GREAT ADVICE FROM A4D’S DANCERS TO WATCH
Dancer To Watch Rachel Perlman posted this breathtaking image after another incredible year. We love her optimism and the quote she included with her photo. All our Dancers To Watch have put in the hard work that gives a true picture of what it takes to have a thriving dance career!
Set a goal; once you surpass it, make another. Do your homework, do your research, train constantly, stay positive and BE YOURSELF.
- Brandon Hudson, Broadway’s Hamilton, Head Over Heels, Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square, Super Bowl LVI Mickey Guyton
Don’t stop, don’t give up. You can’t compare yourself to the success of others … You have to keep going and realize your time will come. It took me eight years, but I never gave up. It’s made me more grateful for my achievements.
- Kate Harpootlian, So You Think You Can Dance, Shaping Sound
Be yourself, love yourself, and always go for it … If you have a dream, go for it. You only live once; why not try and see what happens before you "X" yourself out!
- Michelle West, Broadway’s Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, National Tour of Disney’s Aladdin, West Side Story
Training is your homework; it’s your duty to keep your body performance ready at all times so you’re ready at a moment’s notice.
- Frank Sores, Celebrity Cruise Lines, Tokyo Disney, Peter Pan National Tour
Stay focused. When I auditioned for ‘West Side Story’, I got cut after ‘America.’ The next day there was a blizzard in NYC; I sat in my apartment thinking I REALLY want this job! So, I put my hair in a bun, changed my look, auditioned again, and booked the gig.
- NaTonia Monet, Broadway’s Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, The Great Black Way, Dream Girls, Saturday Night Live, The Wiz, National Commercials
Read everything on Answers4Dancers over and over so you’re ready for your next opportunity.
- Gregory Omar Osborne, Progressive Theater Founder/Producer, Memphis, A Chorus Line, Cats
Take class from as many teachers as you can, stay humble … there’s always someone who’s a better dancer, but if you show you love what you do, people will want to keep working with you.
- Sarah Kaye, Coco & The Vanity Vixens, Celebrity Cruise Lines
 It’s important to have very direct goals. Write them down. Say the ‘Victoria’s Secret’s show is my goal. Who choreographs for them, who dances in them, what classes do they take? … Work in strategic and direct ways.
- Stephanie Scull, Beyoncé, Channing Tatum, Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, Brooklyn Nets
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TONYS ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES FIRST SET OF RULINGS FOR THE 2022-2023 SEASON
 The Tony Awards Administration Committee has made eligibility decisions for 20 Broadway productions for the 2022-2023 season. This was the first time the committee met to decide the eligibility for the 76th Annual Tony Awards. The ceremony will take place at the United Palace Theatre in New York City on June 11. The Tony Awards eligibility cut-off date for the 2022-2023 season is April 27 for all Broadway productions that meet all other eligibility requirements. Nominations will be announced on May 2. The Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing.
The musical productions discussed were Into the Woods, 1776, Almost Famous, Kimberly Akimbo, & Juliet, KPOP, A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical, and Some Like it Hot. Unless determined otherwise by the Tonys Administration Committee, performers billed above a show’s title are automatically considered eligible in leading acting categories, while those billed below the title are eligible in featured categories. The committee made the following determinations: Gavin Creel, Joshua Henry, and Phillipa Soo will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actor/Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical categories for their respective performances in Into the Woods. Crystal Lucas-Perry will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical category for her performance in 1776. Casey Likes will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical category for his performance in Almost Famous. Victoria Clark will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical category for her performance in Kimberly Akimbo. Lorna Courtney will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical category for her performance in & Juliet.
Soutra Gilmour and Andrzej Goulding will be considered jointly eligible in the Best Scenic Design of a Musical category for their work on & Juliet. Luna will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical category for her performance in KPOP. Gabriel Hainer Evansohn and Peter Nigrini will be considered jointly eligible in the Best Scenic Design of a Musical category for their work on KPOP. Will Swenson will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical category for his performance in A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical. Christian Borle, J. Harrison Ghee, and Adrianna Hicks will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actor/Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical categories for their respective performances in Some Like it Hot. Ghee, who identifies as nonbinary and uses the pronouns he/they, will be eligible in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical category. (Ghee has stated the producers of the show consulted them before submitting.)
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COMPLETE CAST SET FOR PARADE, STARRING BEN PLATT & MICAELA DIAMOND
 The complete cast is set for the Broadway revival of Jason Robert Brown and Alfred Uhry’s Parade. The New York City Center Encores! production, directed by Michael Arden, will play Broadway’s Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on February 21 with opening night on March 16 and play through August 6. Joining Tony winner Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond will be Alex Joseph Grayson as Jim Conley, Tony nominee Sean Allan Krill as Governor Slaton, Tony nominee Howard McGillin as Old Soldier/Judge Roan and Paul Alexander Nolan as Hugh Dorsey. They will be joined by Jay Armstrong Johnson, Kelli Barrett, Courtnee Carter, Eddie Cooper, Erin Rose Doyle, Tony nominee Manoel Felciano, Danielle Lee Greaves, Douglas Lyons, and Jake Pedersen. Parade features choreography by Lauren Yalango-Grant and Christopher Cree Grant. and first bowed on Broadway in 1998. Composer Brown and librettist Uhry both won Tony Awards for their work.
