The Newsies boys will be seizing the day in 25 cities across the U.S. (photo Matthew Murphy) Today brings both good and bad news. Go grab a tissue, because the bad news is first. Got one? OK. This just in: Newsies is closing. In two months. After a final show on August 24, the Disney […]
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Confession: When I found out Aladdin was coming to Broadway, I was completely uninterested. With the exception of the ever-brilliant Newsies, Disney on Broadway isn’t really my thing. Or I guess I should say Disney on Broadway wasn’t really my thing—because I saw Aladdin and I loved it. I’m sure you’ll love it, too, so […]
Remember when “American Idol” finalist Todrick Hall made Halloween extra fabulous with his Chicago-meets-Disney mashup “Spell Block Tango“? Well, thanks to the talented blogger of Oh My Disney, we celebrated New Year’s Eve in a similarly Disney-dance-tastic fashion. Set to this summer’s hit single “Replay” by Zendaya Coleman (from “Shake It Up,” “Dancing with the […]
Roshon Fegan on the final episode of “Shake It Up,” “Remember Me” (by Kelsey McNeal/Disney Channel) At Dance Spirit, we say there’s no such thing as too many dance-y TV shows! But sadly, we’ll have to say goodbye to one of them with the series finale of Disney’s “Shake It Up” this Sunday. To commemorate […]
Aladdin is coming to Broadway!! I don’t think I’ve been this excited for a new musical since….well, I don’t think I’ve ever been this excited for a new musical. “Prince Ali,” “Friend Like Me,” “One Jump Ahead”: These songs will forever be on my pick-me-up playlist—and I may or may not know every single word. […]
by Keith Munyan You may know Kelli Berglund as lightning-fast bionic teenager Bree on Disney XD’s “Lab Rats.” But did you know she’s also a star on the competition scene? Kelli started dancing at age 4 and has trained in jazz, ballet, hip hop, acrobatics, tap and contemporary (her favorite) at the Camarillo Academy of […]
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 […]