Category Archives: Theatre and Entertainment
Q The Series – Online Video Show From Columbia Students
It’s a comedy about queer life on campus that addresses a wide range of topics in the LGBT community and how our generation deals with them — the main characters include trans, bisexual, pansexual, and homosexual guys and girls.
Being a comedy, the show focuses on the positive aspects of living in a community and generation that’s closer to accepting queer lifestyles, but also addresses the natural tensions that can arise.
Currently, it is still in production (for an online release and advanced screening next spring), but they are trying to get awareness out now and already have a trailer for the series up online.
The show is produced completely by students in the city, mostly from Columbia University, and is a non-profit endeavor. Funding has been generously provided by the Gatsby Foundation (providing many on-campus arts grants), and equipment has been donated by Columbia University Film Productions (an undergraduate film club). The remaining funding will hopefully be raised through our Kickstarter account.
It’s the aim of the cast and crew to spread awareness of the different lifestyles that exist in our generation — we really want to show the fun side of being a young adult in this new cultural era. Our production team is working to make the best show out of everything we’ve got.
The show will be shooting over the month of January, and is planned for release over the months of March and April. The first few episodes of the show will be screened to our supporters and crew in New York City before the release of the series.
Check out Q The Series ! Also join them on Facebook !
Best Gay New York
Gay Life NYC.org Interviews Brandon Rubendall from Spiderman
BROADWAY is buzzing this week!
SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark features a new score by 22-time Grammy® winners Bono and The Edge of U2 and direction by Tony Award® winner Julie Taymor (The Lion King) with flying, stunts and breathtaking designs from an international team of artists from Broadway, Cirque du Soleil, the Beijing Olympics and the Spider-Man films.
Drawing on over 40 years of Marvel comics, co-book writers Julie Taymor and Glen Berger spin a spectacular new take on the mythic adventure that’s familiar and fresh yet filled with unexpected twists and turns.
This month Michael Cavnaugh from Gay Life NYC.org interviews Hero/Hottie BRANDON RUBENDALL. WATCH THE VIDEO .
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La Cage is Going Strong – Meet the La Cage Door Girl, Lili
Jerry Herman and Harvey Fierstein’s hilarious musical comedy LA CAGE AUX FOLLES is quickly approaching their one year anniversary on Broadway. The smash-hit, Tony-winning production that garnered RAVE REVIEWS is showing no signs of losing steam.
Winner of the 2010 Tony Award® for BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL, LA CAGE is a tuneful and touching tale of one family’s struggle to stay together… stay fabulous… and above all else, stay true to themselves! Five-time Emmy Award® winner KELSEY GRAMMER (“Frasier”) stars as Georges, the owner of a glitzy nightclub in lovely Saint-Tropez. DOUGLAS HODGE (Broadway’s 2010 Tony-winning BEST ACTOR) stars as his partner Albin, who moonlights as the glamorous chanteuse Zaza. When Georges’ son brings his fiancée’s conservative parents home to meet the flashy pair, the bonds of family are put to the test as the feather boas fly!
With an amazing score of hummable melodies and a dynamite cast featuring the “notorious and dangerous Cagelles,” LA CAGE is an indisputable musical comedy classic… and this extraordinary new version shows you why!
To spice things up, just in time for the holidays, the show has added Lili (Whiteass) as La Cage’s Door Girl, greeting and entertaining audiences prior to the show everyday!
Everyone loves a fun drag queen! Watch the VIDEO of Lili in action .
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Gaudy and yet GRAND! What are you waiting for? GET TICKETS !
“It Gets Better” Broadway sings for the Trevor Project
This is really
something cool!
Broadway stars
rock out in a celebration of life,
in the wake of LGBT
suicides across the nation.
The song, It Gets Better, is available NOW on iTunes, with all download proceeds benefiting The Trevor Project .
Please SHARE this original song and video to help send a message of hope and support.
FREE Elton John Concert EARLY Morning this Wednesday Beacon Theatre
Join Good Morning America
on Wednesday October 20, 2010!
Live at the Beacon Theatre
for this once in a lifetime concert event!
Two music legends live!
Elton John and singer-songwriter Leon Russell
The concert admission is first come first serve.
The concert is FREE ! No cost involved
Simply arrive between 5:00 – 6:00 a.m. (sharp)
under the Beacon Theatre marquee
at 2124 Broadway between 74th and 75th street.
