MIGHTY REAL-A Fabulous Sylvester Musical-It's a Knockout Hit

Disco daze is back in a big way at the St. Clements Church on W 46th.  MIGHTY REAL is a  powerhouse, knockout performance packed with major talent.  The biopic show tells the life, legacy & tragedy of the multi-talented disco diva, Sylvester, known as much for his singing as for his flamboyant style.  Anthony Wayne gives a fabulous performance as the outcast, unlucky in love & determined entertainer who believed his music would make him a star.  Wayne co-wrote this musical while starring on B'wy in Pippin.  Anastaci McCleskey and Jacqueline Arnold are cast as his backup singers who go out on their own & found success as the Weather Girls.  Both McCleskey (Bwy Hair & Tarzan) & Arnold are phenomenal singing sensations.  This vibrant, pulsating show has Sylvester tell us his life's story.  Born in S. LA, the oldest of 6 siblings in a single parent home.  Home was a haven.  Here he found love & acceptance & the joy of music.  Outside the home he was felt rejected.  Sylvester's 1st musical influence was gospel from the church & then radio & TV.   The choir dir. at church sexually abused him as a child.  He left home at 16 feeling shamed, living for years on the streets of LA.  His  solace & pleasures were found through music & his new home in SF.  "Music transported me to joy, love & acceptance."  He idolized the well known divas which he used to define his own sound & style. Fame & fortune came with several major hits:  You Make Me Feel & Do Ya Wanna Funk.  This energetic, joy ride of a show is bitter-sweet.  We're reminded of the devastating AIDS epidemic.  It's also a prescient reminder of the pervasive intolerance in our society.  Most importantly, it makes you feel mighty real & appreciative of every moment.