Broadway Archive

Apr 22, 2008 The Back Page: Richard H. Blake, A Broadway Baby Comes of Age
George Balanchine very much admired Fred Astaire. David Howard says that Eleanor Powell was the best dancer ever. Why do two prominent figures in the ballet world speak so highly of tap dancers?

Apr 22, 2008 Passing Strange: An autobiographical musical journey traveling from a downtown success to a Broadway rave!
Stew’s relationship with his glasses was one of the mesmerizing features of “Passing Strange,” his upbeat musical that garnered rave reviews in New York after opening at the Belasco Theatre in March.

Mar 27, 2008 1..2..3..4!
So, you want to get into a new musical on Broadway, road show as a replacement or land a good role in local production? You did check your sources, didn’t you…

Mar 27, 2008 Getting There: Leading Your Students to the Great White Way
Students from countless studios and academies from coast to coast aspire to Broadway careers.

Mar 27, 2008 On the Road Again: Touring Companies Cross Canada and the USA
Bill Miller is Vice President of Press and Marketing at AWA Touring Services, which does theatrical tour booking and marketing. So Bill Miller is the person...

Mar 26, 2008 So You Want to Dance on Broadway!
There was a time, years ago, when a Broadway dancer was not necessarily a ballet dancer. If you are old, enough to have seen the original...

Mar 26, 2008 On The Record…
Karole Armitage is going to Broadway as choreographer (or movement coordinator as she is listed) for the new Broadway musical “Passing Strange,” opening at the Belasco Theatre at the end of February.

Jan 23, 2008 Reverence

Dec 27, 2007 Joe Langworth - from dancer to casting director

Dec 1, 2007 City Center
It's still the best buy in town. For only 10 dollars, if you are willing to wait in line you can get a ticket to see a ballet, modern dance or work from an ethnic source all on one program!

Dec 1, 2007 Broadway musicals
Pay a visit to "Legally Blonde –The Musical," "Les Miserables" and "Xanadu" before you try to beg, borrow, steal or pay through the nose for a ticket to "The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein, long title but guaranteed to be funny...

Dec 1, 2007 The Fall Season - Dance Events Abound in New York!
Among all the theatres opening for the fall season none have more distinctive dance programming than the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), presenting the "Next Wave" and the City Center's annual "Fall For Dance" season...

Nov 1, 2007 LaQuet - A Work In Progress
This nation is full of young women, who set their goals and get to work. An outstanding example is LaQuet Sharnell. Her story is one of priorities, sacrifice, communication between parent and child to make a dream a reality.

Nov 1, 2007 Beauty Barre
Trends and tips!

Nov 1, 2007 History of Dance, An Interactive Arts Approach
In spite of the daunting subject matter, this new book by Gayle Kassing successfully arranges hundreds of years of dance and hundreds of concepts about the history of dance into a manageable volume

Nov 1, 2007 Costume Maintenance
Before you toss out a pair of tights because they have faded, wash and renew them with a Tintex(TM) rinse using pink, beige, black or whatever their original color.

Nov 1, 2007 You and Your Personal Information
It's not just that someone out there wants to use your Master Card. Identity theft is a systematic plan to adopt your personal credit profile.

Nov 1, 2007 Backstage with Steven Becker
An interview with Steven Becker

Nov 1, 2007 Choreographer Joan Palethorpe
An interview with Joan Palethorpe.

Nov 1, 2007 Susan Stroman - Playing in the Major Leagues!
Susan Stroman was not wearing her customary black baseball cap when she welcomed me at the doorway of her Manhattan apartment.

Nov 1, 2007 Yoga for the Dancer
The Various Yoga Disciplines, cont.

Nov 1, 2007 News...To the Pointe
Upcoming events and features around the nation.

Nov 1, 2007 The Sous-sus Chef
Centuries of people on the go have resorted to holding hot, greasy meat and melting cheese with some sort of "edible napkin." Sliced bread, bread bowls and circular flat breads have helped people eat a wide variety of foods tucked inside.

Nov 1, 2007 Let's Have a Look at...
Tony Yazbeck - The Gypsy Dancer Returns to "Gypsy"

Nov 1, 2007 Hi Tech/Lo Tech
New trends and gadgets.

