“99 questions…” armani valentino’s play rocks audience and critics

Sunday evening brought a lovely treat for attendees of Armani Valentino’s debut theatre production 99 Questions Before Having Sex. An adaptation from the best-selling book 99 Questions You Must Ask a Man Before Sleeping with Him and Definitely Before Having Sex, the production is a pair of urban tales about one man and one woman who share the same dilemma of looking for love in the wrong places and especially in the wrong persons.

Valentino himself, along with actress Alycia Sparks, play the main characters Devante and Natalie. Both in unhealthy, selfish relationships with the opposite sexes, both go above and beyond the favors and disappointments of that old disease called LOVE. Bending over backwards to excuse the self-indulgent actions of their lovers Shanice and J-Roc (played by Kimberly Staggers and Kenneth McDonald,) the two main characters (who do not know one another) keep asking themselves and God why they can’t seem to get the same level of commitment from their companions. 

 

Alycia Sparks

 

Kimberly Staggers

 

 

 

After private conversations with the Lord, Bishop Blakely (played by Elder Rufus Fields) and Rev. Deuteronomy (played by Donald Ballard,) Devante and Natalie decide to “Let Go and Let God”  present  the right person into their lives.

Other refreshing (and hiliarious) characters in the production include Deacon Bedside (played by Michael Dancer) and Al Stroker (played by R&B phenomenon and Dallasite LINK) whose claim to fame is “stroking” the ladies. 

 

R&B singer/songwriter Link and Big Mike of the Michael McDonald Foundation, sponsor for the production.

 

 

Memorable scenes are plenty; especially when Devante’s singing  group BWP swoons the ladies with seductive songs ( written by LINK and BWP) that coincidentally convey the temptations of the main character’s galavanting partners.

99 Questions Before Having Sex is an enlightening, insightful and uproarious two acts of sexual and spiritual self-help for ladies, gentlemen, playas and pimps in the love game.

 

Michael "Big Mike" McDonald and Kimberly Staggers

 

 

 

Armani Valentino and The Gentleman's Society

Armani Valentino
In Association with
Michael McDonald Foundation
 
Special Thanks to Mocca Cosmetics & A Silent Partner
 
Presents

SUNDAY
 APRIL, 19th, 2009
7:00pm
Red Carpet @ 6:00p
 
Irving Arts Center
(Carpenter Performance Hall)
3333 N. MacArthur Blvd.,
972.252.2787 – Box Office
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?ASO Presents “The F Word” – Fashion Thursdays at Bliss

The most anticipated event of the fall season, Fashion Thursday at Club Bliss was a charming and delightful night of style, high energy tunes and Dallas’ fashionably elite.

The F Word is a sequence of mini fashion extravaganzas presented by The Fashion Society and styled by its members (predominantly the city’s most talented and accomplished hair stylists, make-up artists, etc.)

 

Erica Hoff

The evening’s show featured some of Dallas’ most in-demand models (all members of the ?ASO Fashion Society) in latest designs from both international and local designers and fashion houses such as BCBG, Roberto Cavalli, Oscar Fierro, Ed Hardy, Sakrick Battee, Artful Dodger, Stephen Hartzler, Ketsanam, D Squared, Robert Cavalli, Alberto Makali and Oscar Fierro. After exhibiting creations the designers and five distinct looks for the ladies, a segment for breast cancer followed, as a portion of the proceeds raised during the series will be donated to cancer research. From high fashion dresses to recycled car parts, the runway welcomed imagination and ingenuity to our urban nucleus.

Ze-enna Jenkins and model

“The fashion show was great!  In the words of Coco Chanel, “Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street; fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.”  That’s why the designers that showed at The F Word were from all different styles…Fashion is everything!  You Dig?” exclaimed Denarcus Miles, president of The Boardroom Management.

In between segments and for the rest of the modish night, DJ Passion got the attendees in full party mode spinning the hottest pop and hip hop tunes; with sporadic breaks of old school nostalgia.

 

DJ Passion

 

 

The vogue facility, which will house the six-week affair, Club Bliss, (located at 1911 N. Griffin next door to the Dallas Aquarium,) included a red carpet atmosphere when arriving, an electric dance floor, an ultra-chic lounge area and of course, a fully stocked bar with $4 martinis. Other exuberant goodies included the illuminated runway, where attendees were invited to dance on after the show. Many screams (and laughs) followed when guests engaged in pole-dancing adjacent from the runway.

“I think that Fashion Thursday’s is a great event for Dallas.  The DFW area has a wide variety of beautiful women and outstanding designers.  It is definitely something for anyone that is interested in fashion industry.  The makeup, the hair, the clothes, and the models were absolutely fabulous!, exclaimed relationship expert/ author Armani Valentino.

Denarcus Miles and Armani Valentino

After a successful, yet slightly disheveled opening night at Sushi Axiom (over a month ago,) The F Word is back and better than before. Bliss, with its larger capacity, drink specials and panache atmosphere, is a much better facility for the weekly fashion bash.