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...unofficial rule of stage and screen: If you need an actor to tap-dance, hire Henry LeTang, fast. Over six decades, the soft-spoken gentle giant of tap ran a world-renowned New York City studio. Among his credits: choreographing films (The Cotton Club, Tap) and Broadway musicals (Sophisticated Ladies, Eubie!, Black and Blue--the last of which won him a Tony). He mentored some of tap's brightest stars, including Gregory Hines, Savion Glover, Chita Rivera and Ben Vereen...
...Spider-Man 3 isn't very up-to-date either; indeed, it's defiantly anachronistic. Black-Peter is fond of 40s jive talk ("Now dig this") and antique hipster choreography. Mary Jane, who harbors the outmoded ambition to be a Broadway musical star, sings a ballad ("They Say It's Wonderful") from Irving Berlin's 1946 show Annie Get Your Gun. The film's main emotional points are loyalty to your parents, or parent figures, and fidelity to your friends - the lessons of the uber-square Andy Hardy movies from the 40s. And Spidey 3, like the first film...
Although she was in her 60s when she first hit the Broadway stage, Anne Pitoniak came out swinging. Her excruciating performance as the out- of-touch mother of a suicidal young woman in Marsha Norman's 1983 'night Mother won her critical raves, a Tony nomination and roles as strong-willed women in film, TV and such Broadway shows as William Inge's Picnic and David Hare's Amy's View...
...additional component of the program is an on-campus musical, performed by undergraduates, that raises money for the program and also offers the children a chance to learn from the experience of Harvard’s actors. STAGE’s on-campus musical this year is the off-Broadway classic “The Fantasticks,” and actors were chosen through the semesterly Common Casting process. “Proceeds from that show benefit the kids program,” says Lawton. “Students who are cast in that show make a commitment to spend...
Care to witness a stage spectacle complete with glitter pantsuits and choreography worthy of Broadway? No, it’s not “Mamma Mia,” it’s Canadian indie poster-gal Feist’s latest music video...