Photo by Deen van Meer Extra! Extra! Read all about it: Newsies is the hottest new musical on Broadway! That’s right: The cult ’90s Disney film, a fictionalized retelling of the 1899 newsboy strike, has landed on the Great White Way. And the pedigreed dancers playing its scruffy, paper-peddling, lovable newsboys are the new kings […]
Competition dancers work hard to polish their routines. But when they’re finally backstage on the big day, even the veterans can start to doubt themselves. Below, nine professional dancers (all former comp kids!) share the tricks they use to keep cool in these crucial moments. Joey Dowling at NYCDA in 1995 Joey Dowling, master teacher/choreographer […]
On Sunday evening, you will find me curled up on my couch, eyes glued to the TV screen, demanding that anyone in my vicinity, “Please be quiet!” Oh yes: It’s Tony Awards time. The Tony’s are my favorite. I don’t care about the red carpet, I don’t care about who’s wearing diamonds from which fancy […]
Last night I got all dressed up—er, stayed in my nicer-than-normal work attire, actually—to attend the 30th annual Fred and Adele Astaire Awards at New York University’s Skirball Center for the Performing Arts. Now, awards shows are usually fun because you get little glimpses of dancers: those performing backup at the MTV Video Music Awards, […]
What happens when songster Lin-Manuel Miranda, choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler and a bunch of peppy cheerleaders get together? That’d be Bring It On: The Musical, a high-flying production based on the movie everyone secretly (or, in my case, not so secretly) loves. We’ve all been drooling over this show since we first heard about it a […]
When Barry’s Bootcamp reached out to me a few weeks ago about trying one of the fitness studio’s “Broadway Bootcamp” classes, I was all over it. I edit the Fitness section of Dance Spirit, and I’m always looking to try trendy new workouts (so I can share them with you, of course). Barry’s Bootcamp has been around for a while […]
Tom Cruise as Stacee Jaxx (photo by David James) From Hairspray to Chicago, we’ve eagerly followed some of our Broadway favorites to the big screen—and Rock of Ages is no exception. Take a trip with us down the Sunset Strip and see why this movie is sure to soar to the top of the charts. […]