Tag: broadway

Last week, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, based off Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 hit and choreographed by Sonya Tayeh, opened on Broadway to rave reviews. On opening night, there were a few members in the audience with a unique perspective on the show: Dancers and artistic staff members from the actual Moulin Rouge in Paris. Samantha Greenlund, […]

Suffering from Cats-scratch fever after watching that tantalizing trailer all weekend? Eager to know more about the feline-filled film? Well, my fur-loving friends, this should do purrrrfectly (sorry NOT EVEN A TINY BIT sorry): The new Cats movie famously features artists new to musical theater, from Royal Ballet principal Francesca Hayward to commercial dance sensations […]

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?”

One of the biggest attractions on Broadway right now is also literally the biggest attraction on Broadway right now. He’s 20 feet tall, weighs a solid ton, and is operated by 13 performers and 16 microprocessors. His name is Kong—or Kiko, as his team has dubbed him (don’t dare call him a puppet)—and he’s the […]

Last night, longtime theater legends (including Chita Rivera herself!) as well as rising stars gathered to celebrate one of Broadway’s danciest events: the third annual Chita Rivera Awards. The evening paid tribute to this season’s dancer standouts, extraordinary ensembles, and jaw-dropping choreography—on- and off-Broadway and on film. As usual, several Dance Spirit faves made it […]

The iconic 1990s musical Rent is the latest Broadway show to get the live treatment. Airing January 27, the star-studded cast includes Vanessa Hudgens as Maureen Johnson, Jordan Fisher as Mark Cohen, Tinashe as Mimi Marquez, and “RuPaul’s Drag Race” contestant Valentina as Angel. Keala Settle of The Greatest Showman will also make an appearance […]

Okay, y’all: It’s time to call it like it is. You’ve now been home from school for several days. You’ve spent some QT with the fam, gorged on all of the holiday goodies, and are finally starting to get just the sliiiiiiiiiightest bit tired of staring into space doing *~nothing~*. You’ve entered the little-understood (but […]

Every scrap of news coming from the highly-anticipated West Side Story remake has been nothing short of thrilling, tbh. First, there was the open casting call here in NYC for dancers to play the Jets and Sharks. Next, we heard the unsurprising-yet-awesome news that Justin Peck will choreograph the new movie. Now, there’s possibly the […]