Nov 1, 2007 The DVD Corner
DVD reviews.

Nov 1, 2007 Tools of the Trade
Welcome back, dance lovers, to Dancer Magazine's Tools of the Trade, where we search the globe to find the best new dance-related products and round them up for you! Here's what we've found this month.

Nov 1, 2007 Let's Talk Dance
Even in Dance, there has to be some Tough Love

Nov 1, 2007 Schoenfeld Adds DVD to Popular Workout Book
Attaining a perfect physique seems unreachable to most women, but according to women's fitness expert Brad Schoenfeld, a lean, sculpted body can be achieved by simple exercises that maximize a woman's genetic potential.

Oct 1, 2007 Band Aid Activ Flex Blister Block Stick
Band-Aid® has released a product to help prevent blisters, and it may wind up in plenty of dance bags.

Oct 1, 2007 Curtain Up: The Robin Dawn Story
We would run down the street from one to the other,” said Robin Dawn, the personable director of the Robin Dawn Academy for Performing Arts

Oct 1, 2007 It's Curtains for Broadway Dancer Jennifer Dunne! Let's Have A Look!
Jennifer Dunne takes broadway by storm.

Oct 1, 2007 Broadway Cup Goes to SODA Pops
At Access Broadway’s 2007 Grand National Finals, held at Walt Disney

Sep 1, 2007 Pure & Simple
The frusterations of a dancer

Sep 1, 2007 Successful Ideas for Contemporary Dance Educators Are You Losing Students to Perfectionism?
There’s a bit in “A Chorus Line” where Cassie talks about not being.

Sep 1, 2007 Producer of a Hit Career
Matthew Vargo's career as a line captain.

Sep 1, 2007 An 8-Day of China
Even as we enjoyed tall glasses of water “with ice” and fresh salads piled high with raw vegetables,

Aug 1, 2007 Jealousy Dispelled
Dancer-choreographer Yael Faran has a busy performance schedule but finds teaching in her studio in Tel Aviv, Israel, no less rewarding. She cares

Aug 1, 2007 Harlequin floors
Harlequin roll straps replace sticky tape when touring. Harlequin Reversible TM available in 7 colors sets. Harlequin Liberty TM sprung panel system clips together for easy

Aug 1, 2007 Signing On With Matthew Bourne and His New Adventures Company!
Matthew Bourne and his New Adventures

Aug 1, 2007 Conditioning and Cross Training for Dancers Injuries, Part Deux
Get a stronger body through cross training.

Jun 1, 2007 Gettin' Mushy
Baby food! Are you kidding? Nope. Plum Organics was created so babies could get healthy, organic, foods with flavor and as fresh as possible.

Jun 1, 2007 Viva Broadway!
Attendance at Broadway and Off-Broadway shows is at record-breaking numbers.

Jun 1, 2007 Babe Alert!
Promotion for the Broadyway hit "Legally Blonde" based off the film starring Reese Witherspoon.

Jun 1, 2007 Let's Have a Look at Alisan Porter… following in her mother’s footsteps on stage in “A Chorus Line.”
Alisan Porter has the same role her mother had in "A Chorus Line".

Jun 1, 2007 Kevin Aubin
South Florida Ballet dancer makes good on dreams.

Jun 1, 2007 Princess Grace Awards Scholarships and Awards Grants and Fellowships
Founded in 1982, the Princes Grace Awards has awarded nearly 500 grants in excess of $4,500,000 to young artists in theater, dance and film

Jun 1, 2007 Let's Talk Dance
In the past several months I have become more acutely aware and increasingly frustrated with the production elements of events I have attended as an audience

May 1, 2007 Dance USA is Proud of...
Nicole Lauzardo Nicole Lauzardo first attended Dance USA in March of 2000, when she was crowned Miss Petite Dance of Florida.

May 1, 2007 Hot Latino Experiences and Spanish Roots
With each other, immigrants and visitors to the U.S. share their culture, its roots and its transformations in the new setting.

