HEN SFX CATCHES UP with Jinkx Monsoon in New York, she’s in an entirely different sci-fi state of mind – less battling a lord of time and more tackling a carnivorous alien plant…
“Audrey is a character that I’ve always, always wanted to play, but just assumed no one would ask me because I’m not a cis woman,” she explains of her starring role in Little Shop Of Horrors at Manhattan’s Westside Theatre.
“I thought if I ever played Audrey, it would be in an all-queer production. But when the Westside Theatre reached out, it was just an immediate yes. Everything about it has just been profoundly wonderful. It’s been a very, very affirming experience. I never dreamed that I’d be transitioning at the same time that I’m playing the female lead in one of my favourite musicals, but here we are,” she roars with laughter – which she does a lot.
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Sci-fi and fantasy is something the two-time winner of says she’s always been a fan of. It’s – and her role as mysterious
