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A Window Into Drag And Burlesque In Vermont

By Connor Cyrus,

Published September 24, 2021 at 11:17 AM EDT

A photo showing a person on a stage wearing burlesque attire. — Sharonna Henderson performs under the stage name Golden Mystique. She recently performed in Norwich as part of an all Black burlesque show called "Life in Sepia."

Live call-in discussion: Over the past few months some of us started going back to seeing live entertainment after COVID-19 shut down most live events for more than a year. But now that it’s back, the scene looks a little different.

This hour, we explore two different types of late night entertainment and art: drag and burlesque. First we hear from Burlington-based drag queen Justin Marsh, who goes by Emoji Nightmare. Then we make our way into world of burlesque with performers from Burlington and the Upper Valley.

Broadcast live on Friday, Sept. 24, 2021 at noon.

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Connor Cyrus

Connor Cyrus joined Vermont Public as host and senior producer in March 2021. He was a morning reporter at WJAR in Providence, Rhode Island. A graduate of Lyndon State College (now Northern Vermont University), he started his reporting career as an intern at WPTZ, later working for WAGM in Presque Isle, Maine, and WCAX Channel 3, where he covered a broad range of stories from Vermont’s dairy industry to the nurses’ strikes at UVM Medical Center. He’s passionate about journalism’s ability to shed light on complex or difficult topics, as well as giving voice to underrepresented communities.

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Mikaela Lefrak

Mikaela Lefrak joined Vermont Public in 2021 as co-host and senior producer of Vermont Edition. Her stories have aired nationally on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, Marketplace, The World and Here & Now. A seasoned local reporter, Mikaela has won two regional Edward R. Murrow awards and a Public Media Journalists Association award for her work.

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