New York City
Lining up prior to 5 a.m. is not permitted.
Doors will open at 6:00 a.m.
The concert and show broadcast should end by 9:15 a.m.
For more information check our website at ABC NEWS
Joey Arias in Concert! First Time Live in New York In Nearly a Decade!
A fixture of New York City’s
vibrant downtown performance scene for 30-plus years, Joey Arias is a bona fide NYC icon. From his early days at Fiorrucci and performing with his close friend Klaus Nomi, Arias has been an enigmatic figure. From outrageous performances at Club 57, Jackie 60 and Squeezebox to the now-legendary nights at Bar d’O where he held court with Raven-O and Sherry Vine, Arias distinguished himself with scandalous wit, sleek style and an extraordinary voice evocative of Lady Day yet uniquely his own.
It was no surprise when Arias was tapped by Cirque du Soleil to originate the role of the emcee in their Las Vegas spectacular Zumanity, for which he co-wrote 3 songs. After 6 years in that role, Arias returned to New York where he became star and co-creator of Arias With a Twist with master puppeteer Basil Twist. The show was a critical and commercial hit and extended repeatedly for a total of 6 months at HERE Arts Center. The show has been subsequently presented in Los Angeles and Paris and spawned a “docu-fantasy” film of the same name which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and had itʼs US premiere at the TriBeca Film Festival earlier this year.
Arias has performed worldwide at venues including Carnegie Hall, The Freedom Theatre in London and on a transatlantic world tour into the cabaret clubs of Paris,and Tokyo to Germany and England. On film, he has appeared in Mondo New York, Big Top Pee Wee, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, Wigstock – The Movie, Flawless and To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar.
The Fall cultural season swings into high gear as the legendary Joey Arias returns with his first concert engagements in New York City in nearly a decade!
Music directed by Ben Allison (Newport Jazz Festival), a rising star on the new jazz scene, and produced by “downtown impresario” Earl Dax (Weimar New York) the concerts will feature Arias’ signature ‘channeling’ of Billie Holiday and other favorites from the Arias oeuvre as well as original songs and a few surprises. These highly anticipated concerts feature a live band hand-picked by Allison and feature lighting design Ayumu “POE” Saegusa, the highly acclaimed lighting designer for Arias with a Twist. The stark, dramatic world created for the production is designed to highlight Arias’ distinctive and seductive voice and to highlight the dynamic interplay between Arias, Allison and the band. Arias says of the concerts, “I’m inviting the audience to dream as I take them back and then to the future.”
Last weeks show sold out – and this weeks show is almost sold out!
JOEY ARIAS IN CONCERT with Music Directed by BEN ALLISON October 8 and 9
at Abrons Arts Center , 466 Grand Street (at Pitt).
Tickets are $25 and available online at Theater Mania or by phone at (212) 352-3101.
Michael Chase DiMartino Creates Videos Designed to Bring Joy to the Deaf
New York native,
Chase, began performing at a young age. He sang in Carnegie Hall when he was 16. Later, he performed in a play called “Kosher Harry” for which he received rave reviews from the New York Times for his leading role. Now writing and producing his own songs, Chase endeavors to bring communities together through his music.
Michael “Chase” DiMartino is a new breed of Clark Kent. By day, the 26-year-old serves as a sign-language interpreter — translating meetings for a deaf business woman in New York City. By night, the Bay Ridge, Brooklyn native is using his hands — and his moves — for another lofty purpose: To bring the likes of Britney Spears and Lady Gaga to the deaf and hearing-impaired communities through the art of sign language.
After he posted interpretive videos of “Womanizer,” to You Tube, Britney Spears herself had them posted to her website, bringing DiMartino’s videos over the 700,000-viewer threshold. He’s been asked to interpret Lady Gaga’s sold-out show at Madison Square Garden (check out his sign-language video for “Bad Romance” ). A singer-songwriter and performer in his own rite, Chase has been showcasing his own original material and, in doing so, hoping to bridge the hearing and deaf communities in a way that has never been done before.
He is quoted, “Can you envision a stadium packed with people – half of them hearing, and the other half deaf/hard of hearing – and all of them enjoying the same music? That is my dream.” His first single, Falldown, and his follow-up song, Hard Candy, are both available on iTunes. His EP is set to release this summer.
