It’s an indisputable fact that the Radio City Rockettes never look bad. (I mean, these ladies can even work it in toy soldier costumes.) But we’ve become so accustomed to seeing them dolled up in holiday-themed costumes—candy stripes, snow flakes, Santa suits and the like—it was hard for us to imagine what their looks for […]
To me, Thanksgiving means three things: delicious food, quality family time and the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Nothing says “It’s the holidays!” quite like wrestling a turkey into the oven, while looking over my shoulder to make sure I haven’t missed the Radio City Rockettes. (This has yet to end in disaster, knock on wood.) […]
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, […]
It’s kind of hard to fathom the fact that the Radio City Rockettes have been around since 1925. I mean, just think about the periods of American history these leggy ladies have kicked their way through! Pretty surreal. 92-year-old Eleanor Leight can tell you what it was like to be a Rockette during the 1940s, […]
When we watch the Rockettes perform in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, we see a group of impeccable dancers moving in perfect unison—not a sequin or an eyelash out of place. But it takes a lot of intricate behind-the-scenes work to keep the Rockettes stage-ready. Here’s a by-the-numbers look at the Rockettes’ Christmas Spectacular experience, […]
All right people, it’s really happening! The Rockettes are slated to premiere their new show, New York Spring Spectacular, in 2015. We reported back in March that Hearts and Lights—which was scheduled to open in Spring of 2014—was unceremoniously shuttered until 2015—and then we didn’t hear very much more about it. It looks like Spring […]
We know the Rockettes work hard to achieve perfect unison, but it’s rare to get a glimpse of them in rehearsal. In this brief, local NYC TV spot, reporter Ralphie Aversa went into the studio to watch the Rockettes work on those classic kick lines. It turns out they look pretty glamorous even when they’re […]
(Note: Heart and Lights was postponed until further notice after this article was written.) (Photo by Amanda Schwab/Starpix) For the Rockette-obsessed, waiting to see the dancers—who have been kick-lining in perfect unison in NYC since 1932—in the annual Radio City Christmas Spectacular can feel like torture. But now the Rockettes have a springtime show, Heart […]