Tag: susan stroman

"Little Dancer" Gets Another Run (and a New Title)

Remember Little Dancer, the musical starring Tiler Peck and inspired by Edgar Degas’ sculpture of the same name? After a 2014 run at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, the creative team did some major reworking of the material, and now the show is making its West Coast premiere. The revamped production opens at Seattle’s […]

11 Broadway Legends and What They're Known For

It’s important to know about the artists who paved the way for us—especially in the musical theater world, which has been driven from the beginning by charismatic dancers and choreographers whose work continues to inspire Broadway babies. If you’re a Great White Way fan, you should get to know these legendary artists, some of whom […]

Could this App Change the Way You Choreograph?

Today in This Might Actually Be Game-Changing news: Choreographer/director Jeff Whiting, who’s worked all over Broadway, has created an app that streamlines the choreographic process. It’s called Stage Write, and it sounds awesome. Apparently it’s simple to use, too. The idea is to create icons for every performer in your piece or show, assigning each […]

The Cast of Little Dancer Visits the Actual Little Dancer

When I was maybe 10, a museum near my hometown exhibited a bronze cast of Edgar Degas’ Little Dancer Aged Fourteen sculpture. I went to visit her, and quickly discovered that my first impulse—to imitate her iconic fourth-position pose—was shared by dozens of other baby ballerinas. There was a whole crowd of us gathered around the […]

There's a Little Dancer Live Stream This Weekend

In our October issue, we talked to New York City Ballet principal Tiler Peck about her musical theater turn in the brand-new show Little Dancer. Inspired by Degas’ famous sculpture and directed and choreographed by Broadway guru Susan Stroman, the musical is set to open at Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center later this month. Little Dancer […]

When Statues Come to Life

You know the sculpture: A young girl in a tutu stands in an open fourth position, gazing up in awe as if she’s watching a prima ballerina leap before her. But you probably don’t know the story behind the sculpture—the story of ballet student Marie von Goethem, who, at age 14, became the muse of […]

The Fairchilds Take Broadway

Megan Fairchild in ballet mode in Robbins’ Dances at a Gathering (photo by Paul Kolnik) We love, love, love ballet dancers who are decidedly not bunheads. There’s nothing cooler than a world-class ballet professional who’s excited to take on other dance styles—or other sides of the dance world entirely. Yesterday, it was announced that beautiful […]

Broadway Dance's Big Night: The Astaire Awards

The Tony Awards (airing this Sunday night!) recognize a lot of Broadway talent: actors, directors, sound designers, lighting designers, writers, composers, and our favorites, choreographers. But we all know that the true muscle behind every amazing musical is the dancers. And they rarely get Tony nominations. (Unless they happen to be the fabulous Karine Plantadit, […]