With the release of this new video HARD CANDY, Chase has discussed a little about his sexuality. He starts off by saying:
“Gay? Who me? Not such a big issue to me. I don’t believe music has a gender. It has no sex. The art of music does not differentiate between its gay or straight counterparts. For myself, I identify as gay only because it seems to be the most …easily explained, and also, more readily accepted.
But if I were to break it down, I would say this: ‘I truly believe myself to love a person for who they are. Gender unattached. I believe that if the right female came along, I could fall in love (and have, with women in the past). But as it stands right now, I am in love with one who happens to be a male.’ “
“After “Womanizer,” there was this shift in my mind, where I no longer wanted to do just that. I wanted to show people who I am, what my voice is, what my influence on music is. That’s why I started to go into the studio and started to write songs with another artist, Adam Joseph . He did the instrumental and we wrote lyrics together. “
It’s been just a wonderful time. I have my videos, which are an extension of myself and now I feel like I have my music, which is an extension of myself and it really feels like a baby. I’ve always heard people say that but I never understood it until now. It feels like my baby. I put so much into this — and it’s my emotion. It’s going onto a limb. It’s taking a huge risk.”
Read more at OUT and OFFICIAL CHASE !
Broadway Hottie Jonathan D. Lovitiz talks with Gay Life NYC.org
Gaylifenyc.org founder Michael Cavnaugh chats with the triple threat very talented Actor and Model. Jonathan talks about his “virgin” Broadway Bares experience , which has led to a career in modeling. He talks about his life, his interests and all things New York.
They say his smile shines all the way to the back row, in every performance. This may be the hottest and nicest Sci-fi “geek” you will ever see! – “I LOVED Star Trek 4 – when they rescue the whales!”
He is currently shooting a pilot for LOGO – let’s hope that hottie will come to TV screens soon.
And he claims he is a closet junk food junkie!
With that body? Hmmmmm.
WATCH THE Jonathan D. Lovitz VIDEO
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Nick Adams Heads to Toronto in October for Priscilla
Broadway triple threat ,
New York hottie Nick Adams will star as the ABBA-obsessed Adam/Felicia in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert: The Musical.
The glittery Academy Award–winning 1994 film, starred Guy Pearce as Adam/Felicia.
Priscilla. The Musical premiered in Sydney in 2006 and became the most successful Australian musical of all time. The show, which has also received acclaim in a production in London’s West End, will make its North American debut in Toronto in October,(a 12 -week run) followed by a Broadway premiere next spring. (Theatre to be announced).
Currently appearing in the Tony Award® winning revival of La Cage Aux Folles as one of the “Cagelles,” Adams has also appeared on Broadway in the recent productions of A Chorus Line, Chicago, Guys and Dolls and The Pirate Queen.
We
Love
You
Nick!
Broadway Hottie Dave August talks with Gay Life NYC.org
gaylifenyc.org
founder Michael Cavnaugh chats with
Broadway Star DAVE AUGUST.
Belguim born Dave is currently starring in Naked Boys Singing. And he was once a Chippendale Dancer and MC throughout Europe and in Las Vegas. He has appeared in Broadway Bares 13 times!
He has been called amazingly stunning.
and true male perfection. (He claims he likes to eat junk food like french fries with mayonnaise! WHAT?!)
Plus, he can sing, and to top it off, he is a genuinely nice guy!
Watch the video with Dave August .
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Broadway Hottie Kyle Deschamps talks with Gay Life NYC.org
gaylifenyc.org founder
Michael Cavnaugh chats with
Broadway Star and featured Dancer
Kyle Deschamps for Broadway Bares XX on June 20th.
You may have seen him in Billy Elliott, now see this super hot guy talk about his life, his rugged manly background, and Broadway Bares this year. He’s hot, he’s single and the nicest guy you would ever want to see.
And get this, he is a Wilderness Survival Expert – and he loves adventure including Sky Diving. He is about to become certified, after which time he may become an instructor. You know what that means? You could go sky diving with Kyle on your back, holding on to you!
Michael also chats with the some of the cast from “Promises, Promises” and has some great footage of the Broadway Bares solo strip at Splash!
You can watch all the new videos (plus explore lots of useful and
entertaining information by stopping by Gay Life NYC.org .
Jessica Kirson to Headline Standup Social at Bartini Ultra-Lounge, May 26
Fresh off her second appearance on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno,
Jessica Kirson (Tonight Show, The Joy Behar Show, Comedy Central, and LOGO)
headlines StandUp Social at Bartini Ultra Lounge – a monthly show that’s always free, and always funny.
