Liza Minnelli Joins the Producing Team for 'Drag: The Musical'

Stage and screen legend Liza Minnelli has joined the producing team of Off-Broadway's Drag: The Musical, now in previews at New World Stages and headed towards an October 21 opening night. Minnelli has previously produced her own concerts, though this venture will be her first time producing a full-length musical.

The cast is led by co-writer and RuPaul's Drag Race winner Alaska Thunderfuck as Kitty Galloway. She's joined by fellow Drag Race alums Luxx Noir London as Popcorn, Jan Sport as Savannah St. James, and Jujubee as The Tigress, along with Joey McIntyre as Tom Hutchinson, Nick Adams as Alexis Gilmore, Bre Jackson as Dixie Coxworth, Eddie Korbich as Drunk Jerry, Lagoona Bloo as Tuna Turner, Nick Laughlin as Puss Puss Dubois, and J. Elaine Marcos as Gloria Schmidt and Rita Laritz, along with Cameron Mitchell Bell, Brandon Burks, Nicholas Kraft, Christine Shepard, and Kodiak Thompson. Remi Tuckman and Yair Keydar are sharing the tole of Brendan Hutchinson. Casting is by Ryan Bernard Tymensky of RBT Casting.