Marti Gould Cummings
| Marti Gould Cummings | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1988 (age 35–36)[1] Kennedyville, Maryland[2] |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 📆 Years active | 2010–present |
Marti Gould Cummings, is an American drag queen, politician, singer, and comedian who lives in New York City. Known for founding the Hells Kitchen Democrats[3], Cummings created their drag persona in 2007 when performing in the Drama Desk nominated musical Twist. Since then, they have starred in and produced the reality show Shade: Queens of NYC, and drawn viral attention with their Baby Shark video[4][2] which led to the release of a 2019TEDx Talk on cyber bullying.[5]
Cummings was one of the inaugural members of New York's Nightlife Advisory Board and is currently a candidate for New York City Council, District 7.[1][6]
Personal Life[edit]
Cummings is from Kennedyville, Maryland, and grew up at Woodland Hall.[2] Cummings moved to New York City in 2005 to attend the American Musical and Dramatic Academy.[7][8]
They are married to composer and musical director Blake Allen.[9]
Drag Career[edit]
Cummings won the 2019 GLAM AWARD for Entertainer of the Year, and in 2018 won the Ali Forney Center Luminary Award and appeared on the Out Magazine OUT100.[9][10][11]
In 2017, Cummings starred in and produced the television reality series Shade: Queens of NYC on Fusion TV.[12] The same year they released their first album, A Very Marti Holiday, produced with husband Allen and featuring Cady Huffman, Daphne Rubin-Vega, and Lesli Margherita.[13]
Cummings' influences include Justin Vivian Bond, Dina Martina, Sherry Vine, Varla Jean Merman, Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera.[7] They have participated in performing arts outreach such as "Broadway Speaks OUT" and Drag Queen Story Hour.[2]
External links[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Masters, Jeffrey (24 March 2020). "Marti Cummings Just Might Make Drag and Nonbinary History". The Advocate. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Kacala, Alexander (18 March 2019). "Drag queen performs 'Baby Shark' at toddler's request, and Twitter applauds". NBC News. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ↑ Kilgannon, Corey (2017-09-15). "End of an Era for New York's Oldest Political Club". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
- ↑ "Drag Star Marti Gould Cummings' Performance of 'Baby Shark' for a Toddler Goes Viral: Watch". Billboard. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
- ↑ http://# (2019-10-15). "Marti Gould Cummings' TEDx Talk-How This Performer Has Launched A Political Revolution Courtesy Of One Viral Moment". Instinct Magazine. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
- ↑ "Drag artist Marti Gould Allen-Cummings announces City Council bid". www.amny.com. 5 September 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Fitzharris, Dustin (12 August 2010). "Need to Know: Marti Gould Cummings". Out Magazine. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ↑ "AMDA - AMDA News - Cabaret and Charity with Marti Gould Cummings". www.amda.edu. 28 August 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Garfield Center's 2019 Annual Gala Fundraiser; Broadway by the River". ChesaDel Crier. 25 March 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ↑ "Marti Gould Cummings". Ali Forney. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ↑ "OUT100: Marti Gould Cummings, Drag Queen, Politician". www.out.com. 14 November 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ↑ Goldberg, David (5 December 2017). "Drag queen Marti Gould Cummings talks Shade: Queens of NYC and local politics". Time Out New York. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ↑ Gans, Andrew (31 October 2017). "Lesli Margherita, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Cady Huffman Featured on A Very Marti Holiday Album". Playbill. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
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