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New York, New York No. 1
As New York, New York prepares for its first preview this Friday on Broadway, I got curious and wanted to find out more about the history...

Lauryn Johnson
Mar 19, 2023


Dancin' No. 7
Happy Opening to the company of Dancin'! As always, I celebrate all theater and dance events by looking back at where we came from. Today...

Lauryn Johnson
Mar 18, 2023


Dancin' No. 6
"Above it all, is Miss Reinking. There are other first-rate performers, but she is clearly the star. Miss Reinking possesses a number of...

Lauryn Johnson
Mar 3, 2023


Dancin' No. 5
Ann Reinking in a clip from the DVD recording of “Fosse” (2001). Start at 1:39:44

Lauryn Johnson
Mar 2, 2023


Dancin' No. 4
Happy first preview to the cast of Dancin'! Just a day prior to the 1978 opening of Dancin', Bob Fosse told the Times: “I feel like I’m...

Lauryn Johnson
Mar 2, 2023


Dancin' No. 3
Description of the rehearsal room for Dancin': “At the rehearsal, the “kids” await their turns or sprawl, once those turns are over. They...

Lauryn Johnson
Mar 1, 2023


Dancin' No. 2
Bob Fosse: “That’s one thing I told the kids who showed up for the auditions for this show. If you don’t really love to dance, I said,...

Lauryn Johnson
Feb 28, 2023


Dancin' No. 1
It's Dancin' Week! Dancin' begins previews this Thursday on Broadway and I wanted to celebrate by doing what I do best: digging in...

Lauryn Johnson
Feb 27, 2023


Happy Birthday, Baryshnikov!
Happy Birthday, Baryshnikov! There’s a sweet article written by Arthur Unger in 1980 who interviewed Misha and Liza together on a rainy...

Lauryn Johnson
Jan 27, 2023


Ann Reinking in "Annie"
Ann Reinking during the filming of 'Annie' on location at Radio City Music Hall on May 1, 1982. Photos by Walter McBride. Excerpts of...

Lauryn Johnson
Jan 23, 2023


Happy 90th Birthday, Chita Rivera!
Happy 90th Birthday Chita Rivera! Here she performs “I Got Plenty O’ Nothin” on the Judy Garland Show (ep. 17 aired Jan 1964).

Lauryn Johnson
Jan 23, 2023


Leslie Caron in An American in Paris
I found this photo transparency in the LIFE archives. It depicts Leslie Caron shooting a short Charleston sequence that appears in the...

Lauryn Johnson
Jan 5, 2023


Cyd Charisse in The Band Wagon
“Cyd Charisse is a terrific dancer, a wonderful partner. She has precision plus—beautiful dynamite, I call it.” —Fred Astaire in Steps in...

Lauryn Johnson
Dec 21, 2022
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