Last December, Broadway choreographer extraordinaire (and past Dance Spirit cover boy!) Spencer Liff told DS that “My next big project is my favorite thing I’ve ever done: a punk-rock musical called Head Over Heels, based on the Elizabethan novel Arcadia and set to music by the Go-Go’s.” That next big project is finally here: Tomorrow, […]
Spencer Liff knows how to perform under pressure. Over nine seasons of “So You Think You Can Dance,” the Broadway wunderkind has dreamed up number after Emmy-nominated number within the show’s punishing under-a-week rehearsal period. You might not realize from watching his fast-paced, endlessly inventive numbers that “SYTYCD” was Liff’s first solo choreographic gig, coming […]
It’s lights-out for the flashiest show on network television. The show’s over for “Smash.” NBC’s Broadway drama was cancelled last week after two seasons. And while I know, given the verrrrry mixed critical reactions to the troubled show, that not everyone’s upset by the news, I’ll admit it: I totally am. Yes, the plotlines have […]
I expected the borderline-inappropriate jokes. I expected the appearance by Ted (sighhhhh). I even kind of expected the tribute to boobs on film. But what I didn’t expect from Seth MacFarlane’s turn as host of the Academy Awards was a whole bunch of dance numbers. Dance! And here I was thinking the Busby Berkeley-style opening […]