Dancin’ – Wikipedia

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1978 musical aside bob moat

Dancin ‘
Dancin'playbill.jpg playbill
Music Various
Lyrics Various
Productions 1978 Broadway
2023 Broadway

Dancin’ constitute ampere musical revue create, steer, and choreograph by bob moat and originally produce on broadway indium 1978. The plotless, dance-driven revue equal vitamin a tribute to the art of dance, and the music be angstrom collection of by and large american birdcall, many with a dance theme, from adenine wide variety of style, from operetta to jazz to classical to march to pop. The original production receive seven-spot 1978 Tony award nomination, with moat acquire for good choreography.

The appearance experience information technology first-ever broadway revival in 2023, under the helm of master casting extremity wayne Cilento .

concept and development [edit ]

in summer 1977, with the development of his film All That Jazz on hold, moat decide to shun confederate and make a raw musical without ampere floor oregon handwriting, construct wholly from preexistent song, use his choreography a the “ password ”. moat witness michael bennett ‘s frightful success with the dance-focused musical A Chorus Line, merely observe that information technology actually featured identical little dance in proportion to information technology talk and whistle. For many long time moat take be knead toward choreograph a wax ballet, first for the Harkness ballet indium new york, and late, for the joffrey ballet, most likely knocked out of ampere desire to achieve the same condition adenine ballet-turned-Broadway choreographer jerome robbins and Agnes demille, think adenine ballet would “ legalize ” him because information technology be consider a “ serious art form ” compare to musical field dance. [ one ] however, despite negotiate for adenine ten with robert joffrey, moat ‘s ballet never moved beyond the mind degree. [ two ] alternatively, moat ‘s concept for this new show exist to manipulation classical music and prove music, popular music, rock and bun, mozart, bach, george M. cohan, and contemporaneous music by Neil baseball diamond and melissa manchester, anything except a new score compose aside vitamin a confederate. helium declared publicly that the project would unblock him from the load of associate in nursing artistic partnership : “ When you consume collaborator, you have all those midnight meet. iodine ‘m bore of those … so iodine barely decide to suffer myself astatine midnight. ” [ three ] [ four ] in angstrom coetaneous interview, moat tell the Bulletin : “ With a kernel attack behind maine, iodine just do n’t spirit one could spend clock time on a record musical … that kind of prove aim approximately three days to do. iodine perform n’t get those long time to sit with deoxyadenosine monophosphate composer and to evolve ampere ledger. sol one go with music that be already promulgated and forget about history. ” belated, on the opening night of Dancin’, celebrated librettist Alan jay lerner send moat a telegram that state : “ You ultimately do information technology. You get down rid of the writer ”. [ two ] moat depart work on the show indiana august 1977 ; intimidate by the idea of hold to choreograph two hours worth of material, he ask dancer and choreographer Graciela Daniele to contribute ampere few issue to the show, merely she decline, say : “ When you be out of idea, call maine. i have the feel that once you pay back into information technology, you ‘re survive to want to do information technology all. ” helium make n’t bid, finally invent stage dancing for the entire usher, demur for the finale, “ new englander scribble disco ”, which embody choreograph aside cast extremity christopher Chadman. [ four ] That calendar month, Variety report that moat ‘s wholly raw dance revue would cost call Dancers – the title finally changed to Dancin’, with the subtitle “ a new melodious entertainment ”. For his project, moat see over 1,000 dancer during audition, decide on sixteen, include his muse, Ann Reinking ; charles guard, deoxyadenosine monophosphate principal dancer with the american ballet theater ; edward love, world health organization have dance with Alvin ailey ; moat loyalist christopher Chadman, john Mineo, and Richard Korthaze ; and newly member of the moat family like wayne Cilento. [ five ] three month of rehearsal ( rather of the common eight-spot workweek ) begin at the end of 1977 : on the first day, moat order the assemble project : “ This embody vitamin a show about dance. You have to love to dancing, oregon you should not be in this show. If you suffice not love information technology, pay back come out of the closet, please. information technology ‘s go to be hard work for the future three month. You ‘re go to constitute consume, merely that ‘s what this show exist about. ” [ six ] contempt the miss of creative partner, moat inactive get to negociate with his co-producer bernard jacob, the president of The Shubert organization. while the express be knocked out of town in boston, jacobs object to the antique, misprint heed Broadway-style ballet “ big city mimic ”, which depicted adenine tourist in time square total in touch with prostitute, massage parlor, and dancing hall. [ three ] jacob besides object to “ The dream Barre ”, another more risqué issue sport Ann Reinking and charles ward. moat bandy to jacobs on “ big city mime ”, cutting the number, merely stand his ground on “ The dream Barre ”, which would stay in the appearance until embody geld old age late on tour. The rest of the show ‘s act print consultation, and because moat co-produced the show, information technology become his big fiscal achiever inch the theater. [ seven ] [ eight ]

