Music and Nightlife

The Girls Are Doing ‘Rocky Horror’ In Bushwick

“Especially if you’re queer and living in New York. Bushwick is just where it is."

By Brianna Nunley

Oct. 29, 2024 · 5 min read

Music and Nightlife

The Girls Are Doing ‘Rocky Horror’ In Bushwick

“Especially if you’re queer and living in New York. Bushwick is just where it is."

Brianna Nunley October 29, 2024Oct 29, 2024 · 5 min read

“Fagtasia is really Bushwick meets Broadway. There are many millions of people interested in mainstream Broadway stage productions. Fagtasia is doing what those groups are doing, but injecting this wildly creative, artistic, free, queer energy into it, and that’s where it meets Bushwick,” says drag performer Baby Love, who has been running a local production company called “Fagtasia” since around 2021, which puts on shows at the Meserole Street nightclub 3 Dollar Bill.

More recently, the group put on Love’s take on ’70s cult hit Rocky Horror Picture Show , complete with detailed costumes and live singing and dance numbers. Love says her company…

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Brianna Nunley. Brianna Nunley is a Black and queer freelance photographer and writer from Orlando, Florida, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. After graduating from Florida State University, Brianna moved to Bushwick, New York, where much of her artistic network was already based. She writes the Bushwick Bradshaw column for Bushwick Daily to offer the perspective of a Black journalist with a queer identity, juxtaposing her experiences with those of Carrie Bradshaw. Brianna is passionate about highlighting marginalized voices, LGBTQ+ culture, and the vibrant artistry of Bushwick.

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Written by Brianna Nunley

Brianna Nunley is a Black and queer freelance photographer and writer from Orlando, Florida, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. After graduating from Florida State University, Brianna moved to Bushwick, New York, where much of her artistic network was already based. She writes the Bushwick Bradshaw column for Bushwick Daily to offer the perspective of a Black journalist with a queer identity, juxtaposing her experiences with those of Carrie Bradshaw. Brianna is passionate about highlighting marginalized voices, LGBTQ+ culture, and the vibrant artistry of Bushwick.

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