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Gotta love a tap dancing sailor!

Fred Astaire sings "I'd Rather Lead a Band," from Follow the Fleet, 1936

#fred astaire #ginger rogers #randolph scott #follow the fleet #Youtube

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The original Broadway production of Annie opened at the Alvin Theatre on April 21, 1977, and starred Andrea McArdle as Annie, Reid Shelton as Warbucks, Dorothy Loudon as Miss Hannigan, and Robert Fitch as Rooster Hannigan with Barbara Erwin as Lily St. James. It was nominated for eleven Tony Awards and won seven, including the Best Musical, Best Score, and Best Book.

Here, Miss Hannigan, Rooster and Lily perform “Easy Street” joined by Annie with Sandy the dog, Daddy Warbucks, and a slew of orphans singing “Tomorrow” on the 1977 Tony Awards.

#youtube #annie #andrea mcardle #reid shelton #dorothy loudon #robert fitch #barbara erwin #easy street #tomorrow #tony awards

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GLEE - “When I Get You Alone” (Full Performance) HD

Early in the series, GLEE put the spotlight on Darren Criss as Blaine Anderson, accompanied by The Warblers, in this episode which highlighted Criss’s vocal and acting talent. 

Kurt (Chris Colfer) is in love with Blaine, who is initially oblivious to Kurt's feelings even as their friendship grows. In this number, Blaine enlists Kurt's help to serenade his crush Jeremiah (Alexander Nifong), the assistant manager at a local Gap store. Jeremiah is subsequently fired and rebuffs Blaine. Kurt confesses his feelings, and Blaine tells Kurt that he cares for him, but is terrible at romance and does not want to risk damaging their friendship. 

#youtube #glee #darren criss #the warblers #when i get you alone #chris colfer

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#the heart of rock and roll #corey cott #raymond j lee #huey lewis and the news #broadway musical

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Tappin' their hearts out...

- the fabulous Ann Miller

- the amazing Nicholas Brothers

- hoofers extraordinaire Donald O'Connor and Gene Kelly

- superbly talented Gregory Hines

- the unparalleled Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell

#TapDanceDay

#tap dancing

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Union Square

Union Square is a historic intersection and surrounding neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City, located where Broadway and the former Bowery Road – now Fourth Avenue – came together in the early 19th century.

Its name denotes that "here was the union of the two principal thoroughfares of the island". The current Union Square Park is bounded by 14th Street on the south, 17th Street on the north, and Union Square West and Union Square East to the west and east respectively.

Adjacent neighborhoods are the Flatiron District to the north, Chelsea to the west, Greenwich Village to the southwest, East Village to the southeast, and Gramercy Park to the east. Many buildings of The New School are near the square, as are several dormitories of New York University. The eastern side of the square is dominated by the four Zeckendorf Towers, and the south side by the full-square-block mixed-use One Union Square South, which contains a wall sculpture and digital clock titled Metronome. Union Square Park also contains an assortment of art, including statues of George Washington, Marquis de Lafayette, Abraham Lincoln, and Mahatma Gandhi.

#union square #manhattan #new york city

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Gotta love a tap dancing sailor!

The Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles puts its spin on two Rodgers and Hammerstein classics; 'I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair' and 'There Is Nothin' Like a Dame'. Recorded live at The Alex Theatre, June 2009.

#youtube #south pacific #rodgers and hammerstein #tap dancing sailors

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The fabulous Sutton Foster and the company of 2011 Broadway revival of Anything Goes tap their way to happiness on the 65th Annual Tony Awards.

#sutton foster #anything goes #cole porter #tony awards #musical theatre #broadway musicals #dance choreography #Youtube #tap dancing sailors

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Truly regal. The Queen of Hearts. 💕

Random acts of kindness are magical

#diana princess of wales

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Måns Petter Albert Sahlén Zelmerlöw, a Swedish pop singer, represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Heroes", winning the contest. The Eurovision Song Contest, often known simply as Eurovision or by its initialism ESC, is an international song competition organized annually by the European Broadcasting Union. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed live and transmitted to national broadcasters via the Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine a winner.

#youtube #mans zelmerlow #eurovision song contest #heroes

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"Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" was written for the 1967 musical Hair by James Rado and Gerome Ragni (lyrics), and Galt MacDermot (music) and released as a single by American R&B group the 5th Dimension. The song spent six weeks at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart in the spring of 1969 and was eventually certified platinum in the US. It listed at number 66 on Billboard's "Greatest Songs of All Time".[5]

It was one of the most popular songs of 1969 worldwide, and in the United States it reached the number one position on both the Billboard Hot 100 (for six weeks in April and May) and the Billboard Easy Listening chart.

The recording won both the Grammy Award for Record of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Group for the Grammy Awards of 1970, after being published on the album The Age of Aquarius by the 5th Dimension, and also being released as a seven-inch vinyl single record. In 2004, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

The lyrics of this song were based on the astrological belief that the world would soon be entering the "Age of Aquarius", an age of love, light, and humanity, unlike the current "Age of Pisces". The exact circumstances for the change are "When the moon is in the seventh house, and Jupiter aligns with Mars." This change was presumed to occur at the end of the 20th century; however, astrologers differ widely as to precisely when.

The # 1 hit today in 1969…

#aquarius #the fifth dimension

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Framing the Empire

The Manhattan Bridge was designed by Leon Moisseiff. The plans for Manhattan Bridge are sometimes mistakenly attributed to Gustav Lindenthal, who was the city's bridge commissioner before he was fired in 1904. The steel was fabricated by the Phoenix Bridge Company.

