From Joey Nolfi at Entertainment Weekly:

“RuPaul’s Drag Race” is sashaying away from the Las Vegas Strip after 1,500 performances in The Entertainment Capital of the World.

After six years of shows including ensemble casts of queens from across the “Drag Race” franchise, Entertainment Weekly can exclusively report that the “RuPaul’s Drag Race Live!” headliner residency show will end at Flamingo Las Vegas on New Year’s Eve (tickets are available now).

“This is just the beginning, as we are in discussions to expand the ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race Live!’ universe to other cities across the country and around the world,” production company World of Wonder co-founders Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato said in a news release.

“We will be forever grateful for the charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talents of our extraordinary cast and crew who took the art of drag to a whole new level” at Flamingo Las Vegas.

Launched in January 2020 at The Flamingo Showroom, “RuPaul’s Drag Race Live!” featured a rotating ensemble of queens from the Emmy-winning drag competition series, though, after several rounds of performances, the show was later postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The show featured Alexis Mateo, Aquaria, Coco Montrese, Derrick Barry, Eureka O’Hara, Jorgeous (in the main photo), Kahanna Montrese, Kameron Michaels, Kim Chi, Naomi Smalls, Yvie Oddly, Jaida Essence Hall, Bosco, Latrice Royale, Kennedy Davenport, Nicky Doll, Plane Jane, Kylie Sonique Love, Sapphira Cristál and many more.

Season 10 alum Asia O’Hara had long served as the show’s emcee, appearing frequently to oversee the show, interact with the crowd and perform in her many fabulous costume changes.

The venue where the drag superstars took the stage was previously occupied by longtime icons Donny and Marie Osmond, who had a Las Vegas residency at the Flamingo Showroom, which was later renamed Donny & Marie Showroom, before “Drag Race Live!” took over in 2020. Read the full story here.