A beloved character in the comedy musical Funny Girl is showing Dallas what tap dance is all about. Broadway Dallas is presenting Funny Girl through Aug. 18...
through Aug. 18 at the Music Hall at Fair Park. Directed by Michael Mayer, the musical follows Fanny Brice, who dreams of being a Broadway star. In this revival, Black actor and tap dancer Izaiah Montaque Harris was cast to play Eddie Ryan, who has traditionally been a white man.Isaiah, this is your first Broadway national tour, but before we get into that, let’s go back in time a little bit.
When I’m doing these references on these big stages, and then also going back to acting, it reminds me of these people, such as Honi Coles and Cholly Atkins. They were people that are African American, are male, and were not only sharing the African American art form through performance but through choreography. They were a part of the choreographing scene in Motown, and it just really pushed the culture in multiple ways.
Ayodele, you choreographed this piece. I know we talked about it a little bit, but I wanted to get you to join that conversation.The beautiful thing about Michael Mayer, our director, asking me to join the team as tap choreographer was because he recognized he wanted this sound of tap to be in this show and to have some historical accuracy. I think that was a great opportunity.
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