Mosque Theater: straight club, but occasional host to the Jewel Box Revue, traveling troupe of female impersonators that began in 1939. It also mentions he performed at every top club in the east. According to Reese LaRue's obituary, August 8, 1985, in the New Jersey Afro American, he had "exciting solo dance routines at the Kinney Club, Villa Maurice, Dodgers Grill, Pasadena Club and many others." The October 1949 After Hours mentions that LaRue's career began when he won an amateur contest at the Rivoli Theatre at the age of fourteen. Kinney Club was "the hub of Newark's sporting life," with racially mixed audience, pimps, prostitutes, gamblers, etc. Kinney Club, where "exotic dancer" Reese LaRue performed such shows as Gay Paree. We would love further input-if you have updates, photographs, corrections, are willing to be interviewed, or have any information whatsoever to share, please contact Whitney Strub ( and/or Beryl Satter ( This project depends on community input, and ANY suggestions will be very appreciated! PLEASE NOTE: This is a provisional working document. Preliminary Timeline: History of Queer Club Spaces in Newark (PDF)
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