Meet the Team! All You Need to Know About the Documentary & Cast Behind the New Musical GOTTA DANCE
By: Tyler Peterson Jun. 29, 2015
The initial casting for Gotta Dance, the new Broadway-bound musical based on the critically acclaimed 2008 documentary about professional basketball's first ever aged 60-and-older dance team, was announced earlier today, including Tony Award nominee Andre De Shields, five-time Emmy Award nominee Georgia Engel, Tony Award-winner Lillias White, television and film icon Stefanie Powers (making her Broadway debut), Haven Burton, Lori Tan Chinn, and Nancy Ticotin are set to star in the pre-Broadway World Premiere of Gotta Dance this winter at Broadway In Chicago's Bank of America Theatre. Gotta Dance begins performances on December 13, 2015 and runs through January 10, 2016.
In 2007, one of the unlikeliest ideas ever to come out of professional sports resulted in the formation of basketball's first-ever dance team entirely made up of people over sixty. Over the coming months, bonds would be formed, generation gaps would be crossed, and, eventually, some pretty hot moves would be busted. The venue? Center court. The genre? Hip-hop. Gotta Dance tells the remarkable true story of these wildly diverse seniors with a common goal, the young coaches who help them achieve it, and a passion for dance that brings them all together. Gotta Dance is the age-defying blast of a musical that proves sometimes the biggest shot is the one you take late in the game.
In honor of the big casting news, BroadwayWorld brings you a look back at the documentary, and the cast of the show!
With the musical adaptation firming up, take a look back at the documentary, directed by Dori Berinstein who also worked on such films as SHOWBUSINESS: THE ROAD TO BROADWAY, CAROL CHANNING: LARGER THAN LIFE, and MARVIN HAMLISCH: WHAT HE DID FOR LOVE.
Check out photos from the film below!
Below, get a refresher on the past performances and interviews of GOTTA DANCE's all-star cast!
Lori Tann Chin
The Pre-Broadway World Premiere of Gotta Dance will be a part of the Broadway In Chicago Fall 2015-16 Season Subscription Series. Group tickets for 10 or more are now on sale by calling Broadway In Chicago Group Sales at (312) 977-1710. Individual tickets will go on-sale at a later date. For more information, visit www.BroadwayInChicago.com.
PHOTOS BY: Gotta Dance & NBA Entertainment
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