Jessica Kirson’s unique style and captivating stage presence captures the attention of audiences and club bookers everywhere she performs. Her wide variety of characters brings a diverse energy to her routine.
Produced and hosted by comedians Marc Maietta, Erika Wasser & Katherine Williams; StandUp Social brings the socialites of the comedy world together for your enjoyment. Joining Jessica May 26th is Sean Donnelly (COMIX), Mick DiFlo (Gotham Comedy Club), and Harriet Halloway (Gotham Comedy Club)!
Free admission, drink specials before 8pm –
Wednesday May 26th 8pm, Bartini Ultra Lounge
642 Tenth Ave between 45th and 46th Streets.
Boys Night at MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING June 2nd
Boys Night Out
for MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING
Wednesday, June 2nd at 8PM…
Only $32!
Post-Show reception at THE RITZ BAR & LOUNGE
Purchase $32 tickets today to My Big Gay Italian Wedding (regularly $69.50) using the code BGBOY32 and receive admission to a Post Show My Big Gay Italian Wedding Boys Night Reception Featuring Complimentary Drinks. Directly following the 8PM performance on June 2nd, head over to THE RITZ BAR & LOUNGE (369 W 46th St) for a one hour open bar (beer, wine, well drinks and soda).
Starring Reichen Lehmkuhl (Winner of “The Amazing Race”), My Big Gay Italian Wedding is making it Triumphant Off-Broadway Return. Now Funnier Than Ever!
Planning a wedding can be hell, but planning to ruin a wedding can be a hell of a lot of fun! Andrew (Reichen Lehmkuhl) and Anthony (Anthony Wilkinson) are getting married and everyone wants to “help”! My Big Gay Italian Wedding spins into hysterical fiasco as everyone tries to have their way. From a saboteur ex-boyfriend to a loud, opinionated, outspoken Italian mother, personalities and culture collide in a music and dance-filled extravaganza. RSVP for My Big Gay Italian Wedding now!
My Big Gay Italian Wedding is being presented by Dina Manzo (star of “The Real Housewives of New Jersey”).
Come out, see a great show, enjoy some cocktails and mingle with your fellow theatre-goers.
Three Easy Ways to get your Boys Night Tickets to My Big Gay Italian Wedding
1. Visit BroadwayOffers.com and mention code BGBOYZ32
2. CALL 212.947.8844 and mention code BGBOYZ32
3. VISIT the St. Luke’s Theatre Box Office, 308 West 46th Street with a printout of this offer.
Restrictions:
PRINT OUT OF OFFER MUST BE PRESENTED BEFORE PURCHASE AT THE BOX OFFICE. Offer valid for June 2nd 8PM performance only. Regularly $69.50. Regular service charges apply to online and phone orders. Subject to availability. Not valid for prior purchases or in combination with any other offer. Limit 8 tickets per order. Offer may be revoked at any time. One party admission voucher is available per ticket purchased. Admittance to party is contingent on redemption of voucher and can only be redeemed for those 21 and over with valid ID. Voucher will be included in your ticket envelope either from Telecharge.com or the box office. Open bar includes beer, wine, well drinks and soda.
If you are unable to attend this Special Boys Night, you still can save on My Big Gay Italian Wedding by purchasing a $39.50 ticket Wednesday through Friday and $49.50 tickets for Saturday night using code: BGHHC49.
Raven O …One Night With You …Returns to New York City
Tuesday nights
will never be the same
as legendary NYC performer
Raven O takes the stage again.
Raven O Is gearing up for the summer run of his one man show “Raven O – One Night With You” at the Bleecker St. Theater, NYC. A show that takes the audience on a journey of powerful emotions. The former Cirque Du Soleil star combines popular songs with bizarre but true stories from his life.
The experimental winter run of “Raven O-One Night With You” was a sold out hit. Famed columnist Michael Musto of The Village Voice writes about Raven in a preview, “…flamboyantly funny entertainer…belting the s**t out of the American Songbook.” JC Alvarez of Ambiente magazine in a rave review of the show says, “…when Raven O performs it’s raw and powerful, real and sensitive.”
