{"id":8852,"date":"2019-10-07T12:18:39","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T19:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging-live.lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=30000002787"},"modified":"2019-10-07T12:23:35","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T19:23:35","slug":"asia-morris-drag-queens-opera-divas-long-beach-opera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-live.lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/asia-morris-drag-queens-opera-divas-long-beach-opera","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Drag Queens and Opera Divas belt it out at LBO&#8217;s first &#8216;UnGala&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Drag Queens and Long Beach Opera&#039;s \u201cUnGala\u201d\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pDE5cFOXisU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>From Psycadella Facade to Jewels, Hamburger Mary&#8217;s on a Sunday evening was expectedly teeming with the best in drag, but also&#8230; perhaps less expectedly, singers from Long Beach Opera. 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