If you’re a hardcore Broadway baby, today is the worst Sunday of the year. Why, you ask? The Tony Awards were last Sunday, so basically there’s nothing to look forward to in life anymore—no James Corden being James Corden, no teary acceptance speeches from newly minted stars, no thrilling excerpts from the hottest new shows. […]
Test your knowledge of the Great White Way’s razzle-dazzle dance history. (function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=’https://embed.playbuzz.com/sdk.js’;fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,’script’,’playbuzz-sdk’)); A version of this story appeared in the May/June 2019 issue of Dance Spirit with the title “What’s Your Broadway IQ?”
Welcome to the fifth annual Dance Spirit Jazz Hand Awards—aka “The Jazzies”—where we honor the most dancetastic new Broadway shows. Some are shining onstage right now, others will open in the next few months, and they’re all worth a ticket. Consider this your official guide to the season’s latest and greatest. The Jazzie for Best […]
The Broadway community was #shook on Tuesday morning as “Smash” alums Leslie Odom Jr. and Katharine McPhee announced the 2018 Tony Award nominations. (We were so happy to see our friends from Mean Girls honored with 12 noms!) But—sadly—there’s no Tony Award category for ensemble dancers. Which feels especially unfair right now because this season’s […]
T-shirt from the show that you’re seeing = fool-proof choice? Not so much. This is a question I’m not used to asking myself—at least, not when it comes to a live dance or theater performance. Years of constant drilling from my mother had trained me to reject denim, shorts and anything resembling athletic wear, which […]
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! […]