TONY NOMINEE GREY HENSON & MORE JOIN CAST OF BROADWAY’S SHUCKED
 Casting is complete for the new musical Shucked. The production, directed by Tony winner Jack O’Brien, will bow at the Nederlander Theatre. It will begin performances on March 8 and open on April 4. Shucked features a book by Tony winner Robert Horn and a score by Grammy-winning duo Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally. The show stars John Behlmann as Gordy, Kevin Cahoon as Peanut, Caroline Innerbichler as Maizy, Andrew Durand as Beau, Alex Newell as Lulu, and Ashley D. Kelley as Storyteller 1, all reprising their performances from the world premiere run. Grey Henson, a Tony Award nominee for his performance in Mean Girls, will join Kelley as one of two Storytellers. The ensemble will feature Jimmy Brewer, Audrey Cardwell, Dwayne Clark, Rheaume Crenshaw, Jaygee Macapugay, Scott Stangland, Yasmeen Sulieman, and Quinn VanAntwerp. The production features choreography by Sarah O’Gleby.
LESLIE ODOM JR TO RETURN TO BROADWAY NEXT SEASON
 Leslie Odom Jr will be back on Broadway next season! The Hamilton Tony winner is set to star in a new production of Ossie Davis’ Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch. The play, directed by Tony winner Kenny Leon, will begin performances in late summer. In addition to Hamilton, Odom Jr. has appeared on Broadway in Rent and Leap of Faith. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as singer Sam Cooke in One Night in Miami… and garnered an additional Oscar nomination for writing the film’s original song Speak Now. His screen credits also include Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, The Many Saints of Newark, and Central Park.
Pulitzer Prize-winning scribe Tony Kushner is set to lead an evening of words and music in celebration of fellow acclaimed playwright John Guare, whose theatrical works include Two Gentlemen of Verona, Lydie Breeze, Six Degrees of Separation, The House of Blue Leaves, and Landscape of the Body, on February 6 at 92NY at 7:30pm. The evening’s cast includes Ariana DeBose, Billy Eichner, Linda Emond, Mike Faist, Edie Falco, Linda Lavin, Kenneth Lonergan, Camryn Manheim, Ben Stiller, and Meryl Streep…
JAMES MONROE IGLEHART TO PLAY LOUIS ARMSTRONG IN A WONDERFUL WORLD
 The new musical based on the life of music legend Louis Armstrong finally has a lead, premiere dates, and its eyes on Broadway. The show will premiere first at the Saenger Theatre in New Orleans from October 1 through October 8 before moving to the Cadillac Palace Theatre in Chicago, where it will play from October 11 through October 29. Tony winner James Monroe Iglehart will play Armstrong. Conceived by Christopher Renshaw and novelist Andrew Delaplaine, A Wonderful World has an original book by Aurin Squire and features songs recorded and made popular by Armstrong. Annastasia Victory and Michael O. Mitchell provide original music, arrangements, orchestrations, and music direction. Renshaw directs the production, which will feature choreography by Rickey Tripp.
MR. SATURDAY NIGHT STARRING BILLY CRYSTAL AVAILABLE ON BROADWAY HD
 Billy Crystal’s five-time Tony Award nominated Mr. Saturday Night: A New Musical Comedy, filmed during its Broadway run, is available exclusively on BroadwayHD. The production stars Billy Crystal, Tony-Award nominee for Best Actor in a Musical, as Buddy Young, Jr. in this musical about an outrageous and outspoken comedian who has one last shot at reclaiming the spotlight. Mr. Saturday Night was filmed August 31, the week before its celebrated Broadway engagement concluded at the Nederlander Theatre. The musical is based on Billy Crystal’s 1992 comedy film of the same name, marking Crystal’s directorial debut. Written by Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz, and Babaloo Mandel (2022 Tony Award nominees for Best Book of a Musical), Mr. Saturday Night: A New Musical Comedy features music by three-time Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown, lyrics by two-time Tony Award nominee Amanda Green, choreography by Ellenore Scott, and direction by Tony Award winner John Rando.
SHOSHANA BEAN TO PERFORM AT GRAMMYS PREMIERE CEREMONY
 Tony and Grammy nominee Shoshana Bean will perform during the Premiere Ceremony of the Grammy Awards on February 5. Randy Rainbow will host the event with MJ the Musical star and current Grammy nominee Myles Frost presenting one of the first awards. The 65th Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony will stream live on February 5 at 3:30 pm ET/12:30 pm PT on the Recording Academy’s YouTube channel. Bean is nominated this year for Best Musical Theater Album (Mr. Saturday Night). She was also nominated for a Tony for her performance in the production. Other nominees for Best Musical Theater Album include MJ the Musical, Caroline, Or Change, Into the Woods (2022 Broadway Cast Recording), SIX: Live on Opening Night, and A Strange Loop. The winner for this category will be announced during this pre-ceremony. West Side Story, Encanto, Lady Gaga, and more were also nominated for Grammy Awards.
The Grammys return on Sunday, February 5 on CBS at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. with three-time host Trevor Noah. The nominees for the top four categories have swelled from eight to 10. Slated performers include Bad Bunny, Harry Styles, Mary J. Blige, Lizzo, Luke Combs, Steve Lacy, Sam Smith, and Kim Petras and the broadcast will undoubtedly spill over its scheduled three-and-a-half-hour runtime…
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