Fun, laughs... rewards points! RuPaul's Drag Race stars Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme lead the company of their 2023 The Jinkx and DeLa Holiday Tour in a Sweet Charity parody that moves things from a New York City dance hall to a suburban mall at Christmastime in "Smart Spender." Watch above.
And get excited, because Monsoon and DeLa are taking a new iteration of their annual holiday tour back out on the road this holiday season! Monsoon, a veteran of Broadway's Chicago and Off-Broadway's Little Shop of Horrors, will again costar with BenDeLaCreme, who's also directing and producing. The show is different every year, with past iterations seeing the duo traveling through time a la A Christmas Carol, taking on AI overlords looking to replace them, being trapped in a meta world of their own Faustian creation, and more. The project even spawned a film version (The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Special) in 2020.
This year's tour will play 33 cities, including first-ever stops in Las Vegas, New Orleans, Houston, Charlotte, and Orlando.
Monsoon and DeLa are again writing, with the producing team including DeLa, Kevin Heard, and Gus Lanza under their BenDeLaCreme Presents banner. Jin Moon is associate producer.
Monsoon, in particular, has long been a Drag Race fan favorite among theatre fans, thanks to her love of musical theatre. Since becoming the only two-time winner of the reality competition series, Monsoon has split her career between her drag shows and musical theatre. She recently played an encore run as Matron "Mama" Morton in Broadway's Chicago, and made her Off-Broadway debut earlier this year as Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors. In 2025, Monsoon is set to take on Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes at California's Pasadena Playhouse.
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Tickets for the 2024 iteration of The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show are available at JinkxandDela.com, including VIP packages that include a meet and greet with the stars.