Drag show

The modern drag show originated in the speakeasies and underground bars of 1920s and 1930s Prohibition America, in what was known as the Pansy Craze.

Drag became a part of gay culture and a form of entertainment usually enjoyed by adults in bars.

[2] The performers often don elaborate costumes and makeup, and sometimes dress to imitate various famous opposite sex singers or personalities.

Some other events are centered around drag-show type entertainment, such as Southern Decadence where the majority of festivities are led by the Grand Marshals, who traditionally are drag queens.

[5] Doc Benner, and Danny Brown produced the show which started in Miami, Florida, at a gay bar known as Club Jewel Box.

They had at least ten specific performances in their repertoire, which was helpful for shows that ran for longer periods of time at the same place.

In 1975, the Jewel Box Revue performed for the last time in a production at the Bijou Theater in New York City.

[6] In 1987 Michelle Parkerson released the first cut of the movie, Stormé: The Lady of the Jewel Box, about DeLarverie and her time with the revue.

[6] Dorian Corey was a performer in the Pearl Box Revue and also one of the drag queens in the documentary by Jennie Livingston known as Paris is Burning.

[12] After Dark was a Swedish group founded in 1976 which performed for over 40 years, mostly in Sweden, but intermittently also in the United States and Spain.

[14] "[People] are able to sit at drag brunch and have a lovely spinach frittata and Bloody Mary while learning this lesson through observation.

[23] Both the stage musical and film version of A Chorus Line reference drag shows, with the character of Paul relating his experiences as a performer with the touring company of the Jewel Box Revue.