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Joey Arrigo Turns Up the Energy in “Get Down”, His Feel-Good Summer Jam

BY PAUL HUTNICK

Joey Arrigo’s new anthemic club banger, “Get Down”, is a siren call for party goers to get down and dance this summer, as well as to get down and f-.

Produced by Velvet Code, the song combines Joey’s love of 80s synth/rock with early 2000s pop and celebrates the artist’s newfound joy of self.

“I’m focusing on my personal happiness this summer and taking control of my own life,” Joey Arrigo says.

“A partner doesn’t belong in my life right now. I’m looking forward to a few months of dancing and screwing with an influx of dopamine, serotonin, endorphins and a whole lot of sweat,” he laughs.

Joey Arrigo’s “Get Down”, and its brand-new remixes by DJs Dan Slater, Erick Ibiza, GSP, and more, are available on all streaming platforms.

“I want fans to experience a to a high I didn’t think I taste of the self-discovery could achieve on my own. journey I am on,” Joey Arrigo continues from his Toronto “At some point, after the home.

“I hope the song relationship cooled or the encourages them to dance more. drug wore off, I would crash F more. Do that thing they’ve down and find myself still always wanted to do.

If writhing in agony in a pool of there’s something or someone loneliness,” he adds. standing in your way, move them.”

He says it has taken time for him to realize that the power of The “Get Down” connection music video, was in directed by himself all Francis Luta along.

“I and filmed at needed to Pie in the love me,” he says.

“I Sky Studio 4 needed to in Toronto, shed the r e f l e c t s insecurity, A r r i g o ’ s the need for unbridled validation, liberation. and simply It depicts shine as my the artist true self walking alone and let the in a dry world see dystopia, what I have following an to offer as apocalyptic an artist.” storm.

He is lost and tired, bruised All of the choreography in the and battered, searching for “Get Down” video was created by something.

He is led to a Joey Arrigo. He incorporates golden goddess figure who offers a variety of styles and genres him a safe space where he can of dance into it, including express his deepest desires contemporary improv, technical jazz, and ballet.

“The and find healing. choreography is meant to be Joey understands now that what strong, empowering, sexy and a he has been looking for in delicious mix of masculine and real life is connection - to feminine, as I am.” feel seen, heard, valued, and Arrigo grew up in understood - and that he has Joey He recalls often gone about it the wrong Ontario, Canada. way.

“I tried finding it in his childhood being centered costume, music, relationships where I would around He let others control me. I tried singing, and performing. dance at fourfinding it in a bag of cocaine discovered where the drug would take me years-old when his sister was

an androgynous evil queen in A Grimm Night, based on the Grimm Brother’s Fairytales, and starred in the role of Renfield in The Eve of St. George, based on Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

Joey Arrigo released his debut dance music single, “Let It Crash,” in June 2023.

In addition to his artistry, Joey Arrigo is a strong advocate for mental health issues. He was diagnosed with ADHD in December 2023. He is also a National Ambassador for CANFAR, the Canadian Foundation for Aids Research. He has been HIV+ for nearly eight years.

The diagnosis led to some of his biggest struggles in life, enrolled in classes.

“I but also provided moments of stood at the door of the growth.

Arrigo is always class with fire in my eyes, eager to share his thoughts desperate to be in the class on what it means to live with myself,” Joey recalls.

At HIV, to be sexually liberated five-years-old, he discovered and powerful with HIV and to a VHS recording of Cirque du ultimately thrive with HIV. Soleil’s 1989 show Nouvelle Experience and was captivated with the contortionist act.

He remembers teaching himself the routine – or rather, a simulation of it – and reenacting the performance for his family in his living room.

Today, the dancer, acrobat, actor, teacher, choreographer Joey Arrigo’s “Get Down” is and singer is best known for available on Spotify, Apple competing on CTV’s So You Think Music and most streaming You Can Dance Canada. Arrigo platforms via So Fierce has played the principal Music/The Orchard/Sony Music character in Cirque du Soleil’s Entertainment, along with Volta.

He was featured in brand new remixes by DJs Dan Cirque du Soleil’s Kooza and Slater, Erick Ibiza, GSP, and he made guest appearances on more. Visit GetDownwithJoey.

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Broadway Babes Mr. Man Shines Its Spotlight on the Year’s Male Tony Nominees

By Anthony Ruberto

The 77th Annual Tony Awards take place on June 16th, and the team at Mr. Man are gearing up for it by spotlighting the year’s sexiest male thespian nominees and their out of costume achievements!

The round-up begins with Liev Schreiber, Equus in 2008, and has been in numerous nominated for “Best Leading Actor in a Broadway productions since including How Play” for his role in Doubt. Mr. Schreiber to Succeed in Business Without Really first appeared on Broadway in 1993’s In the Trying. Merrily We Roll Along is his first Tony Summer House. Since then, he has starred nomination to date. Radcliffe earns Mr. Man’s in over a dozen Broadway productions, appreciation for his role in 2013’s Kill Your winning the Tony Award in 2015 for “Best Darlings, where he revealed his backside in Featured Actor in a Play” for Glengarry Glen a gay sex scene.