May 1, 2007 ReBoot Your Bod
As a dancer, maybe you’re already beach ready…and maybe you’re not. For anyone who has slipped out of shape and is sweating summer’s approach

May 1, 2007 ABT's Summer Intensives
ABT’s Summer Intensives has a new director

May 1, 2007 To The Pointe.... News....
The Seventh Annual Soul to Sole Festival will be held May 30th – June 3rd, 2007 in Tapestry Dance Company’s new 12,000 square foot

Apr 1, 2007 A Lighter Shade of Pale
It says sexy, it says sophisticated—but in barely a whisper. It’s the NUDE Lip you saw gracing oh-so-many celebs on the red carpets this spring.

Apr 1, 2007 Spring Awakening - Or How to Choreograph Microphones in a Broadway Musical!
How to Choreograph Microphones in a Broadway Musical

Apr 1, 2007 Viva Broadway!
More people are attennding Broadway shows.

Mar 1, 2007 What to Wear at an Audition
suggestions on what costume or leotard to wear when it comes to auditionning.

Mar 1, 2007 Vogue Ombre Unitard
The new Vogue Ombre Unitard (39427) from Marcea is a striking costume with a detachable scarf that ties in the back.

Mar 1, 2007 South Pacific in Dances Twice Told
Papeete, Tahiti, FRENCH POLYNESIA - Granted. In terms of travel distance, the South Pacific is not for everyone.

Feb 1, 2007 It's a Spoonful of sugar - Mary Poppins on Broadway
Mary Poppins Musical for all ages

Feb 1, 2007 New York Los Angeles Dance Conventions & Competitions
Three competitons all under one roof

Feb 1, 2007 We Gathered Together
It was somehow fitting that on November 19th, the Sunday before Thanksgiving, former and current students, accompanists, ballerinas, premier danseurs, teachers and just plain friends.

Feb 1, 2007 Making a Name
Greg Sample is a dancer in Celine Dion’s show “A New Day” at Caesars Palace Colosseum in Las Vegas.

Jan 1, 2007 Soak it up
Those deep dark January nights are the perfect time to hunker down and slather up, paying particular attention to season-sapped skin.

Jan 1, 2007 Leo's new Girl at the Rock Show costume!
Stand out from the crowd with Leo’s new Girl at the Rock Show costume! This new addition to Leo’s Kidazzle line has a contemporary look for a high-powered

Dec 1, 2006 Anna Held: Mother of the American Chorus Line
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. (1867-1932) may have been a legendary impresario known for his lavish girl-studded Broadway productions of the 1930’s.

Dec 1, 2006 Kelly Anise Daniells
Spotlight on Kelly Anise Daniells the star of Las Vegas's production of "Mamma Mia."

Dec 1, 2006 Standing Ovation Announces 25th Year for Serving Southwest Orange County
June 4, 2006, marked the 25th year celebration and performance by the stalwart Elizabeth Parsons School of Dance, and once again I was impressed with the

Dec 1, 2006 Imagination the Starting Point
Monika Rostomian has a number of talents: dancer, actress, figure skater, puppeteer and illusionist. But she truly excels as a teacher and at The Academy

Dec 1, 2006 Stack it up
’Tis the season to revel in delicious delights. These adorable chocolate & white striped hatboxes are brimming with chocolate treats to put on your bod as well

Dec 1, 2006 Finis Jhung
Fans of Finis Jhung will want to add his newest DVD to their dance library! The “Finis Jhung Ballet Technique Level 5: Intermediate Centerwork on Turns

Nov 1, 2006 The Elegant Steinway Hall and Their Prestigious Pianos Join Forces with Steps on Broadway
Announcement of the renowned Steinway piano's presence in Studio 2 of Steps on Broadway.

Nov 1, 2006 Simply Keen
Nathan Keen has already performed on Broadway, acted with theatrical touring companies.

Oct 1, 2006 The American Dance Competition 2006 Results
And the winners are!

Oct 1, 2006 PJC Summer Dance Workshop Awards Scholarships
The Pensacola Junior College Summer Dance Workshop celebrated its 25th Anniversary June 12-17, 2006 on the Pensacola Campus in Pensacola, Florida

Oct 1, 2006 Leo's
Leo’s new Skirted Camisole Leotard (15-545) lives up to the demands of dancers demanding a high quality leotard.

