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Watch Bob the Drag Queen & Kornbread Sing in Tribute to A Strange Loop
Who knew they could sing?!
Never underestimate a drag queen!
RuPaul's Drag Race season 14 star Kornbread and Season 8 winner Bob The Drag Queen appear out of drag and in Michael Korte's moving tribute to the Tony-winning musical A Strange Loop. And yes, they're really singing (We had no idea they could!)!
The two perform alongside Anania Williams, Kyle Freeman and Elyn in Korte and Bryson Camper's moving tribute to the Broadway show. The production is wrapping up its Broadway run this upcoming January and follows a Black gay man who is struggling to write a musical – about a Black gay man struggling to write a musical. Meta, we know. In it, Usher fights to overcome a Greek chorus of his intrusive thoughts that tell him he should just give up and write a play for Tyler Perry.
Kornbread celebrated the release of the video on Twitter. "RuPaul won a Tony award for it. So it feels correct to be a part of such a lovely arrangement to THE Broadway Musical: A Strange Loop !!!"
\u201c@RuPaul won a Tony award for it. So it feels correct to be apart if such a lovely arrangement to THE Broadway Musical: A Strange Loop !!! \n\n@RuPaulsDragRace \n@WorldOfWonder \n@thatonequeen\u201d— Demoria (@Demoria) 1670357073
It's struck a chord with Broadway fans around the world, and this medley of the show's songs are already having an impact on listeners. One commenter wrote, "I did not know that I needed to hear this until I heard it. I’m blown away!" Another said, "BOB THE SINGING QUEEN!!!!!!! And I'm here for all her vocal improvement!!!!"
Watch the tribute below:
A STRANGE LOOP MEDLEYwww.youtube.com
According to Vulture, the story is about "a Black gay man named Usher who is trying to write a musical, also called A Strange Loop, about a Black gay man trying to write a musical. Usher is surrounded by a Greek chorus of his obnoxious, self-hating thoughts, which keep insisting that he sell out and write a play for Tyler Perry."
According to The New Yorker, "the only other characters in the show are Usher’s thoughts."
"One moment, they’re abstract entities—self-loathing, sexual ambivalence, financial mishandling. The next, they take on the shapes of Usher’s religious mother and father, who would like him to write a nice gospel play and, oh, while he’s at it, cut out the 'homosexsh’alities' and stop embarrassing them with his profane music, which their fellow-congregants have started to discover."
It's a drama with some elements of humor.
Taylor Henderson is a PRIDE.com contributor. This proud Texas Bama studied Media Production/Studies and Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin, where he developed his passions for pop culture, writing, and videography. He's absolutely obsessed with Beyoncé, mangoes, and cheesy YA novels that allow him to vicariously experience the teen years he spent in the closet. He's also writing one!
Taylor Henderson is a PRIDE.com contributor. This proud Texas Bama studied Media Production/Studies and Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin, where he developed his passions for pop culture, writing, and videography. He's absolutely obsessed with Beyoncé, mangoes, and cheesy YA novels that allow him to vicariously experience the teen years he spent in the closet. He's also writing one!
