With the deadline rapidly approaching in the Fulton County Georgia RICO case by Fani Willis, Donald Trump will have to jump on a Midnight Plane to Georgia so he can turn himself in. Continue reading
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9/17/23 O&A NYC REVIEW: Is Heart of Brick A Black Queer Sex In The City?
By Walter Rutledge
The Joyce Theater’s fall 2023 season began September 15 with the interdisciplinary gay romance saga Heart of Brick. The theatrical production combined live vocal music, spoken narrations, voiceovers, dance, lighting and a clean, simple set design to recreate an evening at Langstons, New York City’s oldest Black gay bar. This is the first presentation in Director of Programming Danni Gee augural season, and in the truest downtown dance style she left the audience with something to talk about. Continue reading
9/17/23 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Alan Jackson – The Old Rugged Cross (Live)
Alan Eugene Jackson, an American country music singer, known for blending traditional honky tonk and mainstream country sounds and penning many of his own hits. He has recorded 14 studio albums, three Greatest Hits albums, two Christmas albums, one Gospel album and several compilations, all on the Arista Nashville label. The Old Rugged Cross was taken From Alan Jackson‘s Dvd ‘Precious Memories’ LIVE AT THE RYMAN. Continue reading
9/13/23 O&A NYC WILDIN OUT WEDNESDAY: He’s Always a Moron (Billy Joel / She’s Always a Woman song parody)
A fitting music tribute to Orange 45 aka Fulton County Jail prisoner P01135809.
9/8/23 O&A NYC SHALL WE DANCE FRIDAY: Empathy (Part One)- A Conversation with Debbie Allen
By Walter Rutledge
In 2015 O&A NYC Editor-in-Chief Walter Rutledge interviewed Debbie Allen at the Faison Firehouse Theater for Dance Noir Magazine (DNM). The print article would discuss her relationship with Katherine Dunham. The video was produced as visual notes for the upcoming Dunham article. When the magazine suspended publication, out of respect for DNM Founder/Editor-in-Chief Carol Lloyd, we held the material with hopes of eventually printing the article for DNM. After eight years Ms. Allen’s words remain relevant, inspiring and informative and should be shared. We call this first installment Empathy. Continue reading
8/21/23 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
In small-town Alabama in 1932, Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck) is a lawyer and a widower. He has two young children, Jem and Scout. Atticus Finch is currently defending Tom Robinson (Brock Peters), a Black man accused of raping a white woman. Meanwhile, Jem and Scout are intrigued by their neighbors, the Radleys, in particular the mysterious, seldom-seen Boo Radley.
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12/1/23 O&A NYC WORLD AIDS DAY: Ulysses Dove- Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven
Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven: Odes to Love and Loss is a work by Ulysses Dove. Set to Estonian composer Arvo Pärt’s haunting composition Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, the ballet features six dancers; and is a moving tribute described by Dove to the “people I loved. Continue reading
8/16/23 O&A NYC WILDIN OUT WEDNESDAY: Grumpy Trumpy- Felon from Jamaica in Queens! A Randy Rainbow Song Parody
Rainbow Randy is back! His latest Trump spoof is a uptempo rendition of Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (Don Ray & Hughie Prince) Parody Lyrics by: Randy Rainbow Performed by: Randy Rainbow Song Produced, Orchestrated, Mixed, Mastered by: Michael J Moritz Jr. Continue reading
8/15/23 O&A NYC INSPIRATIONAL TUESDAY: Let Them Go- Madea’s Life Changing Speech
Tyler Perry’s Madea (everyone’s favorite gun toting cinamatic grandmother, shares some important words of wisdom. Continue reading
8/15/23 O&A NYC INSPIRATIONAL TUESDAY: Let Them Go- Madea’s Life Changing Speech
Tyler Perry’s Madea (everyone’s favorite gun toting cinamatic grandmother, shares some important words of wisdom. Continue reading
