Isthmus.com – Emily Mills
Drag kings dress as men, but it’s more complicated than that
The lights dimmed, the crowd let forth an appreciative cheer, and onto the stage strolled the confident, swaggering, decidedly masculine figure of a dapper gentleman in a three-piece suit, complete with fedora.
He launched into a convincing, swoon-worthy rendition of Michael Buble’s “Feeling Good” that had everyone in the packed Majestic Theatre enthralled by his charisma and charm.
Only, this guy wasn’t really singing. That was well-rehearsed lip-synching. And this guy wasn’t really, well, a guy. Sydney, a.k.a. Syd Duecer, is a drag king.