NewsThose Dancing Feet Are Tapping Their Way Across America! Go On the Road With 42nd StreetTROIKA Entertainment's North American tour of the Tony-winning backstage musical comedy 42nd Street launched in September and has been delighting audiences across the continent ever since! Featured dancer Brady Miller invites us onto the tour bus and into a variety of gorgeous theatres.
November 30, 2015
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Those Dancing Feet Are Tapping Their Way Across America! Go On the Road With 42nd Street
Those Dancing Feet Are Tapping Their Way Across America! Go On the Road With 42nd Street
TROIKA Entertainment's North American tour of the Tony-winning backstage musical comedy 42nd Street launched in September and has been delighting audiences across the continent ever since! Featured dancer Brady Miller invites us onto the tour bus and into a variety of gorgeous theatres.
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After rehearsals in NYC, fellow cast mates would sometimes grab dinner! Here’s part of the gang heading to Bare Burger! Um…YUM.
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Rehearsing in the heart of Manhattan is unreal. We had the best views from the 17th floor!
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The ensemble guys were so pumped to finally have our gold tap shoes! We HAD to show them off in the studio, of course.
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For our final rehearsal in NYC, 42nd Street alums sat and watched with beaming smiles and incredible support. What a way to be sent off on this new adventure. Thanks for coming, guys!
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Here we go! Courtney, Alicia, Emily and I trekked to the airport together early in the morning to catch our flight to Seattle, WA! Hey, west coast!
Our drive from Seattle to Yakima, WA was stunning. Beautiful mountains everywhere you look! My phone was glued to the window snapping photos the whole drive.
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This was the actors’ view from stage during tech rehearsals. All of the creative team sat in the house watching our performance making final adjustments to make our show beautiful!
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Wahoo! We jumped right in to tech rehearsals with costumes. I did NOT know, however that I would have ORANGE tap shoes. My favorite color. This was a great day.
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A little pre-show action - checking props, stretching and warming up. My character reads and practices some Shakespeare after the opening audition number!
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Matthew, Mitchell and myself posing in our snazzy “Plenty of Money” costumes. Another one of my favorites.
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Mandy and I showing off our orange. Can’t get enough!
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Here’s the whole group during our preview party. What a great celebration!
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Exploring the food options in Yakima, WA on a dinner break! The town was full of beautiful flowers, too!
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We had our first preview and it was a HUGE success! Our producers at Troika provided a great step and repeat for us to take fancy photos in front of! Such an exciting night!
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Our poster was displayed outside the Capitol Theater in Salt Lake City – our opening city!
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Our first wall tag! We added our artwork and signatures to the hallway among tons of other productions that have been at this beautiful venue.
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Some of the company took a visit to Mount Rushmore! Check that off the national monument bucket list.
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t’s never a bad time to rehearse. The ladies of the cast strike a pose from “Shadow Waltz” in front of the presidents. Classic.
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From Australia to the United States. Our own Kahlia Davis poses with the monument!
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A shameless Russian for Rushmore. (Lame puns are my specialty).
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Cast mates checking out THE falls of Sioux Falls, SD! Really stunning views here and one of my favorite stops.
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Ames, IA. This theater is massive and beautiful. Such a treat to perform here!
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Our wardrobe staff Rachel and Meredith being silly back stage with the poppies. They really know how to keep the morale alive!
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Bus life takes some adjusting. But we’ve created quite a cozy jungle gym of sleeping arrangements, if I do say so myself. How many people can you count?
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We had an overnight stop in Cleveland at the same time the touring cast of Bullets Over Broadway was prepping for their opening night! The casts met and bowled and had the best time. Here we all are, being super photogenic.
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Our co-dance captain and male swing Tanner was on for a few performances! You guys…he killed it!
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Our stage manager, Donavan and our sound technician Zach going over some notes during intermission. The work never stops!
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The hair department backstage is incredible. Every girl in the ensemble switches to a blonde wig in a matter of seconds (really), and it’s thanks to that great team backstage! Thanks, y’all!
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Speaking of quick changes, this is what it looks like back stage in order to get all of these beautiful pieces on stage. Everything is set in a specific order and in a certain place so the actors can easily slide into the next costume.
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A quick selfie with some cast mates before we go on to serenade Peggy Sawyer with “The Lullaby of Broadway.”
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Maggie Jones (Britte) givin’ some sass back stage before bows!
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Molly (and the photobombing Courtney) and I getting ready for the encore!
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Gotta take a selfie with a cool marquee like this! Thanks, Waterbury, CT! Loved performing here.
