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The ballroom dancing the world recognizes today is competitive ballroom dance, sometimes known as Dancesport. It is comprised of ten dances, which can all be danced in “closed ballroom” hold. The style danced in BURN THE FLOOR is called “international style” and has been danced in competition since 1920. International style ballroom dance consists of [...]
ANYA AND PASHA
JOIN THE NATIONAL TOUR OF
BURN THE FLOOR
The producers of BURN THE FLOOR, Broadway’s Latin and Ballroom dance spectacular, announced today that ANYA GARNIS and PASHA KOVALEV of TV’s “So You Think You Can Dance” will join the touring company of BURN THE FLOOR, from September 7, 2010 [...]
Dear Fellow Theatre Lovers:
When I first had the honor of seeing selections from IN THE HEIGHTS just prior to its opening off-Broadway – I was taken with the upbeat rapping and hip-hop music, and absolutely charmed by the multi-cultural cast. It was not until a year later, as I was watching the show ON Broadway [...]
Full given name: Joseph Morales
Hometown: Wahiawa, Hawaii
Zodiac sign: Aries
Audition song: I’ll never tell….
Special skills: The claw games in arcades where you win the stuffed animals. I’m a beast.
First Broadway show ever saw: RENT
If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be? Pippin
Current show you have been recommending to [...]
Lin-Manuel Miranda, who conceived the Tony Award-winning In the Heights and wrote the music and lyrics, is a new voice with an old soul. The show, which celebrates life in a Washington Heights barrio, is propelled by the rhythms of hip hop and Latin music – uncommon sounds, to be sure, in musical theater – [...]
When I first heard about IN THE HEIGHTS, the thought that immediately popped into my head was, “hmmm…a Latino West side Story.” I got curious about the show and I did what almost 100% of people do: I googled it! From that very first glimpse, I really was taken and needed to know more.
The [...]
Lin-Manuel Miranda is the Tony-winning composer-lyricist of Broadway’s In The Heights. In The Heights received four 2008 Tony Awards (including Best Orchestrations, Best Choreography and Best Musical), with Lin-Manuel receiving a Tony Award for Best Score, as well as a nomination for Best Leading Actor in a Musical. Off-Broadway, In The Heights received 9 Drama Desk Nominations (including Best Music, [...]
At the end of the Tony Award-winning musical In the Heights, a sign with a Latino name is removed from a storefront, revealing the Irish name of a previous owner. That one moment defines the constantly changing neighborhood of Washington Heights, and offers a window into the history of immigration in the United [...]
What is Avenue Q about?
Avenue Q tells the story of Princeton, a bright-eyed college grad who moves to NYC with big dreams and a tiny bank account. The only apartment he can afford is way out on Avenue Q, where everyone’s looking for the same things he is: a decent job, a stable relationship, and [...]
Puppets for the post-puberty set
BY KELI DAILEY, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
THURSDAY, JULY 1, 2010 AT 1:18 P.M.
Jeff Dunham and Peanut.
Ordinary 30-somethings were recently lured on stage for puppet karaoke — “puppet-e-oke,” as the Adult Puppet Cabaret organizers dubbed it. They waved paper dolls and foam-sandwich figures in time to 1970s pop tunes like “S.O.S.” They also proved [...]