On February 20th 2017, Candis Cox joined Cate Blanchett, Margeaux Powell, Aurora Sexton, Tia Douglas, Tina Burner, Vancie Vega, Zola Powell, Brenda Dharling, Ellia J. Garlands and more on the stage at the historic Stonewall Inn in NYC. The event was organized by Jason Hayes (Margeaux Powell) to support the Newtown Action Alliance in their efforts to support those effected by gun violence.
For her first number, Candis Cox goes back to her roots in the place where the fight for LGBTQ equality all started. In a drag performance of “It’s Quite Uptown” (from the hit broadway show “Hamilton” as performed by Kelly Clarkson on the Hamilton Mixtape [copyright theirs]), Candis Cox pays tribute to those who lost their lives in the tragedy at Pulse Nightclub, revealing a Pulse Nightclub shirt (proudly donated by a previous Pulse Nightclub employee) and breaking into tears midway through.
For her final performance to the song “Masterpiece (Mona Lisa)” by Jazmine Sullivan (copyright hers), Candis Cox embraces the message of the song and bares her true beauty, which isn’t defined by the make up and clothes and hair, but in being who she was meant to be, her authentic self.
Media Coverage:
- TMZ: CATE BLANCHETT DON’T TELL HER WHAT TO LIP-SYNC … At a Drag Show
- Time Magazine: Watch Cate Blanchett Flawlessly Lip-Sync ‘You Don’t Own Me’ at a Drag Show
- Talkin Broadway: BENEFIT TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE TO BE HELD AT STONEWALL INN; GUESTS INCLUDE CATE BLANCHETT AND FELLOW CAST MEMBERS FROM “THE PRESENT” February 20
- Instinct Magazine: Cate Blanchett Dons Drag & Lip Syncs To Adele At Stonewall Inn
- Vulture.com: Cate Blanchett Lip-Synced ‘You Don’t Own Me’ at a Drag Show, Giving the People Exactly What They Want
- FlavorWire: Cate Blanchett Became a Drag Version of Herself and Lip-Synched “You Don’t Own Me” at Stonewall
- WorldOfWonder: Cate Blanchett Lip Syncs For Her LIFE at Stonewall Inn
- Twitter.com: Watch Cate Blanchett lip-sync at a Stonewall Inn drag show
- TheAdvocate: Cate Blanchett and The Drag Queens of Stonewall
