Meet the Team/ Our Cast
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Tora Dress - Manager & MaĂŽtre d'/ Performer
A former photographerâs model and fashion designer, Tora makes her own costumes and is one of the original 5 ladies that opened Lucky Chengâs back in 1993. She supervises the floor and brings with her decades of experience and wisdom with a great pair of legs!
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Prima Love - Sunday Show Host/ Performer
Joining us in 2022, Prima is our enchanting and exotic burlesque artist whose act incorporates stunning acrobatic moves and sexy costume reveals, This multi-racial beauty makes many of her own costumes and headpieces as well as for noted burlesque artists! A fan favorite as attested by rave reviews!
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Anylah "The Doll" - Show Co-Host/ Performer
Anylah is a recent 2024 addition to the cast and brings acrobatic performance moves that will shock and amaze you. She is currently holds the pageant titles of Miss Monster 2024 and Miss Mundo Latina USA 2025.
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Quincy Southerland - Performer
Another recent addition to the Lucky Chengâs family in 2024, Quincy aka âQâ is a professional Broadway dancer and choreographer. He brings his unique and artistic talent to the Lucky Chengâs stage.
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Nube Cloud - Performer
Nube hails from Venezuela and is a new 2025 addition to the Lucky Chengâs cast after guest appearances in the Fall of 2024. She is an accomplished costume designer and a quickly rising star with over 18K followers on Instagram
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Milli - Performer
Milli is also a 2025 addition and is a phenomenal makeup artist. She often works on collaborations with fellow Venezuelian, Nube.
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How it all beganâŚ
Lucky Cheng's opened in 1993 in NYC's East Village as the first Chinese Restaurant & Bar where all the staff were exotic Asian Drag Queens and transgendered women.
Named after former busboy and later co-owner Mi Ching Cheng, Lucky Cheng's featured a delicious California-Asian menu created by Executive Chef, Chris Genoversa of the famed China Grill and was the most unique spot in all of NYC. Mr. Cheng himself was a star character going from table to table each night speaking with every guest and offering shots of liquor if they were celebrating an occasion.
Fame!
Lucky Cheng's was catapulted into the spotlight in 1994 when Prince Albert of Monaco came in for a drag dining experience and liked it so much that he asked for two Asian Drag Queens to serve for his table. Suddenly, Lucky Cheng's became an overnight sensation attracting celebrities, musicians, and artists through the years such as talk show host Joan Rivers, Robin Leach (Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous), Ivana and Ivanka Trump, Jerry Springer, Mary McFadden, Patrick McMullan, Grace Jones, Luther Vandross, Gary Coleman, Elvira, Boy George, The B52s, Bananarama, Britney Spears, Madonna, Mick Jagger, Taylor Dayne, Cyndi Lauper, Sarah Michelle Geller, The Cast of All My Children, Jack Wagner, Heather Locklear, Kelly Ripa, Leonardo DiCaprio, Danny Bonaduce, Stephen Baldwin, Bernadette Peters, Amy Irving, Sam Harris, RuPaul, Lady Gaga, and many more.
In 2004, the Ladies of Lucky Chengâs were featured in the movie documentary, New York Drag directed by Roger Sewhcomar.
Lucky Chengâs and several of the staff were also featured in Allure magazine, The Howard Stern Show, The Jerry Springer Show, Season 1 of Sex and the City, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, The Jersey Shore, Bethany Ever After, Americaâs Next Top Model, and The Long Island Medium to name a few TV shows. Many of Lucky Chengâs staff have gone on to fame themselves: Laverne Cox (TV Personality), Jamie Clayton (TV Actress), Dominique Silver (Elite Model), Bianca Leigh (Broadway), Ongina, Thorgy Thor, Acid Betty, Bob the Drag Queen, and Yuhua Hamasaki (RuPaul's Drag Race)
In 2012, Lucky Chengâs moved out of itâs East Village home of 19 years and into the Times Square/ Hellâs Kitchen/ Theatre District where it continues to entertain and celebrate the masses. 2025 marks itâs 32nd year as the longest running drag dining experience in the USA!
Lucky Chengâs left itâs East Village home in 2012 and moved to the Times Square/ Theatre District.
After the passing of original owner Hayne Suthon in 2014, Lucky Chengâs changed hands and is now in the control of new creative people under the leadership of Gioconda Productions.
