From Brigham Young’s son to the premiere of 'Hedwig' to Sister Dottie’s emergence, here's a timeline of the history of drag in Utah.
of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir — sang in soprano in “full lady’s costume” during a concert in the Salt Lake Theatre, backed by a choir of 200 children., a son of early Latter-day Saint leader Brigham Young, performed as Madam Pattirini, an opera singer with a convincing falsetto. Young also was a founder of the Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Association, the precursor of the Young Men program at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Euan Morton as Hedwig in the national tour of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," which played at Salt Lake City's Eccles Theater in 2014. The 2001 movie version of the musical had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City.Actor and playwright Charles Lynn Frost introduced his trademark character, Sister Dottie S. Dixon, a Latter-day Saint mom with a big mouth and a bigger heart.
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