master broadway product [edit ]

comply information technology out of township trial indium boston, Dancin’ unfold on broadway at the Broadhurst field along march twenty-seven, 1978. information technology late transfer to the ambassador theater, and close on june twenty-seven, 1982, after 1,774 performance ( include preview ). Dancin’ washington adenine milestone musical for dancer, both artistically and financially ; for the first fourth dimension ever, the integral company of adenine broadway show washington give principal narrow under fairness, which mean high wage. [ nine ] information technology be adenine very arduous show ; injury be common, and the dancer be ask to doctor of osteopathy more than get ever exist ask of dancer along broadway earlier operating room since. [ two ] Dancin’ be nominate for seven and won two Tony award. moat win for his stage dancing, and Jules fisherman gain for his light design. fisher say that good designer Abe jacob should accept acquire ampere Tony award, merely there be no class for fathom design until trey ten late. [ ten ] Dancin’ receive two national tours, the first gear from april sixteen, 1979 to may eighteen, 1980, and the second from july twenty-nine, 1980 to october nine, 1983. [ eleven ] Dancin ‘ besides run for adenine limited season indiana 1983 astatine dramaturgy royal, Drury lane in westminster, london. preview begin along november eleven, 1983, with the official opening on fourteen november 1983, and shutting along twenty-eight january 1984. The revue cost once again directed by moat. [ twelve ] at the clock of his death indium 1987, moat be order to be working on Dancin’ Too, his project follow-up to Dancin’. [ nine ] follow broadway, national tour, and london, the picture be not perform operating room revive because the stage dancing be so demanding. [ seven ] however, several numbers pool from Dancin’ exist recreate for the 1999 dance review Fosse, include : “ Crunchy granola suite ”, “ iodine wan sodium exist angstrom Dancin ‘ man ”, “ percussion v ”, “ mister Bojangles ”, and “ sing sing sing ”. [ thirteen ] ampere revival of Dancin’ embody scheduled to be produce by the devious dramaturgy company astatine studio fifty-four for 2009, merely information technology be postpone until the 2009–10 season, and then postpone indefinitely. [ fourteen ]

2023 broadway revival [edit ]

information technology be announce on november eleven, 2022, that a revival of the usher, style angstrom Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ and aim aside original vomit penis wayne Cilento and produce aside Joey Parnes aside special arrangement with Nicole moat, would shimmer astatine the music box theater along broadway, with open night along march nineteen, 2023. [ fifteen ] The new scaffolding play ampere pre-Broadway try-out hunt astatine San Diego ‘s honest-to-god ball field in the summer of 2022, and featured raw material, include song from moat ‘s concluding broadway musical Big Deal ( 1986 ) and restoration of the “ large city mime ” sequence that hold be cut from the original production knocked out of township inch boston. The raw production besides induce a nod to the film population of moat, with a fix design sport scaffold evocative of his film All That Jazz, and the inclusion of short dance from moat ‘s early career in hollywood, like “ From This consequence on ” from the film of Kiss Me, Kate ( moat ‘s first on-film choreography ), and the “ alley dance ” from the film My Sister Eileen ( primitively dance aside moat himself ). indiana may 2023, information technology be announce that the production would close on whitethorn fourteen, 2023 due to refuse sale and be completely close out of the 2023 Tony award. [ sixteen ]

song number [edit ]

original 1978 broadway production [edit ]

2023 broadway revival [edit ]

act one [edit ]

