Andy Blankenbuehler's Bandstand is Officially Broadway Bound

March 22, 2017

Hot new musical alert! Producers announced last week that Bandstand, a super dance-y new show and one of Andy Blankenbuehler‘s latest projects, will open on the Great White Way in April 2017. Hamilton heavyweight Blankenbuehler, who led Bandstand‘s original creative team during its initial run at the Paper Mill Playhouse in 2015, is serving as both director and choreographer.

The jazzy show is set in a 1945 nightclub and centers on a radio contest searching for the next big swing band. So far, the only cast members announced are the leads: Tony nominee Laura Osnes (known for Cinderella), who plays a singer and WWII widow named Julia, and Corey Cott (of Gigi), who plays Donny, a singer/songwriter and WWII veteran hoping to win the contest.

“As a director, I’m so lucky to be involved with a show that is so rich in emotion and heart,” Blankenbuehler said to BroadwayWorld.com. “As a choreographer, I’m over the moon to be dancing to a score that sizzles like nothing else on Broadway.”

And he’s not kidding. Check out the promo video from the show’s Paper Mill run and get excited, because the choreo is seriously FIERCE. ?


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