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Schoolmates on tour together! Saori, our ASM, and I repping Ohio Northern University! So fun being with her on the road.
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Also in Waterbury, we found the wall tag from 10 years ago! So we added on to it to keep the 42nd Street legacy alive!
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This is what our set looks like when it’s not on stage. These giant pieces are getting set in place.
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Some sound check fun! Our own Julian Marsh (Matthew) was LIVING for the huge auditorium.
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Another look at our set pieces! We fly the dressing room to save more space for the other set pieces back stage.
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At intermission, this is what you see: THOUSANDS of costume pieces being reorganized, actors preparing for act two, and the tech crew setting the stage. Controlled madness!
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We don’t waste any time when we get off the bus on travel days. Here’s some of the cast and I exploring Buckhannon, WV. We had the BEST food ever for dinner (sorry, mom)
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Jocelyn and I have an amazing ability to match perfectly for sound check without knowing.
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THIS is the moment we all wait for. My first visitor came to the show in Ashland, KY. It’s always great to see friends and family on the road!
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Does this photo even NEED a caption? Portland, ME is BEAUTIFUL.
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I tried my first lobster…and my first oysters…and my first shrimp…and my first chowder. All in Portland, ME. I HIGHLY recommend everything, just maybe not all in one sitting. I was stuffed.
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Sound check in Orono, ME. Such a neat auditorium!
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Fall is the best season, right? And what better way to celebrate seeing fall in Maine than by throwing leaves everywhere? It was awesome.
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Tommy and I casually stretching before “We’re in the Money.” Gotta keep those “money kicks” in check!
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Well, Peggy Sawyer and the thief have loved having you! We hope to see you at the show! Thanks for taking this look into our lives on the road!
The production is directed by co-author Mark Bramble and choreographed by Randy Skinner, the team who staged the 2001 Tony Award-winning Best Revival.
The non-equity tour stars Matthew J. Taylor as director Julian Marsh, Kaitlin Lawrence as Broadway leading lady Dorothy Brock and Caitlin Ehlinger as newcomer Peggy Sawyer. Also featured are Britte Steele (Maggie Jones), Steven Bidwell (Bert Barry), Mark Fishback (Abner Dillon), DJ Canaday (Pat Denning), Blake Stadnik (Billy Lawlor), Natalia Lepore Hagan (Annie), Carlos Morales (Mac/Doc/Thug), Lamont Brown (Andy Lee), Rob Ouellette (Oscar), Vanessa Mitchell (Lorraine), Sarah Fagan (Diane) and Mallory Nolting (Phyllis). The ensemble comprises Matthew Alexander, Emily Blake Anderson, Brittany Bigelow, Allison Blanchard, Molly Jean Blodgett, Stephanie Brooks, Taylore Burke, Mitchell Canfield, Joel Chambers, Kahlia Davis, Tricia DeSario, Lucia Foster, Kelly Gleason, Patrick Heffernan, Tommy Joscelyn, Brady Miller, Mandy Modic, Georgina Moore, Courtney Moran, Jocelyn Moss, Alicia Newcom, Tanner Outly and Michael Persson.
With book by Michael Stewart and Bramble, music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Al Dubin, 42nd Street is based on a novel by Bradford Ropes and Busby Berkeley’s 1933 movie and tells the story of a "starry-eyed young dancer named Peggy Sawyer who leaves her Allentown home and comes to New York to audition for the new Broadway musical Pretty Lady. When the leading lady breaks her ankle, Peggy takes over and becomes a star," according to press notes.
The original stage adaptation of 42nd Street was produced on Broadway in 1980 by David Merrick and featured direction and dances by Gower Champion. It played for 3,486 performances, winning Tony Awards for Best Musical and Best Choreography. The Broadway revival, which opened in 2001, played 1,524 performances and earned two Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Musical.
The production also has scenic design by Tony Award winner Beowulf Boritt (Act One, The Scottsboro Boys, Annie), costume design by Tony Award winner Roger Kirk (The King and I, 42nd Street, Jesus Christ Superstar), lighting design by Tony Award winner Ken Billington (Chicago, Annie, White Christmas) and sound design by Peter Fitzgerald (Movin’ Out, Will Rogers Follies, 42nd Street). Musical supervision is by Todd Ellison (American in Paris, La Cage Aux Folles, 42nd Street).
Next year, Carnegie Hall's house band will perform Bernstein’s “Kaddish” Symphony, unfinished works by Schubert, and the final concert of Conductor Bernard Labadie.
