Between the October closing of 9 to 5: The Musical’s Los Angeles tryout and the start of rehearsals for its April arrival on Broadway, the performers were on hiatus. Nevertheless, on a chill February day Andy Blankenbuehler was in his small Times Square studio, busily adjusting the choreography along with an assistant and five specially […]
Get 100s of exclusive listings, interviews with casting directors, insider tips and more! “Don’t show up looking like Thoroughly Modern Millie if you’re auditioning for Rent.” –Andy Blankenbuehler on dressing for auditions, p. 72.
The Right Step How directors pick a show’s choreographer. (Hint: Movement may not top the list.) There is no supermarket for choreographers. When musicals are in need of someone to craft the movement that will accompany the songs, directors and producers can’t just walk up the high-energy manic aisle, down the tap specialists aisle, […]
Booking a Broadway show as a dancer is hard enough as it is. The fact that at least five of the nine shows left to open in the 2019-2020 season will not feature an ensemble doesn’t help. Sing Street , Girl From the North Country, Six, Company and Caroline, or Change will not employ ensembles; […]
Calling all Cats fans! If you live near Atlanta, Charlotte, Raleigh, Nashville or Greenville, we’d love to treat you to a sneak peak of the Cats feature film. In anticipation of the movie’s December 20 nationwide premiere, these five cities are hosting advance screenings on Tuesday, December 17, at 7 pm. We’ll get you in—for […]
Yesterday, major Broadway news broke that’s bound to make a lot of people happy: that is, Ryan Gosling fans, romance novel readers, “This Is Us” devotees and those who love crying during adorably sentimental movies. The Notebook , based on Nicolas Sparks’ bestselling book of the same name, is being made into a Broadway-bound musical. […]
The 2016 Drama Desk Awards were last night, and although Hamilton wasn’t eligible (it won seven awards last year as an Off-Broadway production), dance was still prevalent amongst the winners. Shuffle Along was named Outstanding Musical, with Savion Glover taking home the award for Outstanding Choreography. Also nominated in the choreography category: Joshua Bergasse‘s old-school tapping in Cagney, Spencer Liff’s integration […]
I still remember the day at the office when I heard that Andy Blankenbuehler was going to choreograph for a hip-hop musical about Alexander Hamilton. Interesting, I thought, sincerely intrigued, yet skeptical. An urbanized song-and-dance story about the American Revolution? What an odd choice for a Broadway-aimed show. But hey, crazier things have happened. The […]
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