To celebrate the streaming premiere of The Little Pageant That Could, Emmy award-winning media company World of Wonder is hosting a special screening event and reception at the Coachella Valley Repertory Theater in Palm Springs on Friday, June 27th. The evening will feature a screening of the film with remarks from film director John Carlos Frey, as well as a performance from Mayhem Miller. Proceeds of the event will support the LGBTQ Community Center of the Desert.
WHAT: The Little Pageant That Could Palm Springs Premiere
WHEN: Friday, June 27, 2025 at 7pm PT
WHERE: Coachella Valley Repertory Theater
68510 E Palm Canyon Dr #140
Cathedral City, CA 92234
About The Little Pageant That Could
The Little Pageant That Could tells the story of the Best in Drag Show, a pageant fundraiser for AIDS support in 1990 that became L.A.’s longest-running drag benefit. Featuring A-list stars, it raised over $6 million, celebrating resilience and the LGBTQ+ community during a transformative era in gay culture.
Trailer: HERE
About World of Wonder
World of Wonder (WOW) has reshaped international pop culture, earning 33 Emmys, inspiring two Oscars, creating global network WOW Presents Plus across 190 territories, and bringing drag culture to the world stage via RuPaul’s Drag Race and DragCon. SVOD WOW Presents Plus, the exclusive home to the global Drag Race franchise and hundreds of WOW Original series, saw 35M hours of content watched in 2023 with 77% subscriber growth in the same year. WOW’s pioneering television portfolio includes other smash-hit franchises like Million Dollar Listing. Their film division WOW Docs produces groundbreaking documentaries including Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures, Party Monster, and The Eyes of Tammy Faye. WOW also operates YouTube channel WOWPresents, music label World of Wonder Records, the WOW Podcast Network, and year-round international live events. Co-founders Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato have been profiled in Variety’s Reality TV Impact Report and Hollywood Reporter’s Most Powerful Producers in Unscripted. Honors for their trailblazing work include the IDA Pioneer Award, Realscreen’s Global 100 list, Banff’s Impact Award, and the OUT 100. In 2022, World of Wonder was ranked #2 among film and TV powerhouses in Fast Company’s World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies.
