monét x change is making a west end debut in 2027. the first one was in 2020. we'll allow it.

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A broke Elvis impersonator loses his bar gig to a drag show and gets taken in hand by the queen who replaced him. In London next year, that queen is Monét X Change.

The Legend of Georgia McBride, Matthew López's comedy, gets its West End premiere at @sohoplace from Feb. 2 to May 15, 2027, Theatre Weekly reports, with press night on Feb. 17. López wrote The Inheritance; Stevie Walker-Webb (Ain't No Mo') directs. Monét plays Miss Tracy Mills.

"Eeek!" Monét said in the announcement. "When I first sat down for the table read, I manifested this moment and it's now my reality." Then: "I did it for Bob the Drag Queen and I'll do it for Georgia!" We will not be explaining that line. You either know or you are about to have a lovely afternoon finding out.

López, for his part, said Monét and Walker-Webb have "combined talents" that "could power a midsize city," which is the best thing a playwright has said about a cast this year.

One small note for the archive. The release calls this Monét's West End debut. In December 2020, Monét starred with Courtney Act in Death Drop at the Garrick Theatre, which is very much in the West End, until pandemic lockdown restrictions shut the show down. So call this the West End debut that gets to finish. We'll allow it.