Ultimate Disco Cruise 2019

HALLELUJAH DISCO is a multi media gospel musical that navigates the audience through the New York
City Stonewall riots and the subsequent birth of DISCO. The Stonewall riots, which took place in 1969,
forced the NYC liquor-licensing bureau to change a sexually discriminatory law. A licensed NYC bar could
not allow two people of the same sex to dance together within their establishment. This law bred
corruption that allowed MAFIA organizations to own all the dance establishments up until that year.
From STONEWALL to STUDIO 54 tells the stories of the era through the eyes of the author and last major
surviving participant, Nicky Siano.
As Nicky speaks his truth, we follow along visually with rare footage from the riots and the NYC club
scene. Interviews with David Mancuso and Frankie Knuckles, both club scene legends, pepper the
experience with their words and stories.