Tag: newsies

An Evening At The Astaire Awards

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, […]

The 2012 Tony Award Nominations

Around this time every year, the Dance Spirit staff starts buzzing about Broadway. We’re smack dab in the middle of working on our July/August NYC issue and seeing all of the new shows on the Great White Way. We find ourselves singing the oh-so-catchy tunes (“I’m the king of New York!”) in the shower, on […]

Seize the Day!

Extra! Extra! Are you a Newsies fan? Do you live in the NYC area? Are you a morning person? If you answered “yes” to all of these questions, get your bum to Times Square tomorrow, March 22, at 7:30 am to catch the Broadway cast of Newsies performing live on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” And […]

Evan Kasprzak's Favorite Performance

I’m editing a piece for our May/June issue in which dancers talk about their favorite performances. It includes some pretty amazing stories. (New York City Ballet principal Wendy Whelan’s contribution made me cry—it’s so moving.) “So You Think You Can Dance” alum and current Newsies boy Evan Kasprzak sent in a quote just a tad […]

The New Kings of New York

The cast of the Paper Mill Playhouse production of Newsies. (T. Charles Erickson) Seize the day and get your tickets: Newsies is opening on Broadway! The show, which began with a super-successful regional run at New Jersey’s Paper Mill Playhouse last fall, will premiere on the Great White Way this month with a new cast, […]

Newsies at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

If you missed the stellar performance by the Broadway cast of Newsies (which officially opens on the Great White Way March 29) over the weekend, you need to watch this! We’re counting down the days until opening night. Are you?

Broadway on Parade

Thanksgiving is less than a week away and we’re getting pretty psyched about our favorite turkey-day tradition: watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade! The entire production is always spectacular, but we’re especially looking forward to the performances by Broadway casts. We reached out to Macy’s to get the scoop on which shows we’ll see this […]