisan fashion to promote the importance of the LGBTQ community engagement and voter participation.Divas for Democracy will stream exclusively on StageIt October 18 at 8:00 p.m. EST. Tickets are “donate what you can” with a minimum $5 donation and optional “tipping” for additional donations. All proceeds benefit Drag Out The Vote’s get-out-the-vote efforts in 2020 and beyond. Tickets are now on sale at divasfordemocracy.com.

Broadway Divas expected to make an appearance include Tony Award winners Stephanie J. Block (The Cher Show), Lea Salonga (Miss Saigon), Nikki M. James (The Book of Mormon), Beth Leavel (The Drowsy Chaperone), and Annaleigh Ashford (You Can’t Take It With You, Kinky Boots), along with Broadway favorites Shoshana Bean (Waitress), Eden Espinosa (Wicked), Tony nominee Jenn Collela (Come From Away), Chilina Kennedy (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical), Keala Settle (The Greatest Showman, Waitress), Tamika Lawrence (Come From Away, If/Then), L Morgan Lee (A Strange Loop), Lady J, and the legendary, three-time-Tony-recipient Chita Rivera.

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Drag Divas include RuPaul’s Drag Race stars Bianca Del Rio, Shangela, Brooke Lynn Hytes, Jinkx Monsoon, Jujubee, Valentina, Peppermint, Cynthia Lee Fontaine, Shuga Cain, Honey Davenport, and Jasmine Rice LeBeija. Additional appearances will be made by Pixie Aventura and Drag Out The Vote National Co-chairs Brita Filter and Marti Gould Cummings.

Celebrities slated to appear include Grammy and Tony Award winner Cyndi Lauper, RuPaul’s Drag Race’s Michelle Visage, multiple Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein, Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart, Tony Award winner Andrew Rannell, Cheyenne Jackson, Mila Jam, and Academy Award winner and two-time Tony Award nominee Allison Janney.LGBTQ elected officials slated to appear include Georgia State House Representative Sam Park, New York City Councilman and Candidate for the New York 15th Congressional District Ritchie Torres, Virginia House of Delegates Member Danica Roem, and Chasten Buttigieg, husband of presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg.

“One in five LGBTQ people is not registered to vote, and 100 million people did not vote in the 2016 election,” Drag Out the Vote founder and Executive Director Jackie Huba said. “We must fix this. We are excited to bring together the worlds of Broadway and Drag to inspire voters to sashay their way to the polls or their mailboxes.”

Divas For Democracy: United We Slay will be co-directed by Josh Rhodes and Lee Wilkins, who served as choreographer and associate choreographer on Broadway for Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, First Date, It Shoulda Been You, and Bright Star. Two-time Tony winner Stephen Oremus will serve as music supervisor.

To learn more about the lineup, performances, and how to purchase a ticket, visit divasfordemocracy.com. To learn more about Drag Out The Vote, visit dragouthevote2020.org.