For those of you who have never been to NYC or Las Vegas, Raven O has conquered Urban nightlife like NO OTHER!!! Having brought NYC to it’s proverbial knees at clubs throughout the city such as Bar d’O, The Box, and Quo, or had the true honor to see him Emcee in The Cirque du Soleil’s ZUMANITY in Las Vegas, Raven O’s silky smooth voice is like none you have ever heard…
Starts Tuesday May 18th
45 Bleecker St ( between Lafayette and Bowery)
Save 25% on Tickets ONLINE Discount Code:RAVENMAY
24th Night of a Thousand Gowns A Smashing Success!
It was like seeing 5 Broadway shows in one night!
24th Annual NIGHT OF A THOUSAND GOWNS delivered endless entertainment as the star-studded event featured “Broadway Bares” performing “Football Strip “and Stimulus Package.” Broadway ‘s Terri White (Finian’s Rainbow) was there, along with legendary dance music artist Crystal Waters, Dance-pop singer Kristine W., Pop vocalist Kelly King, Drag Diva Coco Peru, and Drag legend Jesse Volt. Ari Gold, Sherry Vine, countless celebrities were all on hand for this annual magnificent charity benefit!
ANDREW DICKINSON was on hand filming and covering the entire evening! He got to chat with Jerry Mitchell, Sahara Davenport, Ari Gold, Lt. Dan Choi, the head of God’s Love We Deliver and some of the attendees!
Watch his awesome video online.
Andrew will be doing some filmwork in New York City and for us soon!!
EMAIL ANDREW at andytdickinson @ gmail.com
Visit their Production Company FaceBook Page KITANO PICTURES
Broadway Hottie of the Month Charlie Williams of Memphis at Gay Life NYC.org
BROADWAY HOTTIE
CHARLIE WILLIAMS
(of MEMPHIS fame) sits down for a candid chat with Michael Cavanaugh of Gay Life NYC.org.
Charlie is the face (and body ) of this year’s Broadway Bares XX event. The theme is “Strip-ology”,
Charlie is single (!) and he talks about his success with the show Memphis on Broadway and he enjoys just hanging out, cooking, sipping wine and nibbling on cheese, quiet evenings at home!
See you tonight after the show Charlie!
I give a great full body massage too!
WATCH THE CHARLIE WILLIAMS VIDEO
Memphis is currently playing at the Shubert Theatre.
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#1 resource for HIV / AIDS information
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Elton John and David Furnish are Creating Buzz with NEXT FALL!
Adam finds that unbelievable.
NEXT FALL portrays the ups and downs of this unlikely couple’s five-year relationship with sharp humor and unflinching honesty. And when an accident changes everything, Adam must turn to Luke’s family and friends for support… and answers. NEXT FALL paints a beautiful and funny portrait of modern romance, asking the hard questions about commitment, love and faith.
Bursting with political relevance and emotional truth, it’s an extraordinary new piece of contemporary American theatre.
Boys Night @ LOOPED! Valerie Harper as Tallulah Bankhead March 24th
Valerie Harper stars as
Tallulah Bankhead in Matthew Lombardo’s new comedy LOOPED, directed by Rob Ruggiero. LOOPED began performances at the Lyceum Theatre (149 West 45th Street) last month and is getting great reviews!
Based on a real event, LOOPED takes place in the summer of 1965, when an inebriated Tallulah Bankhead stumbles into a sound studio to rerecord (or ‘loop’) one line of dialogue for her last movie —Die, Die, My Darling. Ms. Bankhead was known for her wild partying and convention-defying exploits that surpassed even today’s celebrity bad girls.
Given her intoxicated state and inability to loop the line properly, what ensues is an uproarious showdown between an uptight film editor, Danny Miller, and the outrageous legend.
“VALERIE HARPER GIVES AN ENJOYABLY
BIG, BLUSTERY PERFORMANCE,
NAILING EVERY LAST LAUGH!
SHE COMMANDS THE STAGE HANDILY AND REVEALS PRECISE COMIC TIMING. EVEN THE ESTIMABLE WISECRACKER JOAN RIVERS MIGHT WANT TO HUSTLE DOWN TO THE LYCEUM THEATER TO PICK UP A FEW POINTERS.”
— The New York Times
BOYS NIGHT AT LOOPED is March 24th Show at 8PM
Post-Show reception at THE RITZ BAR & LOUNGE begins at 10:15PM
369 West 46th Street, New York, NY 10036
Purchase $66.50 tickets today to LOOPED (regularly $111.50) using the code LPBYZ223 and receive admission to a Post Show LOOPED Boys Night Reception Featuring Complimentary Drinks.