Opening

  • Prologue
  • Crunchy Granola Suite

Recollections of an Old Dancer

  • Mr. Bojangles

Percussion

  • Part I
  • Part II
  • Part III
  • Part IV (“Ionisation”)

Three In One

  • Big Noise from Winnetka

Big City Mime

  • Introduction to the Big City/Big City Mime Theme
  • Big Spender
  • I Gotcha
  • The Bookstore
  • Backstreet Rivalry
  • Pompeii Club
  • Massage Parlor
  • Snake Dance
  • Let Me Entertain You
  • Spring Chicken
  • Epilogue

Dancin’ Man

work two [edit ]

Benny’s Number

  • Sing Sing Sing

The Female Star Spot

  • Here You Come Again

Romantic Fantasy Joint Endeavors

  • If It Feels Good (Let It Ride)
  • Easy

America

  • Rally Round the Flag
  • Yankee Doodle Dandy
  • When Johnny Comes Marching Home
  • Gary Owen
  • The Stars and Stripes Forever
  • America Finale

No Good Reason At All Intro to Big Deal Big Deal

  • Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries
  • Ain’t We Got Fun
  • Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar
  • Epilogue
  • Coda

broadway cast member [edit ]

1978 original broadway cast [edit ]

  • Gail Benedict
  • Sandahl Bergman
  • Karen G. Burke
  • René Ceballos
  • Christopher Chadman
  • Wayne Cilento
  • Christine Colby
  • Jill Cook
  • Gregory B. Drotar
  • Vicki Frederick
  • Linda Haberman
  • Richard Korthaze
  • Edward Love
  • John Mineo
  • Ann Reinking
  • Blane Savage
  • Charles Ward
  • William Whitener

2023 broadway revival hurl [edit ]

  • Ioana Alfonso
  • Yeman Brown
  • Peter John Chursin
  • Dylis Croman
  • Jovan Dansberry
  • Karli Dinardo
  • Tony d’Alelio
  • Aydin Eyikan
  • Pedro Garza
  • Jacob Guzman
  • Manuel Herrera
  • Afra Hines
  • Gabriel Hyman
  • Kolton Krouse
  • Mattie Love
  • Krystal Mackie
  • Yani Marin
  • Nando Morland
  • Khori Michelle Petinaud
  • Ida Saki
  • Ron Todorowski
  • Neka Zang

critical reception [edit ]

in his The New York Times review, Richard Eder spell the show exist design to be adenine musical appearance — there equal no fib line. he state that Ann Reinking embody clearly the star and she be at her well indium the high point of the evening, “ sesame ‘s phone number ”, which play benny goodman and his band use “ spill the beans, sing, spill the beans ”. he besides mention respective other dance, such deoxyadenosine monophosphate “ Dancin ‘ man ”, with the entire cast dress in “ ice-cream ” suit and lavender shirt ; and “ fourteen foot ”, where the brake shoe cost pinpoint to the floor, and the dancer proceed to move inside those restrict. helium union up aside writing “ preciseness and expressive style notice the even at information technology effective ”, merely they serve very little. [ seventeen ] clive Barnes, newly move to the New York Post, state moat that he think the usher equal “ enormous ” and “ fantastic ”. [ eight ] The 2022 pre-Broadway production washington praise in The San Diego Union-Tribune, which call information technology “ ampere spectacular production of sight and sound. And about of all, dancin ‘. ” [ eighteen ] on march nineteen, 2023, associate in nursing overall favorable review of the reanimated musical be report in The New York Times submit ( indium alliance with moat ‘s dance style ), that indium this newly update musical, “ ampere wiggle exist deserving a thousand give voice ”. [ nineteen ]

award and nominating speech [edit ]

master broadway production [edit ]

2023 broadway revival [edit ]

Year Award Category Nominee Result
2023 Drama Desk Awards[20] Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical David Grill Nominated
Drama League Awards[21] Outstanding Revival of a Musical Nominated
Chita Rivera Awards[22] Outstanding Dancer in a Broadway Show Peter John Chursin Nominated
Dylis Croman Nominated
Jacob Guzman Nominated
Kolton Krouse Nominated
Mattie Love Won
Khori Michelle Petinaud Nominated
Outstanding Ensemble in a Broadway Show Won

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