A Night of Drag Glamour In Hollywood With Premiere Of “AJ and the Queen”

January 10, 2020• byMichael Strangeways

all photos: Getty Images for Netflix

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 09: RuPaul (C), Izzy G. (C), and queens attend Netflix’s ‘AJ and the Queen’ Season One Premiere at the Egyptian Theatre on January 09, 2020 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix)

It was a star studded affair last night at the premiere party for the debut of Netflix’s new series AJ AND THE QUEEN which stars RuPaul in her first starring acting role in a narrative TV series. The event at Hollywood’s Egyptian Theatre featured RuPaul (naturally out of drag) and the entire main cast of the 10 episode series including adorable little co-star Izzy G. who plays “AJ” as well as Michael-Leon Wooley, Tia Carrere, Katerina Tannenbaum, Matthew Wilkas, Showrunner, Producer, and Writer Michael Patrick King, and Producer Jhoni Marchinko.

The Red Carpet also featured many of RuPaul’s divas from RuPaul’s Drag Race who play guest roles/cameos in the series including Ginger Minj, Pandora Boxxx, Valentina, Trinity the Tuck and Latrice Royale (who is jetting up to Seattle today for weekend appearances at RPlace.)

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 09: RuPaul and Izzy G. attend Netflix’s ‘AJ and the Queen’ Season One Premiere at the Egyptian Theatre on January 09, 2020 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix)

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 09: Latrice Royale and Ginger Minj attend Netflix’s ‘AJ and the Queen’ Season One Premiere at the Egyptian Theatre on January 09, 2020 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix)

Highlights from last night include:

RuPaul kept the party going with a two-hour DJ set taking the audience through the best of the 80’s and 90’s “Strike It Up” by Black Box, “Knock on Wood” by Amii Stewart and the best of Madonna.
It was a Sex And The City reunion with Kristin Davis coming out to reconnect with Michael Patrick King.
Red hot, red heels, red sequins everywhere!! Drag Queen cast members strutted the red carpet in their best red hot looks including Jaymes Mansfield, Trinity the Tuck, Ginger Minj, Valentina, Latrice Royale, Pandora Boxx, Mayhem, Eureka, Kay Sedia, Mariah Balenciaga, Ongina, Monique Heart, and many more!

ABOUT AJ AND THE QUEEN: RuPaul stars as Ruby Red, a bigger than life but down on her luck drag queen who travels across America from club to club in a rundown 1990’s van, in order to recoup the savings recently stolen from her. She’s paired up with AJ, a recently orphaned, tough-talking, scrappy 11-year-old white girl stowaway. As these two misfits, one tall – one small, travel from city to city, Ruby’s message of love and acceptance winds up touching people and changes their lives a little for the better. This fun, outrageous series explores ideas of family, friendship, love, and loss. Together they help each other navigate the heartbreaking past, the challenging present and a hopeful future as Ruby and AJ travel the USA searching for a little happiness and the very best breakfast waffle. Part Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Part Touched by an Angel. Oh, and RuPaul performs a killer musical number in every drag club.

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 09: (L-R) Katerina Tannenbaum, Izzy G., RuPaul, Michael-Leon Wooley, Matthew Wilkas, and Tia Carrere attend Netflix’s ‘AJ and the Queen’ Season One Premiere at the Egyptian Theatre on January 09, 2020 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix)

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 09: RuPaul attends Netflix’s ‘AJ and the Queen’ Season One Premiere at the Egyptian Theatre on January 09, 2020 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix)

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 09: Pandora Boxx attends Netflix’s ‘AJ and the Queen’ Season One Premiere at the Egyptian Theatre on January 09, 2020 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix)

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Take your first look at AJ and The Queen HERE.
Season 1 launches globally on Netflix today, Friday, January 10, 2020.

About the Author: Michael Strangeways

As the Editorial Director/Co-Owner, Michael Strangeways writes, edits and does about a million other jobs for Seattle Gay Scene, Puget Sound's most visited LGBTQ news, arts and entertainment website now celebrating its 14th year as a media outlet. A semi-proud Midwesterner by birth, he's lived in Seattle since 2000. He's also a film producer who would like you to check out the Jinkx Monsoon documentary, "Drag Becomes Him" now available on Amazon.com. In his spare time, he gets slightly obsessive about his love for old movies, challenging theater, "otters", vodka, chocolate, "I,Claudius", Lizzie Borden, real books made out of paper, disaster films, show tunes, Weimar era Germany, flea markets, pop surrealistic art, the sex lives of Hollywood actors both living and dead, kitties, chicken fried steak, haute couture and David Bowie. But, not necessarily in that order.