
Jennifer Hudson and The Color Purple Cast Performs Push Da Button on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Continue reading

Jennifer Hudson and The Color Purple Cast Performs Push Da Button on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Continue reading

Laiona Michelle is making her Broadway debut as Nanna in the new musical Amazing Grace at the Nederlander Theater. The production explores the true story of Josh Newton’s journey from slave trader to abolitionist. The statuesque Michelle has a commanding on-stage persona, and her character is an ancestral force of nature. Off-stage she is an intelligent, engaging young woman, who truly disarms you with her wit and vivacious spirit. She shares her inspiring story of diligence and determination with O&A NYC. Continue reading

Summer is finally here! And it has ushered in a whirlwind of arts events. We have fine art, dance, film, music and theatre; something for everyone. Here are a few of the many events happening in the city that never sleeps guaranteed to keep you Out and About. Continue reading
By Walter Rutledge

Off Broadway is to live theatre, what the concept car is to the automotive industry. It allows the public to participate in the process of creation, where memorable productions transition into unforgettable theatre. Ritual, a play conceived and produced by Stanley Bennett Clay is a clever one-act drama that reveals the secrets of an “ideal” upper middle class Africa American Family.
To everyone on the outside looking in, the Becker Family of Baldwin Hills was living the American dream. Leon (David M. Raine), a successful lawyer, and his beautiful wife Sylvia (Q) are the proud parents of two children daughter Teresa (Latresa Baker) and son Mason (Reginald James Albert). Teresa is a dutiful daughter and younger brother Mason is the brilliant son attending an Ivy League School. From the moment we are invited in to their living room we quickly discover humorist, the late Erma Bombeck, was correct; “The grass is always greener over the septic tank.” Continue reading

A video interview with the co-producers and co-directors Anthony Wayne and Kendrell Bowman of the Off-Broadway musical Mighty Real: A Fabulous Sylvester Musical during the run of the show at the Theatre at the Church of St. Clement’s. Continue reading