Ross. Schreiber earns Mr. Man’s recognition for his skinny-dipping scene in the movie, Ray Donovan.

Jonathan Groff is a Broadway veteran Daniel Radcliffe, nominated for “Best and has been in contention for two Tonys Featured Actor in a Musical” for his role in previously – for his starring role in Spring Merrily We Roll Along, also gets a nod from Awakening and for his scene-stealing Mr. Man this year. The Harry Potter star portrayal of King George III in Hamilton. He’s famously kicked off his theater career with nominated this year for “Best Leading Actor in a Musical” for Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along. In addition to his stage work, Groff is the voice of Kristoff in Disney’s Frozen and he recently starred in the fourth installment of the Matrix franchise, The Matrix Resurrections.

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Rounding out Mr. Man’s spotlight on the year’s sexiest male Tony nominees is Jim Parsons, nominated for “Best Featured Actor in A Play” for Mother Play. The out actor has a proud history of playing challenging gay roles on Broadway, including in The Normal Heart and The Boys In The Band. This year’s nomination marks Parsons’ first Tony nomination. He has yet to film a nude scene on screen, however, Parsons was featured prominently in Matt Bomer’s full frontal nude scene in The Boys In The Band, and so for that, he receives an honorable mention from Mr. Man. Corey Stoll’s four Broadway appearances span twenty years, with his first being in 2003’ Henry IV. His nomination for “Best Featured Actor In A Play” in Appropriate is his first Tony recognition, and his fans couldn’t be more excited. He’s a favorite on the small screen with roles in HBO’s House of Cards and Girls. It is Stoll’s sex scene opposite fellow thespian Andrew Rannells in Girls that

For the full story on Mr. Man’s celebration of the year’s Tony Nominees, and to watch the thespians in their out of costume achievements, visit MrMan.com

earns him his Mr. Man mention.

Hollywood actor Eddie Redmayne is no stranger to theatre. He made his Broadway debut in Red, earning a Tony Award for “Best Featured Actor in a Play”. He starred as The Emcee in the West End revival of Cabaret in 2022, winning a Laurence Olivier Award for “Best Actor in a Musical”. He is now nominated for a Tony for the Broadway production of Cabaret and is widely viewed as the frontrunner. Meanwhile, Mr. Man is recognizing Redmayne for his role playing a trans woman in the film, The Danish Girl, where he appeared in a full-frontal scene.

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Juneteenth: Hon and Heritag

Juneteenth, celebrated on June 19th, was issued by President Abraham marks a pivotal moment in American Lincoln. This delay underscores the history—the emancipation of the importance of Juneteenth as a day last enslaved African Americans in of reflection on the long and arduous Galveston, Texas, in 1865. This day, journey to freedom and justice for now a federal holiday, stands as a African Americans. powerful reminder of resilience, liberation, and the ongoing struggle Celebrating Juneteenth is crucial for for racial equality. Celebrating several reasons: Juneteenth is essential not only to honor this historic milestone but 1. Historical Awareness also to acknowledge the enduring It educates the public about a contributions and cultural heritage of significant yet often overlooked African Americans. In Atlanta, a city chapter in American history. rich in civil rights history, Juneteenth 2. Cultural Recognition celebrations are vibrant, meaningful, It celebrates the rich cultural and inclusive, with the Juneteenth heritage and contributions of African Atlanta Parade and Music Festival Americans. and Juneteenth at the High Museum 3. Community Building standing out as key events.

It fosters a sense of community and solidarity.

The Significance of Juneteenth 4. Reflection and Progress It encourages reflection on past Juneteenth, also known as injustices and the ongoing fight for Emancipation Day or Freedom Day, racial equality and justice. commemorates the day when Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Juneteenth Celebrations in Atlanta Galveston, Texas, and announced the end of slavery, two and a half years Atlanta, with its deep ties to the after the Emancipation Proclamation civil rights movement and African

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Juneteenth Atlanta Parade and juneteenthatl.com Music Festival Juneteenth at the High Museum The Juneteenth Atlanta Parade and Music Festival on June 21 – 23 is a The High Museum of Art, one grand celebration held at Piedmont of Atlanta’s premier cultural The Juneteenth Atlanta Parade and institutions, hosts a special Music Festival at Piedmont Park Juneteenth celebration on June is a vibrant three-day event that 19. This event features art exhibits draws thousands of attendees from showcasing works by African diverse backgrounds. Highlights of American artists, highlighting the the festival include a lively parade creativity and diversity of Black art. with colorful floats, marching Visitors can enjoy live performances bands, dancers, and community by local musicians, dancers, and organizations, showcasing African spoken word artists, reflecting American culture, pride, and unity. the vibrant cultural expressions of The music festival features a wide the African American community. range of performances, from Additionally, there are interactive soulful jazz and R&B to hip-hop and workshops and activities for families gospel, celebrating the profound and children, providing an engaging impact of African American music way to learn about Juneteenth and on global culture. Attendees can its significance. high.org

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