There'll Be a Ton of Awesome Dancing at the Tony Awards

June 3, 2015

Pop quiz! Who’s getting really excited for this Sunday’s Tony Awards?

a) The Broadway community.

b) Your grandma.

c) Anybody who loves dance.

d) ME ME OMG ME.

e) All of the above.

The correct answer, of course, is E. But let’s put special emphasis on C here for a minute, shall we? Because the official lineup of Tony Award performers was recently announced, and holy LaDucas is it ever jam-packed with dance.

Oh yeah. There’s gonna be a LOT of this. (Robert Fairchild and Leanne Cope in An American in Paris; photo Sara Krulwich/New York Times)

First of all, there’ll just be more performers on stage, period, than at any previous Tony Awards. And since this was a particularly glorious year for dance on Broadway, a lot of them are going to be world-class dancers.

Top highlights include:

-the American in Paris mashup of “An American in Paris (pas de deux),” “‘S Wonderful” and “I Got Rhythm,” featuring Tony nominees Leanne Cope and Robert Fairchild doing fellow nominee Christopher Wheeldon’s choreo;

On the Town‘s medley of “Lucky to Be Me,” “New York, New York” and “Times Square Ballet,” with choreography by Josh Bergasse performed by Tony nom Tony Yazbeck and the stellar ensemble (hi Ricky Ubeda!);

-“Stronger” from Finding Neverland, featuring Mr. Schue Matthew Morrison and Kelsey Grammer doing Mia Michaels’ oh-so-Mia choreography.

In case you’re wondering what Mia choreo on Broadway looks like, here’s a sneak preview. (The cast of Finding Neverland; photo Sara Krulwich/New York Times)

Also, Kirstin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming—whom I’d like to present with a pre-Tonys award for Broadway People I’d Like to Be Best Friends With (prize is a selfie with yours truly; COME FIND ME TO CLAIM IT!)—will be hosting. So, that’ll be great, obviously.

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for the full list of performances, and be sure to catch all the musical theater action this Sunday at 8 pm ET on CBS.