12/5/2023 0 Comments Move over meet drag kingsOther highlights of Lisa’s career include meeting Fidel Castro and almost drowning in the Colorado River. Her current research details the career of entertainer Blackie Dennis, the women she loved and the places where she performed ( History 1930-49). Her nonfiction chronicle of the 1949 Smith Act trial of American Communist Party leaders traces the career of lesbian FBI informant and prosecution witness Angela Calomiris, owner for decades of the Provincetown rental complex she called “Angel’s Landing.” The title is Undercover Girl: The Lesbian Informant Who Helped the FBI Bring Down the Communist Party (2017), and both Lisa’s books (with vintage photos) are available on Amazon. Her novel Under the Mink (2001, 2015) recreates the 1940s world of Mafia-owned Village nightclubs that featured drag shows and strip acts. She taught in SUNY and CUNY and worked at the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College. Davis has lived in Greenwich Village for many years and loves to write about it. Dick has spent serving as the subject of books, documentaries, articles, periodicals, podcasts, and more on Drag Kings proving he is a force to reckon with. Unlike a regular theatre production, staging a drag show is a challenge, she says. Also in 2020, Mo co-produced & hosted Kings of the World, a global cyber Drag King variety show and his silver jubilee virtual event showcasing Drag Kings with 25 or more years of experience. Thats till the break in the rehearsal when you are introduced to Shammi Kapoor, aka Puja Swarup, one of the founders of The Patchworks Ensemble which is giving India its first drag king act, Tape. In January 2018, Mo teamed up with fellow Drag King Ken Vegas to co-create, a website dedicated to preserving this art form, which was archived by The U.S. He even crossed the stage in theater productions of Shakespeare with Borax Productions, original works by Mabou Mines, and the NYC Fringe Festival. Mo’s appearances expanded to indie films and television shows: Pecker by John Waters, Terror Firmer by Troma, Sex & the City, and Maury Povich. Dick has been featured in “The Drag King Book” by Judith “Jack” Halberstam and famed photographer Del LaGrace Volcano was featured in the documentaries: Venus Boyz, Sex2K: Drag Kings for MTV, God Shave the Queen for HBO, and Downtown Darlings for Sundance. Dick took the Men of Club Casanova on the road. HuffPost spoke with five drag king performers about their daily style, performance style and life experiences, both in and out of drag. Mo produced and hosted Club Casanova, the world’s first weekly party dedicated solely to Drag Kings. Dick began in November 1995 in the East Village NYC. Mo Fischer) Cited as one of the founding fathers of the modern-day Drag King movement, Mo B.
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