Directly following the 8PM performance of LOOPED, head over to THE RITZ BAR & LOUNGE (369 W 46th St) for a one hour open bar (beer, wine, well drinks and soda).
Three Easy Ways to get your Boys Night Tickets to LOOPED
1. Visit BroadwayOffers.com and mention code LPBYZ223
2. CALL 212.947.8844 and mention code LPBYZ223
3. VISIT the Lyceum Theatre Box Office, 149 West 45th Street with a printout of this offer.
LOOPED on Broadway
Lyceum Theatre 149 W. 45th Street (Between Broadway & 6th Ave.)
The Best of Gay New York!
How Gay Is Norma Desmond and Sunset Boulevard?
1950.
GAY CAMP!
Joe Gillis: You’re Norma Desmond.
You used to be in silent pictures.
You used to be BIG!.
Norma Desmond: I *am* big.
It’s the *pictures* that got small !!
Norma Desmond: Here, I was
going to give it to you at midnight.
Joe Gillis: Norma, I can’t take it,
you’ve bought me enough.
Norma Desmond: Shut up, I’m rich!
I’m richer than all this new
Hollywood trash!
I’ve got a million dollars.
CLASSIC!
Now comes NORMA DOESMEN ! Final week! Critics are raving!
Set in a run-down chateau of an alcazar on Sunset Boulevard, Norma Doesmen follows the story an unemployed script-writer “Joe Dillis” who finds himself on the run from the re-po men and dives into the lap of a reclusive, silent-screen movie star “Norma Doesmen.”
Waiting for her return to filmdom, Norma finds her prey in Dillis, who is manipulated and seduced by this insane, over sexed, psychotically disordered fallen legend. Along with her totally schizophrenic servant “Max” and Joe’s devoted narcoleptic girlfriend, “Betty ShaveHer,” the comedy ensues as Joe accidentally crosses her path and she sees in him an opportunity to make her comeback to the big screen.
Final Week – THRU March 28th!
Norma Doesmen, a parody of a popular 1950’s film starring the 7 time Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs (MAC) impersonator Tommy Femia, follows the story of an unemployed script writer “Joe Dillis” who finds himself on the run from the re-pro men and dives into the lap of a reclusive, Silent Screen Movie Star “Norma Doesmen” waiting for her return to filmdom, Norma insane, over sexed, psychotically disordered fallen ledgend and her schizophrenic servant “Max” and Joe’s Devoted narcoleptic girlfriend, “Betty ShaveHer”.
FLOW AFFAIR Flagging + Voguing = Floguing at THE CENTER April 23rd
the near-completion of Flow Affair, the new documentary to be released by Art From The Heart Films, the award-winning director Wolfgang Busch is hosting a Website Launch Party and fundraiser at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 23, 2010 at the LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th Street, New York, NY.
The suggested donation is $20.
Melba Moore, the ground-breaking Tony Award-winning actress and singer who has collaborated musically with Michael Jackson and has stared on Broadway opposite Eartha Kitt, will join Meli’sa Morgan, the top Billboard magazine recording artist, to headline the fundraiser featuring musical and dancing performances to benefit the completion of Flow Affair.
The fundraiser will present special performances of the new dance, “Floguing.”
Flow Affair explores the evolution of dance by showcasing the emergence of “Floguing” – a breakthrough in dance that has only begun to show up at underground circuit parties and dance clubs, and in innovative dance choreography.
“I am grateful that the community is supporting Flow Affair,” said Busch. “We are revolutionizing dance, and I hope this fundraiser will help us bring Floguing to the whole world.”
Floguing – it’s like voguing, but with flags or fans in your hands
In 2006, Busch, the director and producer of Flow Affair, brought together members from the House Ball community, the originators of the dance “Voguing,” and members from the Flagging community, the originators of the dance “Flagging” and “Fanning,” to create a new dance : FLAGGING + VOGUING = FLOGUING.
At the House Ball’s voguing competitions, there is a dance category called voguing with a prop, where dancers sometimes use fabric and fans. Introducing flags was the next step in the category’s artistic progression. Soon, dancers were “walking the runway” with flags, and, in the process, the new dance “Floguing” was created.
About Wolfgang Busch :
A community-organizer and activist, Busch is an openly gay documentary filmmaker. His first feature documentary release, How Do I Look (2006), was about the success of the Harlem House Ball community in creating cutting-edge trends in fashion, dance, and runway. He uses the arts to empower communities in several states.
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