A few years ago, Randy Rainbow thought he’d reached the height of his fame, making comic music videos in his apartment about people in the news. Then, in 2016, he made a video lampooning the first presidential debate called “Braggadocious!” The video got millions of views overnight on Facebook — it currently stands at 31 million — and Rainbow found he had a lot of room to grow. Now he’s touring theaters with a musical live show that comes to the Wilbur Theatre Thursday. He’ll also be the guest of honor at the Elliot Norton Awards on May 21, a ceremony that honors the year’s best in Boston theater.
“I got a nice following,” says the 35-year-old of his earlier videos. “I was very content, actually. I thought I was extremely famous back then. I had no idea there was more ground to cover. But it certainly hit a new level in 2016.”
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In his wildly popular musical parodies, Randy Rainbow shows his true colors