Junior LaBeija

Junior LaBeija starred as Gus in Cats: The Jellicle Ball on Broadway in 2026, reprising his Off-Broadway role from 2024. LaBeija is a fixture of the Ballroom scene: he has been a member of the Iconic House of LaBeija for more than 50 years and is known as being master of ceremony for the Paris Is Burning ball in the famed documentary of the same name. Offstage, he is a steadfast ballroom and LGBTQIA historian.