“The Tiger Queens: The Tiger King Musical LIVE” will apparently broadcast live on TikTok March 28 with “Drag Race” alums taking on the iconic roles of Joe Exotic, Carole Baskin — and even a tiger!
In honor of the one-year anniversary of the documentary series that took a far more innocent pre-Covid world by storm, Netflix is upping the ridiculous to an even more extreme level.
While based on true events, “Tiger King” captured our imaginations by its larger-than-life real characters, over-the-top (again real) storylines and insane twists and turns. So who better to bring such a bold and brash story to life again than drag queens.
In what may be the most ridiculous announcement of the new year, Vulture was first to report the anniversary announcement of a live staged production of the docuseries’ story … or something related to it.
Honestly, they’ve got one of the queens taking on the role of “The Tiger,” so we don’t really know what to expect. Except that we full expect it to be glorious.
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