Suzie Toot | |
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 Suzie Toot in Pittsburgh, 2025 | |
| Born | Benjamin Shaevitz April 5, 2000 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. |
| Occupation | Drag performer |
| Years active | 2019-present |
| Television | RuPaul's Drag Race (season 17) |
Suzie Toot is the stage name of Benjamin Shaevitz, [1] an American drag performer competing on the seventeenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race .
Shaevitz was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida to a Russian Jewish father and an Irish Catholic mother, and was raised Jewish. He attended a Hebrew school and Jewish sleepaway camp in the Pocono Mountains in his youth. His first stage performance was at the age of 8, when he was cast as a part of the ensemble in a summer camp production of Fiddler on the Roof . She was inspired to pursue drag on Halloween after studying Ruby Keeler, Eleanor Powell, Varla Jean Merman, and Charles Busch. [2]
Suzie Toot is a drag performer competing on the seventeenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race . [3] She has been performing since the age of 8 and is a trained tap dancer. [4] She describes her drag persona as the "cross section between Betty Boop and Lucille Ball". [5] Toot opened for Chappell Roan's Fort Lauderdale show as a part of The Midwest Princess Tour in October 2023. [6] She portrayed Mimi Bouvèé-Truve in the 2023 queer horror film Big Easy Queens, [7] and released a music single featuring Tow, "Bonecoming", that same year. [8]
Shaevitz was formerly based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and is now based in New York, New York. [9] [2] He has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in musical theatre. [4]
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