Dee Tomasetta was 7 years old when she decided what she wanted to do with the rest of her life. She’d come to New York City for the first time to attend the Access Broadway Nationals competition, and as she drove down the Hudson River on her way home, watching the city skyline pass by, […]
Growing up, Olivia Cece had big aspirations for her career, but Broadway wasn’t one of them. For one thing, she didn’t sing or act. In fact, she didn’t know anything about the world of musical theater. But when her shot at winning Season 11 of “So You Think You Can Dance” slipped through her fingers, […]
Maurice Hines, a dazzling member of tap dance and Broadway royalty, died on December 29, 2023, two weeks after his 80th birthday. If you were fortunate enough to meet the dapper dancer, actor, and singer—even if only briefly—Hines had a way of making you feel like you were a star in your own right. Family […]
Khori Michelle Petinaud is back on Broadway. This time, she’s bringing her smooth magnetism to Bob Fosse’s DANCIN’. The suave musical theater star began dancing at 13 years old at Russell’s School of Ballet in Chantilly, Virginia. Once she graduated from high school, she left her hometown studio and moved to Manhattan, where she earned […]
For musical theater dancers in New York City, Billy Griffin’s class is a breath of fresh air. Amidst the daily grind of auditions, striving to achieve goals, and coping with the inevitability of rejection, he offers a space void of judgment. “I want dancers to leave having fallen in love with themselves,” he says of […]
I come from a long line of dancers. My grandfather, Matt Mattox, was a Broadway legend, both my parents were performers, and my mom had her own studio in New Hampshire called Keri Productions for 17 years. I was practically destined to be a dancer and began my training when I was just 2 1/2 years […]
As you’re prepping your Thanksgiving meal, why not throw in a dash of dance? This year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is stuffed (pun intended) with performances from four stellar Broadway shows, the Radio City Rockettes and students from three New York City dance institutions. Tune in to NBC November 28 from 9 am to noon […]
A few years ago, Mary Ann Lamb got a phone call from Ann Reinking, who was choreographing a production of The Visit starring Chita Rivera. Lamb was thrilled when Reinking offered her the role of Young Claire without even asking for an audition. “And then she said, ‘In the first act, you’re going to play […]
The inimitable Carol Channing, best known for her role as the titular Hello, Dolly!, passed away today at 97. Though she became a three-time Tony winner, Channing was born in Seattle, far from the Great White Way, in 1921. After growing up in San Francisco, she attended the famed Bennington College, studying dance and drama. […]
When it comes to Broadway, Becca Petersen does it all. Not only is she a swing learning multiple roles for Mean Girls on Broadway as well as understudy for the principal roles of Cady Heron and Regina George, but she also plays an administrative role as the assistant dance captain. When she’s not onstage dancing […]