Priscilla Queen Of The Desert Analysis

Priscilla queen of the desert is a musical about the journey of two drag queens and a transgender woman on their way to a drag performance from Downtown Australia to Alice Springs, Australia on a pink glittery bus. Throughout their journey, the three encounter many strange people, places and situations, which they handle with a comedic grace. The performance given by all the actors and actresses in Priscilla Queen of the desert were outstanding. The energy the characters had on a calm Sunday afternoon was very fun; I was very excited throughout the show. My friend and I were constantly singing and dancing in our seats with each song that was performed. Many of the characters stuck with me after the performance and I can recall their scenes …show more content…
Jaime Barba the costume designer for the production did an impressable job with the costuming of each character: main, supporting, and company. The opening number’s costumes were everything I could imagine seeing at a drag show. Miss Understandings costume was so over the top and amazing I absolutely loved how it looked it was so fierce and captivating. All the men in what seemed to be costumes similar to what the men in the YMCA video wore was fun while they danced to It’s Raining Men. The costume I first saw Bernadette in was a very dark outfit, which was during the song Don’t Leave Me This Way, the rest of her outfits were very mature compared to that of the other two characters, yet Bernadette’s performance costumes were similar to the other two. Adam’s costumes were all very tight and revealing which really suited his character. My personal favorite was his outfit for the song Sempre Libre it was beautiful and I just loved it. Cynthia was only seen in a few scenes but her costumes were surprising she went from typical has been to this life of the night in a very provocative outfit that well reflected what kind of a performer she was. Tick’s drag outfits were fantastic at one point in the show he was wearing a dress made out of flip flops which really stood out to me and his wigs just added even more to his outrageous style. The costume designer did great with the choices made for each character and scene in which each costume was