On Thursday nights, gay bars in the city get as packed as sports bars on Sundays during football season.
The reason? “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” a weekly reality show where drag queens compete to be crowned “America’s next drag superstar.” Ever since its Season 10 premiere in March, watering holes in Hell’s Kitchen have been teeming with fans.
“This is our football season and the finale is always our Super Bowl,” says Marti Cummings, a drag queen based in Hamilton Heights.