The Holiday Hop
Thursday, December 18 @ 7pm
Hosted by Lavinia Draper
Musical Direction by Robby Stamper
Stage 72/The Triad
158 W. 72nd Street, bet Columbus Avenue & Amsterdam Ave.
Tickets $5 plus 2 drink min.
www.stage72.com
1-800-838-3006
Trains: 1,2,3 to 72nd St
It is that time of year again!
Janine Molinari will be celebrating the holidays by giving back to NYC with the 15th Annual Holiday Hop and bake sale to benefit The Holy Apostle Soup Kitchen in NYC.
Hosted by Lavinia Draper and musically directed by Robby Stamper, the show will feature singers, dancers, actors, musicians and friends of Dance Molinari NYC/LA.
The Holiday Hop cast includes: Kyle Axman, Kirralee Berger, Sabrina Bogen, Tim Boardman,
Aly Brier,
Susan Campanaro, Heather Childs, Freddie Cosmo,
Sean Curley, Megan Doyle,
Arielle Gordon, Bobby Gouse,
Matthew Gumley,
Sam Hall,
Annabelle Kempf, Tony Lauria,
John T. Lynes, Marilyn Matarrese,
Janine Molinari,
Kara Oates,
Anthony Patellis, Chloe Patellis,
Devynn Pedell,
Anita Salvate, Sydney Turner and Kenneth Woodhouse.
Dance Molinari is celebrating 15 years of Dance Molinari NY/LA. Through the years, Janine and her team have taught many of Broadway's kids and adults.
Janine Molinari is the dance coach to many of the young stars on Disney, Nickelodeon, numerous hit sitcoms, films, Broadway and even some of today's biggest pop stars such as
Ariana Grande.
She is a director, choreographer, producer and teaches master classes throughout the U.S., Canada and Asia, including the Taipei International Dance Festival and Dance Theatre Tokyo. This past summer her company was chosen to do a one week summer residency at the
92nd Street Y in New York City and have been invited back again this coming summer.
Some original NY Directing/Choreography credits include Above Hell's Kitchen, Blessings In Disguise, The Fantasy Party, The Delusionist, Fiddler Sub-Terrain, Left To Our Own Devices, Dancing Backwards, Tap Rules, and Totally Tubular Time Machine, which starred
Debbie Gibson.
Her work has also been seen in music videos, commercials and nite clubs such as The Hollywood Hardrock, Miami's The Mansion, The Cameo, and NY's China and The Culture Club.
As a producer, she was part of the community for Broadway's Godspell, three successful runs of Vignettes of an Italian American Girl and currently the new Webseries, Tap Out Of It. She is also Residential Choreographer for Seven Angels Theatre in Connecticut.
This past year she was the Assistant Director and Choreographer for the Off-Broadway Revival of Tony n' Tina's Wedding, choreographed Urban Momfare which won the 2014 FringeNYC Excellence Award for Best Overall Musical and an episode of Disney's Kickin' It.
She was recently featured in the PBS documentary, "Annie: It's the Hard Knock Life, from Script to Stage" as well as in the book How To Act Like A Kid written by
Henry Hodges and Margaret Engel.
