I just love home, and to … Fox. [28], A documentary film titled Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2019, and screened until May 2019. The “RuPaul’s Drag Race” star has invested in and become co-owner of This Is It!, a 52-year-old gay bar in her native Milwaukee. [29] The documentary was made available on Video On Demand platforms on December 3, 2019. It went through several iterations, being renamed once before becoming the Opera House in 1920. Mattel said she hopes her status as both a local and global celebrity will help improve traffic to the bar once the pandemic is over. [3] Mattel is also the CEO and founder of Trixie Cosmetics. She has become a co-owner, with plans to use her celebrity and business savvy … [2], Mattel co-hosts the web series UNHhhh and previously co-hosted its Viceland spin-off, The Trixie & Katya Show, alongside Katya Zamolodchikova. She’s launched a successful cosmetics company, recorded and released popular music, toured the globe, and even wrote a book with her UNHhhh co-star Katya Zamolodchikova. I have a house in Milwaukee, now I have a bar in Milwaukee. is Wisconsin’s oldest LGBTQ+ bar and opened in 1968, a year before the Stonewall riots. Trixie Mattel is the drag persona of Brian Michael Firkus (born August 23, 1989), an American drag queen, singer-songwriter, comedian, author, actor, and television personality from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.Mattel is best known for being the winner of the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars and for placing sixth on the seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race. 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It documents Mattel as she embarks on her "Moving Parts" tour following her All Stars win, as well as her personal struggles. “My relationship is such that sometimes I will come from General Mitchell [airport] to the bar with my bags.”, “It really is like the Cheers in Milwaukee,” she added. [10] Firkus became a staple of the Milwaukee drag scene while also performing in Chicago alongside other acts introduced on RuPaul's Drag Race, such as Kim Chi. [37][38][39] On February 3, 2018 Mattel released an acoustic version of her song "Moving Parts" as a tease for her upcoming album. [14], Mattel later returned for the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars, which started airing on January 25, 2018. [22][23], Mattel has toured around the world with her stand-up comedy show called "Ages 3 and Up". It was announced on Friday (February 5) that Lisa will star on the new E! ", "RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 3 Crowns a Winner", "Kim Chi, Shangela, Trixie Mattel & More to Compete in 'RuPaul's Drag Race Holi-Slay Spectacular, "Hold On to Your Wigs: Katya and Trixie Mattel Are Getting Their Own TV Show", "Trixie Mattel And Katya Recreated The "Romy And Michele" Dance Sequence—And It Was Perfection", "Absolutely Hysterical: Trixie & Katya Recreate that Iconic "Romy And Michele" Dance Sequence", "This Sunday catch @trixiemattel and myself play some games to raise money for the @GaymerX foundation! Drag superstar Trixie Mattel has done a lot of things throughout her career. Wednesday 14 April 2021 - Sunday 18 April 2021. “I feel like I’m the town crier talking about Milwaukee everywhere I go, and what I always talk about is whether you are gay or straight [This Is It!] [5][6] He had an abusive stepfather who would call him a "trixie" when he acted feminine, which would later inspire his drag name. [36] The album debuted at number two on the Heatseekers Albums chart, number six on the Independent Albums chart, and number 16 on the Americana/Folk Albums chart. Mattel is best known for being the winner of the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars and for placing sixth on the seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race. 2021 Showbiz Cheat Sheet, All Rights Reserved. She is also a fan of Jason Isbell, Kris Kristofferson, Aimee Mann, Michelle Branch and Kacey Musgraves. The bar was set to close due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Van Morrison. That's why we need more! The season was first officially teased across social media on Friday, October 13, 2017, with the official cast being revealed as an hour-long TV special, hosted by RuPaul, on Friday, October 20, on VH1. Originally The New Theatre, it opened on Boxing Day, 1912. Trixie Mattel is now in the bar business. [32], Mattel's first comedy special, Trixie Mattel: Skinny Legend, aired on OutTV in Canada on September 26, 2018. [44] He has been in a relationship with filmmaker David Silver, who is the producer of his documentary, Moving Parts, since 2016. Trixie has toured on the "Haters Roast: The Shady Tour" with other queens from RuPaul's Drag Race, such as Jinkx Monsoon and Thorgy Thor for their 2017 and 2018 alumni tours. [40] She dropped her second studio album, One Stone, on March 15, 2018, the same night as the All Stars finale. The filming of the series was said to start on July 28th and ended in late August. Dolly Parton Has Repeatedly Turned Down Guest Judging ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ For Over a Decade. Trixie Mattel is now in the bar business. “I’ve gone to every bar on the planet, and it’s really honed some of my keen senses of what works and doesn’t work in a nightlife environment,” Mattel said. Speaking to Rolling Stone, Mattel listed her primary influences as June Carter Cash and Dolly Parton and states that she grew up on the music of George Jones, Conway Twitty and Johnny Cash. [31], In June 2019, Mattel was one of 37 queens to be featured on the cover of New York magazine. He almost went by the name Cupcake before deciding on Trixie Mattel. In 2020, she and Zamolodchikova wrote the New York Times best-selling book Trixie and Katya's Guide to Modern Womanhood. “I met some of my lifelong best friends there.”