Category: Live Performance

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4/22/25 O&A NYC REVIEW: Macbeth in Stride

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By Walter Rutledge

For those of us that believe “Hell has no fury like a women scorned”. And for those of us who know firsthand you do not mess with a Black woman who “ain’t feeling it”. Leave your Elizabethan mindset at home and head to the Harvey Theater to experience MacBeth in Stride – Shakespeare from a sistah’s point of view. Written and performed by Obie- Award winner Whitney White the production takes Shakespeare and female empowerment to a new level. This soulful contemporary rendition of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy Macbeth runs for only five remaining performances through April 27 at the Harvey Theater located at 651 Futon Street in downtown Brooklyn. Continue reading

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4/20/24 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ CONCERT: Come Sunday – Jazz At The Lincoln Jazz Center With Wynton Marsalis

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Wynton Marsalis says of Duke Ellington’s groundbreaking masterpiece Black, Brown and Beige. Since its 1943 debut at Carnegie Hall, the piece—a sprawling survey of African American history—has been heralded as one of the most significant compositions in American orchestral music. Continue reading

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4/20/25 O&A NYC EASTER GOSPEL SUNDAY: Daryl Coley- When Sunday Comes

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When Sunday Comes performed by Daryl Coley was featured on Donald Lawrence‘s 1995 gospel narrative album Bible Stories (1995).  Continue reading

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4/3/25 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY: The Whispers – Lady

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The Whispers are an R&B group from Los Angeles, California. Scoring hit records since the late 1960s, they are best known for their two number-one R&B singles, And the Beat Goes On and Rock Steady. Continue reading

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3/30/25 O&A NYC SUNDAY AFTERNOON JAZZ: Basie Alumni Big Band – Al Grey – Pizza On The Park

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The Count Basie Alumni Big Band, inspired by the enduring legacy of the legendary jazz pianist and bandleader William Count Basie, pays homage to the swing era and the iconic Count Basie Orchestra. Although there isn’t a single, continuous alumni big band affiliated directly with Count Basie, various ensembles have emerged over the years, featuring former members of Basie’s orchestra. Continue reading

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3/30/25 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Whitney Houston – I Love The Lord | Live in Poland

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GOSPEL SUNDAY
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Whitney Houston was born on August 9, 1963 in what was then a middle-income neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey. At the age of 11, Houston started performing as a soloist in the junior gospel choir at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, where she also learned to play the piano. Her first solo performance in the church was Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah. When Houston was a teenager, she attended Mount Saint Dominic Academy, a Catholic girls’ high school in Caldwell, New Jersey. Continue reading

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3/22/25 O&A NYC SATURDAY MORNING CONCERT: Muni Long and Tori Kelly Pay Tribute To Mariah Carey

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Muni Long and Tori Kelly deliver a beautiful tribute performance to iHeartRadio’s 2025 Icon Award recipient, Mariah Carey, to some of her biggest hit songs. Continue reading

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3/16/25 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: The Caravans- Mary Don’t You Weep (Live)-Inez Andrews, Albertina Walker, Dorothy Norwood, James Cleveland

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Gospel icons and trailblazers The Caravans featuring Inez Andrews, Albertina Walker, Dorothy Norwood and James Cleveland on piano perform Mary Don’t You Weep. Continue reading

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3/15/25 O&A NYC ITS SATURDAY- ANYTHING GOES: Carmen DeLavallade- The Creation (TEDxEast 2012)

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Dancer, actor and choreographer Carmen DeLavallade performs The Creation featuring choreography by her husband Geoffrey Holder. Holder also designed the costume and music. 
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3/13/25 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY: Shirley Ellis – The Name Game (1965)

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The Name Game is a song co-written and performed by Shirley Ellis as a rhyming game that creates variations on a person’s name. She explains through speaking and singing how to play the game. Continue reading