I haven’t exactly made my love—OK, my obsession—for Newsies (the Broadway show version) a secret around here. Aaron Albano, Alex Wong, Ryan Steele and Ephraim Sykes at their 2012 DS cover shoot in Brooklyn. Photo by Jacob Pritchard for Dance Spirit. Everyone who knows me—or is seated next to me and my headphones on the […]
Dancers reveal the funniest—and sweetest—things their fans have ever done for them. Corey Cott (by Lorenzo Bevilaqua) Corey Cott Jack Kelly in Newsies on Broadway “Newsies has the most incredible, loyal fans ever. There are kids who have come to the show 60 or 70 times, and at the stage door we’re on a first-name […]
This goes out to all of you who are just as ridiculously obsessed with Newsies as I am. Seriously, what’s not to love about the show? An über-cute cast bursting with former comp kids (hey, John Michael Fiumara!), jaw-dropping Christopher Gattelli choreo and those soaring Alan Menken songs… It all adds up to utter perfection […]
Jakob Karr in Flashdance: The Musical (DRGPhotography) Jakob Karr, with his amazing extensions, and Kamille Upshaw, with her captivating stage presence, made names for themselves by snatching up award after award on the competition circuit. The two were hired for their first professional dance jobs in 2007—performing together during the halftime show of an alpaca […]
Oh my gosh—oh my gosh, you guys! NYC’s fifth-ever Broadway Week starts today—and that means tickets to some of our favorite dance-y shows are two for the price of one! This. Is. Huge. Just take a look at the list of shows involved: Annie Chicago Cinderella The Heiress Jersey Boys The Lion King Mamma Mia! […]
Oh my gosh, you guys—we have been on a roller coaster ride of emotions today. This morning, we heard that dancer (and cutie) extraordinaire Ryan Steele was leaving the cast of Newsies, where he’s wowed audiences with his newspaper fouettés ever since the show opened on Broadway. Ryan! Nooooo! Then, just a few minutes later, […]
As I was watching the new production of Annie on Broadway last night (yay!), I kept getting this weird, persistent sense of déjà vu. Scrappy, adorable young ragamuffins trying to survive in the big city? Struggling against an unjust system run by tyrannical adults? Wearing period costumes? Speaking in heavy New Yawk accents? Around the […]
Still unsure what you want to be for Halloween? Problem solved! The Broadway cast of Newsies just put out the cutest video about how to assemble your perfect newsie costume. (Newsboy cap? Check. Bag o’papes? Check. Dirt? Check.) If the basic newsie ensemble isn’t doing it for you, they have plenty of thoughts on how […]