. The bar expanded into a larger space in early 2020 before the outbreak of the pandemic, and was struggling to stay operational even with its doors closed. Firkus is openly gay. Mattel believes that working in a bar environment has given her the insight needed to serve customers and make them leave happy. We have to go,'” she said. Lisa Vanderpump announces a new dinner party style talk show on E! In June 2019, a panel of judges from New York magazine placed her fourth on their list of "the most powerful drag queens in America", a ranking of 100 former Drag Race contestants. It might be surprising to hear someone like Mattel wax poetically about their hometown, but she clearly is proud about where she comes from. where he first created the Mattel persona. [35], Mattel self-released her debut studio album Two Birds on May 2, 2017. [17][18], After competing on Drag Race, on December 31, 2015, Mattel guest starred in a special edition of WOWPresents' Fashion Photo Review[19] with fellow season seven contestant Katya Zamolodchikova, which later launched UNHhhh, that premiered on March 25, 2016 and received a Streamy award in December 2020 for best unscripted show. An accompanying acoustic soundtrack was released later in December. our happy hour moment before we had to put on the wig and go do the drag show,” Mattel told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. As of February 2021, Firkus now co-owns the Milwaukee, Wisconsin gay bar This is It! Trixie Mattel visits BuzzFeed’s “AM To DM” on February 27, 2020 in New York City | John Lamparski/Getty Images Trixie Mattel helped save a Wisconsin LGBTQ+ landmark In February 2018, she announced her new comedy tour "Now with Moving Parts", which began in April 2018. [9], He first performed in drag in 2008, at LaCage NiteClub in Milwaukee. On March 15, 2018, her fellow competitors voted for her to advance to the final two, where she ultimately won against runner-up Kennedy Davenport in the final lipsync battle. Trixie Mattel is the new co-owner of the oldest LGBTQ+ bar in Wisconsin, This Is It! I moved my whole family to Milwaukee, I have a house in Milwaukee, now I have a bar in Milwaukee,” Mattel said. The “RuPaul’s Drag Race” star has invested in and become co-owner of This Is It!, a 52-year-old gay bar in her native Milwaukee. [citation needed] Mattel operates a YouTube channel where she showcases the brand's products, reviews products from other brands, posts new music, and posts episodes of her podcast. “A lot of drag queens [in Milwaukee] made This Is It! “I just love home, and to me, it’s important for me to grow my roots a little deeper and have more of a recurring reason to come home and have more of a presence in the city.”. The duo later went on to star in The Trixie & Katya Show, which premiered on Viceland on November 15, 2017. [1] He is half Ojibwe and comes from a Native American family living in Crivitz, Wisconsin. “To be honest, it reminded me of how important my roots in Wisconsin are. [4], Firkus was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [20][21] Also in November 2017, Trixie and Katya starred in a drag stage adaptation of the 1997 cult film Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, entitled Trixie and Katya's High School Reunion. Throughout its fascinating 200-year history, the theatre’s gorgeous art deco interiors have hosted Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard, Phantom-sequel Love Never Dies, the record-breaking One Man Two Guvnors, gloriously glam-drag Kinky Boots, and Sara Bareilles‘ hit Broadway musical Waitress. This Is It! [34], In addition to her comedic drag persona, Mattel is also a country folk singer-songwriter. [13], As a competitor in Season 7 of RuPaul's Drag Race, Mattel was eliminated in episode four and later reentered the competition in episode eight by winning the "Conjoined Twins" challenge with Pearl Liaison. “I’m lucky enough that when people think of Milwaukee they do think of me a little bit, and if somebody comes to Milwaukee they may go, ‘Oh my God, doesn’t Trixie Mattel have a bar here? [42] "Yellow Cloud" was released as the first single from the album on May 17, 2019, though it did not make the final cut. Mattel is one of three drag queens from Milwaukee, Wisconsin to compete on RuPaul’s Drag Race, two of which have won their respective seasons: Jaida Essence Hall and Mattel herself. [15][16], She competed in the 2018 television special RuPaul's Drag Race Holi-slay Spectacular and won alongside the other competitors. [46][47], Trixie Mattel's persona is based on her love of Barbie Dolls, owning a wide collection of Barbies in her Los Angeles home.[48]. ... Steve-O, Dr. Terry Dubrow and Heather Dubrow, Tori Spelling, Trixie Mattel, and Vivica A. Opera House Manchester. [41] The album peaked at number 16 on the Folk Albums chart, number ten on the Independent albums chart, and number one on the Heatseekers chart, becoming Mattel's first album to reach the top spot on a Billboard chart.