Todrick Hall is the latest pop star to release a documentary chronicling his rise from American Idol contestant to YouTube superstar.
Last year, Hall blew everyone away with his third studio album Straight Outta Oz. The self-released musical offering blended his personal life with The Wizard of Oz and reached #2 on iTunes (second only to Beyoncé’s Lemonade). It also spawned a successful 30-date North American tour.
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The Straight Outta Oz tour ran through July and August of last summer with stops in both Canada and the United States. It was revived in 2017, where it toured additional North American, European, and Australian locations. Now, it’s now being chronicled in Todrick’s new documentary Behind the Curtain.
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The documentary follows 32-year-old Todrick as he rehearses for the tour, travels the country, meets his fans along the way, and learns he landed the role of Lola in Kinky Boots on Broadway.
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“It’s a really full, complete view of everything that happened over a four-month period,” he says. “I think after watching this you’ll have a better glimpse into what it’s like to really work with someone like me.”
Behind The Curtain is available on iTunes today and will be released on DVD on December 19, just in time for Christmas.
Check out the trailer.
Bob LaBlah
Sorry folks but this parody of Get Out is simply TOO funny to get overlooked (though since this is Queerty and a black man we’re talking about I am not surprised). This is the one ol’ Toderick should be promoting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLGUNxxXB4Y
Kangol
Thanks for that link, Bob! Toddrick is looking really cute in the photos accompanying this article, BTW. Beautiful eyes, and those lips!
Bob LaBlah
Its RARE that something that funny by gay men have me rolling all over the floor and pounding the top of my desk in laughter but girl twirling down the street did it. And don’t forget Miss Geor-GINA. I swear It been a long time since I watched a youtube video that many times (at least fifteen since yesterday) and sent it to everyone I know but I found it just that funny. I hope they make a feature length parody of it. It would be perfect for next years gay pride month (June). .
IWantAFullBeard
Love Todrick
Brian
All I know about this guy is from his season on Drag Race, and he was a complete non entity there. Glad to see he actually does stuff beyond just being YouTube famous.