RuPaul is returning to Atlanta to discuss his memoir at the Tabernacle
RuPaul, who began his entertainment career in Atlanta in the mid-1980s and is now an Emmy-winning host of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” is coming back to the city to promote his new memoir “The House of Hidden Meanings.”
He will sashay his way to the Tabernacle on Sunday, March 10. Tickets range from $76 to $234.25 with a book included via livenation.com.
The book, which comes out March 5, covers the first 40 years of RuPaul’s life, including his time in Atlanta as he developed his drag queen persona.
“The book is called ‘The House of Hidden Meanings’ because underneath every story is another story that really tells you what’s going on, and I wanted it to look back on the past and uncover the hidden meaning behind each event,” RuPaul told Vogue last fall.
RuPaul Charles, 63, was a San Diego transplant who came to Atlanta at age 15 and found his niche in drag. He honed his stage skills dancing in Atlanta clubs and performing with Atlanta’s Now Explosion and his own band Wee Wee Pole. He moved to New York in 1987, performing at the Pyramid Club with other Atlanta-grown drag queens such as Lady Bunny and Lahoma Van Zandt.
He turned the art of drag into nationally televised entertainment in 2009 via “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” a groundbreaking reality competition show that has won 14 primetime Emmys and is now airing its 16th season on MTV. It has franchises all over the world and has created a new generation of drag stars.
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