[38][37][39]. [11][12] In 2014, Firkus attended The Institute of Beauty and Wellness before withdrawing later that same year to participate in RuPaul's Drag Race. The official cast was announced was on November 9th, 2018, along with the season premiere date of December 14, 2018. The London Palladium Mattel was once again eliminated in episode 10,[14] placing sixth overall and becoming the first queen to last more than one episode after returning to the competition. 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Her third album, Barbara, was released in 2020. Hosted by RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 3 winner Trixie Mattel, Logo Variety Hour highlights an exciting blend of queer comedic talent unafraid of breaking the rules and pushing boundaries. Now Mattel is playing a central role in a new chapter for the 53-year-old bar. Though she lives in Los Angeles now, Mattel has never been shy about her upbringing in rural Wisconsin. Trixie may be based in Los Angeles, but the watering hole has a special place in her heart — … [33], Mattel co-hosts the weekly podcast "The Bald and The Beautiful" with Katya Zamolodchikova. [7] After graduating from high school, Firkus attended the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, where he received a BFA in Music Theatre[8] and was introduced to drag while performing in a production of The Rocky Horror Show at the Oriental Theatre. Give her a TV show with a budget! The third season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars premiered on January 25, 2018 on VH1. “I miss living there, and this year definitely I had a little bit more of a self-assessment about what do I really want and what other things in my life do I feel like are missing,” she concluded. is the landmark bar that you have to stop at, and I’m going to scream about that even more,” she continued. [45] He is a vegetarian. [25], Trixie produced a video for GQ Magazine Trixie Mattel Makes a PB&J (and More Importantly, a Cocktail),[26] earning a nomination from the James Beard Foundation Awards in the humor category.[27]. It's also been used for different functions; as a cinema in WW2, then a bingo hall before reopening as a theatre again in 1984. In a September 2018 interview with Billboard, she announced that she was working on her third studio album, Barbara, featuring an "electro-folk" sound. The Adelphi Theatre is co-owned with the Nederlander Group. [citation needed], In December 2020, it was announced that Trixie and Katya would co-host the 10th Streamy Awards in Los Angeles. Trixie Mattel is the drag persona of Brian Michael Firkus (born August 23, 1989),[1] an American drag queen, singer-songwriter, comedian, author, actor, and television personality from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. “Even before I was officially with This Is It!, George and I had a lot of conversations about things to try, things I saw work at other bars halfway across the planet.”, RELATED: Dolly Parton Has Repeatedly Turned Down Guest Judging ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ For Over a Decade. This spring, you're invited to an intimate dinner party hosted by Lisa Vanderpump at her famed home, Villa Rosa. [43] In February of 2021, Mattel released a cover of the Violent Femmes track "Blister in The Sun". Mattel teamed up with bar owner George Schneider and is now a co-owner of the longtime gay establishment. Trixie Mattel is a Barbie superfan with tons of dolls in her collection, and watching her show them off on YouTube is a delight. RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars is an American reality competition spin off edition of the original RuPaul's Drag Race, which is produced by World of Wonder, for Logo TV and later VH1.The show premiered on October 22, 2012 on Logo TV, before relocating to VH1. [24] In October 2017, Mattel streamed on the live video gaming platform Twitch alongside 8BitDylan to raise money for the GaymerX foundation and many other charities before and since. Recent and forthcoming titles include the New York Times bestseller Trixie and Katya’s Guide to Modern Womanhood by Trixie Mattel and Katya, American Rule by Jared Yates Sexton, Sidelined by Julie DiCaro, the Queens of the Resistance series by Brenda Jones and … She went on to describe how the pandemic has made her appreciate Milwaukee much more. Mattel's first studio album, Two Birds, was released in 2017, followed by her second album, One Stone, in 2018. [30], On May 1, 2019, Mattel announced that she will be releasing her make-up brand "Trixie Cosmetics" later that month, with the products launching at RuPaul's DragCon LA on May 24, 2019. 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It became her first charting single, peaking at number 83 on the Scottish Single Chart. The renewal of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars for Season 4 was officially announced on August 22, 2018, on social media. So when her favorite gay bar in Milwaukee faced closing permanently due to the coronavirus pandemic, the makeup mogul immediately stepped in to help. Quibi's Gayme Show Can Help With That", "Exclusive: The First Look At James Charles' New Show Includes Paris Hilton & Trixie Mattel", "Trixie Mattel: America's Next Top Folk-Country Comedy Drag Artist", "Drag Race All Stars champion Trixie Mattel announces UK tour including date in Newcastle", "Trixie Mattel Is All 'Grown Up': Her Relationship, New Tour and All the Other Moving Parts (Exclusive)", "Trixie & Katya LIVE: The UNHhhh Tour! "Malibu" was released as the official first single on January 24, 2020 and the album was released a week later through Producer Entertainment Group and ATO Records.