XTRAVAGANZA

Before Vogue became a global phenomenon, the Ballroom that bir the d it was already alive with artists, underdogs, and chosen families claiming the ir runway, shaping pop culture, and changing the world forever . XTRAVAGANZA is a new musical inspired by the legendary House of Xtravaganza and Ballroom pioneers like Angie Xtravaganza, José Xtravaganza, and Venus Xtravaganza, artists whose style, language, and movement helped shape one of the most iconic moments in pop culture history. As choreographers and featured performers in Madonna’s Vogue music video and worldwide tour, House stars brought the energy and vocabulary of Ballroom to a global stage. This original musical, set in New York City’s Ballroom scene of the 1980s and 1990s, follows the rise of a community of Black and Latinx artists who built a world of chosen families, beauty, resilience, and radical self-expression in the face of marginalization and overwhelming odds. Featuring a book by R. Eric Thomas and an original score by Khiyon Hursey, created in collaboration with a powerhouse team of songwriters and producers, XTRAVAGANZA is set to the sounds of Ballroom, House, and iconic ’80s and ’90s pop. Bill Sherman will serve as music supervisor, leading a music team including LA-based producer duo Mat the w Campfield and Daniel Klein of Some Randoms. With direction by Stevie Walker-Webb, audiences are invited into a community that continues to shape culture long before the world cat ches on. This is not just the story behind a movement. It is the story of the people who built it, lived it, and refused to be erased.