Updated: May 31, 2018, 2:30 p.m. Recording artist and drag performer Alaska Thunderfuck 5000 (Justin Andrew Honard) will be in San Antonio on June 16 and 17 for shows at the Heat Nightclub. Alaska grabbed her claim to fame as the runner up on the fifth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race and winner of the…
Meet The Juniors: Rising Drag Stars Harness the Power of Teamwork
I meet them as boys on an evening a week before Christmas, at Bakery Lorraine. Louie Canales, who performs as Chyna Cravens, and Christian Paolo, aka Sephwhora (pronounced Sef-whore-ah) 51, are waiting for me at a table near the entrance. The third member of the drag queen girl group known as The Juniors is running…
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Star Latrice Royale Leads Greg Hinojosa’s Latest ‘Rocky Horror’ Remix
Decades before the dawn of RuPaul’s Drag Race, British playwright Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show challenged the status quo and championed a similar message of self-acceptance. Both the Logo reality series and the 1973 musical transcended their early cult status to become icons of pop culture. In 2012, director Greg Hinojosa, then with the…
SA Celebrates Halloween and Dia de los Muertos
It’s that time of year when pumpkin spice invades the food chain and when zombies and skeletons hit the streets in celebration of Halloween and Dia de los Muertos. In San Antonio, we can choose from parties, stage productions and art shows to observe the three-day cycle. Below is a list of events for celebrating…
Greg Hinojosa to leave Woodlawn Theatre
The artistic director of the Woodlawn Theatre announced on December 21 that he is leaving the theater and has retained a new postion. Greg Hinojosa has been artistic director of the Woodlawn Theatre for the past three and a half years. Today, he posted an announcement on Facebook saying, “Change is always difficult, but change…
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ star Ginger Minj takes the Woodlawn’s stage as Dr. Frank-N-Furter
Fresh off her appearance on season seven of RuPaul’s Drag Race, Orlando’s Ginger Minj is starring as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in this year’s production of the Woodlawn Theatre’s The Rocky Horror Show. We spoke with Minj over the phone about her time on Drag Race, a new album in the works and how she plans to spend…