Test your knowledge of the Great White Way’s razzle-dazzle dance history. (function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=’https://embed.playbuzz.com/sdk.js’;fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,’script’,’playbuzz-sdk’)); A version of this story appeared in the May/June 2019 issue of Dance Spirit with the title “What’s Your Broadway IQ?”
When you hear the words “Broadway star,” what do you see in your head? A diva belting out the 11 o’clock number from center stage? Fans waiting eagerly at the stage door to get an autograph from the leading man? Well, we think the Great White Way’s brightest stars can actually be found in the […]
Welcome to the fifth annual Dance Spirit Jazz Hand Awards—aka “The Jazzies”—where we honor the most dancetastic new Broadway shows. Some are shining onstage right now, others will open in the next few months, and they’re all worth a ticket. Consider this your official guide to the season’s latest and greatest. The Jazzie for Best […]
The Broadway community was #shook on Tuesday morning as “Smash” alums Leslie Odom Jr. and Katharine McPhee announced the 2018 Tony Award nominations. (We were so happy to see our friends from Mean Girls honored with 12 noms!) But—sadly—there’s no Tony Award category for ensemble dancers. Which feels especially unfair right now because this season’s […]