Comparatively new to the drag scene, Muffy Vanderbilt III has made a reputation for herself in 4 brief 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 bought 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 typically does, at a neighborhood bar. “I used to be going to this drag present known as the Broad’sWay as a result of I’m a musical theater individual. I believed, ‘I can do that—possibly even higher.’” However the early days for Vanderbilt weren’t as profitable as she predicted. “I used to be not higher,” she stated with fun. “I used to be very common at it. However the extra I labored, and the extra stage expertise I bought, it simply clicked.”

At this time, 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 stated that her followers make performing intoxicatingly enjoyable, and her drag household makes performing worthwhile. “The household facet of drag has been actually necessary to me,” she stated. “It’s arduous to make pals as an grownup. To have the ability to make greatest pals and lifelong connections with folks, I believe that’s actually uncommon.”

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