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COMEDY Bianca Del Rio announces 'Unsanitized' comedy tour
2021-05-18
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Comedy queen and RuPaul's Drag Race champion Bianca Del Rio announced her "Unsanitized" comedy tour, which will hit 26 cities this fall.
Among the stops will be the Chicago venue The Vic, on Oct. 10.
Del Rio, who won season six of RuPaul's Drag Race, made history on her "It's Jester Joke" stand-up tour as the first drag queen to headline and sell out Wembley Arena and Carnegie Hall.
She is the author of the book Blame it on Bianca Del Rio; the host of The Bianca Del Rio Podcast; the star of movies including Hurricane Bianca; and co-star of the West End hit musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie, in the role of Hugo/Loco Chanelle.
Tickets will go on sale Friday, May 21, at 10 a.m. local time at TheBiancaDelRio.com . |
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