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It’s an old movie theater turned into a lot of smaller theater spaces." A sizeable stage It’s really great-not necessarily queer, but it is.
Not only is there a lounge there, but there are theaters and they also do nightlife events. " New World Stages (340 W 50th St, Hell's Kitchen) is a really good place to hang out. It’s just a truly special place." A versatile midtown spot Some of the best drag in the world has come out of Barracuda. It’s the place that really put me forward. This is the place that really gave me my big break. It’s one of the places that has kept drag alive. 22nd St, Chelsea) will forever and always be one of my favorite places in the city. So once you’re wasted, you can head over to the restaurant and grab some food on your way home." A vital drag destination
It’s a show bar with a tiny stage at the back of the bar, it’s a little bit of a dive and it’s also connected to a restaurant. It's where I used to hang out all the time near Columbia. " Suite Bar (992 Amsterdam Ave, Morningside Heights) is one of the only uptown gay bars left. It isn’t about how different we are, it’s about how you can relate to people on the show.”īefore you catch the rest of the second season on HBO Max, which premiered last night, you can check out some of Bob the Drag Queen’s favorite LGBTQ+ spots right here in NYC. I think what’s better about our show is how relatable it is. “We haven’t broken the ground on something completely brand-new with this show, but it’s a fresh take on what we’re doing. While this season follows a similar formula as the first one, Bob insists it’s the authenticity of the show that sets it apart as opposed to rewriting some sort of formula. I do feel like we were closer because of it and were able to form a closer bond.” “I think we were actually able to connect with our drag queens in a closer way. “It was definitely a different experience, but I think we really met the challenge well,” she says. That reality is something that’s immediately apparent in the first episode of the season which was initially shut down in the middle of filming back in March 2020. One particularly tricky aspect of this season’s production was that it was, like many others, filmed during a global pandemic. They know what the show is.” Photograph: Courtesy Jake Giles Netter “Also, the people whose stories we’re telling just trust us a lot more because they’ve already seen the first season. “We still have the same purpose but we really got in the groove this season,” Bob the Drag Queen told Time Out on a recent call. Teaming up with fellow Drag Race alums Shangela and Eureka O’Hara, she’ll be helping fledgling performers in small towns as they get ready to put on a glitzy one-night-only drag performance. This week, the long-time NYC performer is back with season two of her hit reality show We’re Here on HBO Max. Many people first become acquainted with the hilarious Bob The Drag Queen when she took home the top prize on the eighth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race, but New Yorkers have long been entertained by her quick wit and show-stopping looks at bars and clubs right here in the five boroughs.