It’s Fleet Week here in NYC—that one magical week when the city is flooded with cute sailor boys. Here at DS, that means it’s time for: Pick Your Favorite Musical Sailors! In the running: South Pacific ‘s rowdy mariners. There ain’t nothin’ like ’em! Anything Goes ‘ tapping tars. They’re the top! The old-schoolers: Frank […]
Are you ready to party like it’s 1776? Here’s hoping your 4th of July celebrations tomorrow include dancing of some kind, whether you’ll be busting out your red-white-and-blue–sequined unitard (what, doesn’t everyone have one of those?) or just grooving by the grill. To help you get in the spirit of things, here’s a roundup of […]
Happy Tony Awards weekend, everyone! You’ve probably already feasted your ears on the Ultimate Broadway Playlist. But if you’re like us, you can never get enough of the Great White Way. So here are a few more song-and-dance treats: 9 standout moments from the Tony Awards themselves. In reverse chronological order: 1. Last year’s fantastic […]
When 12-year-old David Alvarez walked into an audition for the original Broadway production of Billy Elliot, he was shocked to see other dancers practicing their tap routines. A student at The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre, his only training was in classical ballet. “I had no idea what to do!” David, now […]
Totally forgot to blog about this yesterday: As I was channel-surfing around late Monday night, mourning the end of my long weekend, I happened to flip by “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.” Lo and behold, there was pop star-turned-Broadway baby Nick Jonas singing “I Believe in You” from How to Succeed in Business Without Really […]
Watch a Broadway cast sing and dance along to the classic tune “Anything Goes” and you’ll never forget it. Anything Goes first opened on the Great White Way in 1934 and has since been hailed as an iconic, all-American production. Now, Broadway veteran Kathleen Marshall is directing and choreographing the musical as it returns to […]