“It ain’t easy…being green” is the favorite expression of Stormé DeLarverie, a woman whose life flouted prescriptions of gender and race. During the 1950s and '60s she toured the black theater circuit as a mistress of ceremonies and the sole male impersonator of the legendary Jewel Box Revue, America’s first integrated female impersonation show and forerunner of La Cage aux Folles.
May 1991
A down on her luck writer becomes haunted by a warrior of the mythic past, compelling her to chronicle the events of his blood-drenched life as she grapples with her own sanity.
Dec 2024
