Tap dancing musicals- Page 2
Tap dancing musicals
Josephine2
Leading Actor Joined: 9/29/06
#25re: Tap dancing musicals
Posted: 7/13/07 at 10:30pmVery true, taptap. I think it was made into more of a tap routine inthe film version, because Charles McGowan (who plays Mike in the film) is such a phenomenal tapper.
infinite_abyss
Chorus Member Joined: 6/29/07
#26re: Tap dancing musicals
Posted: 7/14/07 at 12:00am
Once Upon A Mattress
[during "very soft shoes"]
TapTapTapioca
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/07
#27re: Tap dancing musicals
Posted: 7/14/07 at 12:42amJosephine- I also think people think of it as a tap number because of the wonderful tap dancing on the recording by Michael Bennett.
#28re: Tap dancing musicals
Posted: 7/14/07 at 2:55amMary Poppins "Step In Time" is a pretty long sequence of tap. But yeah 42nd St. and Anything Goes are the two that I always think of.
London: Les Mis, Lion King, Sound of Music, Joseph, Hairspray, Billy Elliot
France: Le Roi Lion, Cabaret
Germany: Der Konig der Lowen
Holland: Tarzan & Les Mis
#29re: Tap dancing musicals
Posted: 7/14/07 at 6:08amA soft shoe IS NOT A TAP DANCE.
Katie Chambers
Swing Joined: 10/12/18
#30re: Tap dancing musicals
Posted: 10/12/18 at 2:34pmThere are tap numbers in MANY shows! Mary poppins, shrek, something rotten, a chorus line, billy Elliot, anything from the 20s-40s, Newsies, sometimes the bird number in little mermaid,
BwayLB
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/17
#31re: Tap dancing musicals
Posted: 10/12/18 at 3:45pm
The only shows I have seen with tapping are 42nd Street, A Chorus Line, Billy Elliot, An American in Paris and the filmed performance of Newsies
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