Andy Blankenbuehler’s Broadway moves Photographed by Matthew Karas. Andy Blankenbuehler should be flying high, like the fearless cheerleaders he brought to Broadway this summer in the boisterous musical Bring It On. With a choreography Tony already on his shelf, a second musical opening next month, and a slew of high-profile projects on the […]
Dance has returned to Broadway in a big way. First we had Anything Goes, with its unison tap number building toward a giddy pitch. Then we had Newsies, with a pack of leaping, somersaulting, à-la-seconde-turning young guys staging protests against a greedy publisher. Now we have Bring It On, directed and choreographed by the amazing […]
Mystery, romance, adventure—coming your way Director/choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler, who won the choreography Tony for In the Heights, returned to Broadway last month with high-flying cheerleading moves and new songs from two more Tony winners, Tom Kitt and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Based on a series of popular movies, Bring It On, at the St. James, […]
Casey Nicholaw’s witty choreography underscored The Book of Mormon’s satire. Joan Marcus, Courtesy Book of Mormon. For most of the country, voting is a November activity. But on Broadway, elections arrive in late spring, at the end of the theater season. At press time, voters are busy sifting through nominations and marking ballots […]
In Josh Bergasse’s advanced theater dance class at New York’s Broadway Dance Center, most students are dressed in loose sweats. But not Kristin Piro. Her leopard-print skirt and black top fit trimly on her slender frame, while her heart-shaped face is expertly made up, lips glowing a deep red. As the 26-year-old tackles Bergasse’s choreography, […]
It’s a steamy Friday afternoon in New York and two dozen aspiring triple threats are wandering around a dance studio looking lost, frustrated, and exhausted. No, they didn’t miss the latest audition for Billy Elliot or Wicked—they’re in acting class. “Think of your favorite musical theater character,” calls out the director […]
Getting a featured dance role on Broadway can feel a lot like winning the lottery—and we all know how often that happens. But the thing to remember is that people do win. Adam Fiorentino, now Bert in Mary Poppins, and Marcy Harriell, the current Vanessa in In the Heights, hit the jackpot by taking over […]
Just when I was getting tired of seeing women dancers play cutesy, ditsy sex objects in Broadway musicals, along comes 9 to 5, the Dolly Parton–inspired musical about working women. I’ve never been big on country music, but this musical pulls way out ahead of the others in how it portrays women. When watching Rock […]
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