I was grateful to be invited to the Sunday afternoon dress rehearsal before the 50th Anniversary Concert. Alone in the front row of the balcony, I sat watching the nuance of every interaction between performers on stage. The theater was filled with a long list of legends and stars. Consummate professionals who were mounting a world-class performance in a single day. Some actors performed their scene out of sequence—earlier in the show—so they could run down the block in time

Wayne Cilento dancing 'I Can Do That.' Photo by Martha Swope, 1975. "Wayne Cilento went to a Catholic grammar school in Westchester, New...

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...