Tag: carousel

Presenting Our Annual Jazz Hand Awards for the Danciest Shows on Broadway

Welcome to the fourth annual Jazz Hand Awards—aka “the Jazzies”—where we rate the danciest new shows shining on Broadway. The Jazzie for Most Authentic Afro-Caribbean Moves Goes to… “Once on This Island” (Center, left) Alex Newell as Asaka, mother of the Earth with Hailey Kilgore as Ti Moune in “Once on This Island” (photo by […]

The Danciest Moments From Last Night's Tony Awards

As usual, the Tony Awards 2018 were a musical theater lovers dream come true. There’s nothing better than seeing some of our favorite dancers perform their hearts out on the iconic Radio City Music Hall stage, and we were seriously inspired by the power of theater in the process. First things first, we were not […]

This "Carousel" Supercut Will Waltz into Your Heart

This is one two-and-a-half-minute ride you’ll never ever want to get off. The classic musical Carousel is—pardon the dad joke—a doozy of an emotional roller-coaster. Girl meets boy, girl and boy fall deeply in love, boy behaves badly (like, really badly), girl finds the courage to forgive boy and finally move on with her life. […]

7 Broadway Ensemble Dancers Who Deserve Their Own Tony Awards

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 […]

Ryan Steele Writes a Letter to His Teenage Self

Ryan Steele has become a Broadway mainstay, thanks to his powerful technique and commanding stage presence. He’s been a part of the original casts of hit shows, including Newsies and Matilda, played a Lost Boy in Peter Pan Live!, and performed in the first national tour of An American in Paris. A Walled Lake, MI, […]

NYCB Is Taking Over Broadway Yet Again

If you lived for Megan Fairchild in On the Town and Robbie Fairchild as An American in Paris, get stoked. Next March 23, a revival of Carousel is opening on Broadway, featuring the talents of no fewer than three New York City Ballet stars. As reported by The New York Times, Justin Peck will choreograph […]

A Ballet Couple Takes a Turn in Carousel

Who doesn’t love a good ballet company couple? New York City Ballet has bunches of them—Megan Fairchild and Andrew Veyette, Janie Taylor and Sebastien Marcovici, Teresa Reichlen and Justin Peck, Lauren Lovette and Daniel Ulbricht—but one of the troupe’s cutest pairs is Tiler Peck and Robert Fairchild. Even before they were dating, we wanted to […]