It’s official! Not only are the Rockettes unveiling a brand new summer show this year—titled New York Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes—but they’ve also tapped genius Mia Michaels to choreograph and direct. That’s right: Michaels will be given full creative reign. And after the awesome opening number she created for last year’s Spring Spectacular, […]
Dear Santa, Hi! How are you? Busy, I bet! Har har. (Ho ho?) Look, I know I’m late—it’s Christmas Eve, and I’m sure you’re dealing with all kinds of #reindeerprobz—but I thought I’d reach out to you anyway. Because I’m not just some girl who’ll be happy with a Kylie Lip Kit and Adele tour […]
Melanie Moore bursts onto the Finding Neverland stage with a gigantic center-split leap the moment the curtain rises. She’s dressed as Peter Pan—yet over the course of the two-and-a-half hour Broadway retelling of J.M. Barrie’s path to creating Peter Pan, Moore dons nine costumes, six pairs of shoes and four wigs. In fact, her backstage […]
Pop quiz! Who’s getting really excited for this Sunday’s Tony Awards? a) The Broadway community. b) Your grandma. c) Anybody who loves dance. d) ME ME OMG ME. e) All of the above. The correct answer, of course, is E. But let’s put special emphasis on C here for a minute, shall we? Because the […]
Today marked the last of Broadway Week on NBC’s “TODAY.” And while we were treated to performances from many shows on The Great White Way—including On the Town, Chicago and Something Rotten!—one giant, dance-filled production was missing: Finding Neverland. As luck would have it, rival show “Good Morning America” took care of that over on […]
There’s nothing Mia Michaels can’t conquer. With work for her own dance company (Mia Michaels’ RAW), concert productions (for both Madonna and Celine Dion), feature films (Rock of Ages) and TV shows (“So You Think You Can Dance”) already under her choreographic belt, you may be thinking “What’s left?” But the three-time Emmy Award–winner is […]
In case you missed the best night on TV—a.k.a the live broadcast of the Tony Awards—Dance Spirit‘s got your back. Here’s a rundown of the show’s highlights, a couple of its more cringe-worthy moments, and some of our favorite (and least-favorite) red carpet outfits. Hugh Jackman with the cast of After Midnight (photo Sara Krulwich/The […]
OK, so it’s definitely no secret at this point that we’re in love with Chaz Buzan. (It’s almost been a month since we’ve mentioned him! Almost…) And no, this post is not just a #WayBackWednesday to our January 2013 cover, which featured Chaz alongside fellow Mia Michaels assistant Ryan Ramirez and Mia herself, of course. Although, we […]