Entertainment Weekly posted a new article about Joey's role in "Drag: The Musical". They also included a studio version of a song that featured Joe on the leads: "Straight Man". Check it out below:
NKOTB star Joey McIntyre sings satirical song about being straight in Alaska's drag musical: 'I'm clearly not gay'
EW has the exclusive debut of McIntyre's new song from "Drag: The Musical," which stars and was written by "RuPaul's Drag Race" legend Alaska.
Joey McIntyre's character in Drag: The Musical was simply born this way — and by that, he definitely means not gay.
As the New Kids on the Block performer prepares to hit the New York City stage when Drag: The Musical heads Off-Broadway later this year, Entertainment Weekly has an exclusive preview of the singer's standout number from the project, which stars and was written by RuPaul's Drag Race icon Alaska.
The boy band heartthrob stars in the production as Tom Hutchinson, a straight-laced accountant who helps his drag queen brother save his beloved drag club from financial despair. "Straight Man," which you can exclusively hear below, joins the show as a new track for its New York edition, and soundtracks a moment in the story where Tom romances Dixie Coxworth, a drag artist who was assigned female at birth.
"I always know the directions, so I never ask. I'm just a straight man," McIntyre sings in the tune, which was inspired by pop-rock singles by Weezer, Green Day, and Good Charlotte. "I might not be so fantabulous. I'm clearly not gay. I was just born this way."
Drag: The Musical also features fellow drag entertainers like Jujubee (Drag Race season 2, All Stars 1, All Stars 5) and Jan (season 12, All Stars 6), as well as pop singer Lagoona Bloo and star J. Elaine Marcos. The show's plot also incorporates the tale of a bitter split between former colleagues, with tension between two estranged queens ultimately reaching a boiling point when they both open competing clubs.
In a statement, Drag: The Musical co-writer and producer Tomas Costanza jokes that "Straight Man" is an "anthem for every dude who cracks open a cold one, swings a club, and cranks up the rock at the family barbecue," as well as "a celebration of that unapologetic, raw, heterosexual, frisbee-throwing spirit."
Adds songwriter and production writer Ashley Gordon: "This one goes out to the devoted cis hetero men who have been dragged to our musical by their own personal queens. We salute you."
In addition to starring in the show, Alaska wrote Drag: The Musical alongside Costanza and Gordon.
"Straight Man" accompanies Drag: The Musical for its Off Broadway debut, with performances beginning Sept. 30 at New World Stages ahead of the show's official opening on Oct. 21. Alaska is slated to perform in the New York City production through Jan. 11, while McIntyre departs earlier on Nov. 24.
Listen to McIntyre sing "Straight Man" above.
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