Dante Diamante always loved drama and was drawn to the stage from an early age, he had dreams of one day being a successful stage actor and having an extended run on New Broadway. He began in high school where he played the role of Scarlett O’Hara in the musical version of Casablanca, reviews stated that a new ‘star’ was born that this young lady would really make her mark on stage.
Rather than correct them about the gender confusion Dante decided to embrace it and would only perform in strong female leading roles, Dante took this to the limit, he’d actually attend the casting in women’s clothing and pass himself off as a young female.
His changed his stage name to Dainty Diamante, this way it wasn’t too much of a lie to pull off. Dainty played 3 seasons of Antony and Cleopatra to rave reviews all round, they’d never seen a Cleopatra with such a stage presence, the role earned him 2 Tony awards.
During this time Dante decided that he needed a manager to handle all of his affairs, enter Andre “Starmaker” Escobar a young Columbian agent with contacts from coast to coast and a mysterious history, as it turns out Andre’s grandfather 14 generations ago was none other than El Padron himself and Andre was the sole heir to the family business, the agency was a front to move “Columbia Blue” to high class Players in New New York.
Shortly after signing with the Starmaker Dante found himself out of work, nobody would touch anybody affiliated with the Starmaker and the Starmaker never let anybody off his books, alive. Dante found himself being used as a go-between for Starmaker's “Blue” operations and from time to time Dante ‘sampled’ the merchandise, this led to addiction and the need for high levels of capital. This is where Dante found his acting prowess would earn him huge dollars, Starmaker would set Dante up for ‘dates’ with certain special clientele with a particular interest. Dante soon found himself permanently in drag and whoring himself to support his ‘Blue’ habit.
Dante eventually found himself a sugar daddy with a strong addiction to 'Blue', Dante saw him as his way out of the Starmaker’s clutches. The Shark was a young wealthy entrepreneur with money to burn and a taste for the exotic and Dante is the link to the exotic that the Shark was after. Dante 'dated' the Shark exclusively for 5 years and although he got treated badly it was still better than how Andre treated him.
Dante was unfortunately setup for the murder of his lover, a crime of passion they called it.
Dante now spends his days performing in the prison drama edition of Casablanca the musical, he's simply the best darn Scarlett the stage has ever seen!
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