Oct 1, 2006 Let's Have a Look at… Nadene Isenegger
Phyllis Goldman talks about Nadene Isenegger's involment in "A Chorus Line".

Sep 1, 2006 The 2006 USA International Ballet Competition -- Jackson, Mississippi
Every four years for two weeks at the end of June and overlapping into July, dancers from around the world come to Jackson, Mississippi, to compete for

Sep 1, 2006 Amethyst Dancer's Necklace
Make a statement with this beautifully handcrafted Amethyst Dancer’s Necklace. Made by a master silversmith in sterling silver, it has two dancers atop an

Sep 1, 2006 Smart, Savvy, and Successful: Dancers of the Future Can Do It All
The kids of my generation are often referred to as members of Generation Y. We grew up meeting our friends in AOL chat rooms, listening to music recorded

Aug 1, 2006 A College Graduate in NYC: My Transition to the Real World
Recently, many underclassmen have been asking me, “Lindsay, what is life after college like?

Aug 1, 2006 COMPUDANCE
CompuDance is the world's most popular dance studio management software - over 2,200 users

Aug 1, 2006 Dance Anecdotes
A wonderful new book for your dance library

Aug 1, 2006 Peter Schabel New York Ballet Teacher
If you are one of the many dancers or teachers who come to New York to study, one of the ballet classes you should try is Peter Schabel’s at Broadway Dance Center.

Aug 1, 2006 Let's Have a Look at: Marjorie Folkman
I loved to dance,” Folkman began, “but I knew I didn’t have the technique, because I had missed the formative years of training,

Aug 1, 2006 Katherine Dunahm, Dancer/Choreographer
Katherine Dunham, 96, dancer/choreographer, who led a long, productive life on and off stage, died in New York City.

Jul 1, 2006 The Gypsy Camp It's Showtime folks! And the chorus Gypsy makes it happen
Working Broadway dancers are called gypsies; their apt and affectionate name-tag stolen from the rootless and romanticized

Jul 1, 2006 CD
FIRST 60 WORDS Get your little ballerinas ready for exam time with the new “Dances for Recitals” CD, a collection of 30 unrepeated solo piano melodies for a complete class.

Jul 1, 2006 Mueller's M Tape
When the usual white athletic tape gets too boring, try Mueller’s M Tape in colors-now in Pink,

Jun 1, 2006 Let's Have a Look at... Rob Ashford, Broadway choreographer
Spotlight on successful choreographer Rob Ashford including his recent project "The Wedding Singer."

Jun 1, 2006 Sonia Choquette Writer, Intuitive, and Healer
Upon landing an interview with Sonia Choquette, I am more excited than I have ever been.

Jun 1, 2006 Dance 24/7 Drawstring Bag
Make a statement with the Dance 24/7 Drawstring Bag (#E114) or the Dance Dance Drawstring Bag (#E113) by Leo’s. Both

May 1, 2006 Dancers' Resources--Books and More, Part 1
Nutritional Dancer has featured Dr. Arthur Agatston’s The South Beach Diet, The South Beach Diet Cookbook, and The South Beach Diet

Apr 1, 2006 Capezio
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Apr 1, 2006 Powder It Up!
Soothe your stress with Koppla, a refreshing citrus-y blend of herbs that promises relief in 15 minutes.

Apr 1, 2006 An American Original The Joffrey Ballet Turns Fifty
They were upstarts, innovators, and the champions of early 20th century masterworks.

Apr 1, 2006 Give My Regards… Let’s Have a Look at… Joyce Chittick… the ‘Steam Heat’ girl in “Pajama Game!”
Joyce Chittick finally makes her debut on Broadway.

Apr 1, 2006 annual Boulder Jazz Dance Workshop

Mar 1, 2006 Footnotes to Dance History
Pantomimes (the ones with music, song, and dance), vaudeville shows, honky-tonks, medicine shows, circuses and burlesque theatres

Mar 1, 2006 Music The Dancer's Inspiration
Imagine a movie without a soundtrack - vapid; uninspired. Imagine a dancer without music. In each case, the music helps set tone and pace, enhancing imagery.