The bridge, including approaches but excluding plazas, is about 6,855 feet (2,089 m) long. The bridge reaches a maximum height of 134 ft (40.8 m) above mean high water at the middle of the river. The main span between the two suspension towers is 1,470 feet (450 m) long. The side spans, between the anchorages and the suspension towers on either side, are 725 feet (221 m) long. The bridge's dead load is 25,000 pounds per square foot (120,000 kg/m2), and its live load is 16,000 pounds per square foot (78,000 kg/m2).

#empire state building #manhattan bridge

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Rock On!

#heart of rock and roll #broadway

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The Heart of Rock and Roll, a new musical inspired by the music of Huey Lewis and The News, began Broadway previews March 29 at the James Earl Jones Theatre ahead of an April 22 opening night. 

The Heart of Rock and Roll follows Bobby, a Chicagoan whose failed band leads to him returning to corporate America. While working, he meets his boss, Cassandra, who has also traded in her personal life for a professional one. Together, the two realize their dreams when Bobby gets another shot at stardom and Cassandra is up for the CEO job.

The cast is led by Corey Cott (Newsies) and McKenzie Kurtz (Wicked) starring as Bobby and Cassandra, respectively, with Josh Breckenridge (Come From Away) as Wyatt, F. Michael Haynie (Wicked) as Glenn, Zoe Jensen (Six) as Paige, Tamika Lawrence (Caroline or Change) as Roz, Raymond J. Lee (Sweeney Todd) as JJ, John-Michael Lyles (A Strange Loop) as Eli, Orville Mendoza (Swept Away) as Fjord, Billy Harrigan Tighe (Pippin) as Tucker, and John Dossett (Wicked) as Stone.

#youtube #heart of rock and roll #huey lewis and the news #broadway musical #corey cott

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Framing the Empire

The Manhattan Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the East River in New York City, connecting Lower Manhattan at Canal Street with Downtown Brooklyn at the Flatbush Avenue Extension. Designed by Leon Moisseiff and built by the Phoenix Bridge Company, the bridge has a total length of 6,855 ft (2,089 m). It is one of four toll-free vehicular bridges connecting Manhattan Island to Long Island; the nearby Brooklyn Bridge is just slightly farther west, while the Queensboro and Williamsburg bridges are to the north.

The bridge was proposed in 1898 and was originally called "Bridge No. 3" before being renamed the Manhattan Bridge in 1902. Foundations for the bridge's suspension towers were completed in 1904, followed by the anchorages in 1907 and the towers in 1908. The Manhattan Bridge opened to traffic on December 31, 1909, and began carrying streetcars in 1912 and New York City Subway trains in 1915. The eastern upper-deck roadway was installed in 1922. After streetcars stopped running in 1929, the western upper roadway was finished two years later. The uneven weight of subway trains crossing the Manhattan Bridge caused it to tilt to one side, necessitating an extensive reconstruction between 1982 and 2004.

The Manhattan Bridge was the first suspension bridge to use a Warren truss in its design. It has a main span of 1,480 ft (451 m) between two 350-foot (110 m) suspension towers. The deck carries seven vehicular lanes, four on an upper level and three on a lower level, as well as four subway tracks, two each flanking the lower-level roadway. The span is carried by four main cables, which travel between masonry anchorages at either side of the bridge, and 1,400 vertical suspender cables. Carrère and Hastings designed ornamental plazas at both ends of the bridge, including an arch and colonnade in Manhattan that is a New York City designated landmark. The bridge's use of light trusses influenced the design of other long suspension bridges in the early 20th century.

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#manhattan bridge #new york city

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Stephen Sondheim’s Follies  

The legendary 1985 concert performance of Stephen Sondheim's acclaimed musical Follies was presented by the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. 

The thrilling - and possibly historic - New York Philharmonic concert version of Follies presented at Avery Fisher Hall was a reunion of sorts, albeit one with a happier ending. To cast this all too transitory event, the producer Thomas Z. Shepard brought together veterans of Sondheim musicals stretching from the 1964 Anyone Can Whistle to Sunday in the Park With George - among them, Lee Remick, Elaine Stritch, George Hearn, Liz Callaway and Mandy Patinkin. They were joined by other stellar musical-comedy hands who exemplify the Broadway heyday whose passing Follies mourns - Barbara Cook, Carol Burnett, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Once this company paraded before the orchestra to the glittering melody of the opening song, ''Beautiful Girls,'' it was impossible to separate the fictional show-biz reunion dramatized in Follies from the real one unfolding on stage. The audience, more than willing to let the distinction slide, simply erupted into pandemonium.

The cheering rarely subsided thereafter, and not without reason. Mr. Shepard assembled this evening to record the complete Follies score, which was mangled on its original Broadway cast album. Although there were still a few elisions (mainly of dance music) in the concert, this version was as complete, gorgeously sung and sumptuously played as Mr. Sondheim or his fans could wish. But there were other reasons for the thunderous response as well. Even in concert, Follies proved much more than merely a star-studded recording session. The performance made the case that this Broadway musical can take its place among our musical theater's very finest achievements. (Frank Rich, The New York Times)

#youtube #follies #stephen sondheim #lincoln center #avery fisher hall #new york philharmonic #lee remick #elaine stritch #barbara cook #george hearn #mandy patinkin #carol burnett #betty comden #adolph green #liz callaway #phyllis newman #liliane montevecchi #jim walton #howard mcgillin #daisy prince #andre gregory #arthur rubin #licia albanese #erie mills

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Stephen Sondheim's masterpiece, A Little Night Music, opened on Broadway in 1973 starring Glynis Johns as Desiree Armfeldt and Len Cariou as Fredrik Egerman. William Daniels, pictured here with Glynis Johns, later was cast as Fredrik. In his review of the original 1973 Broadway production, Clive Barnes in The New York Times called the musical "heady, civilized, sophisticated and enchanting." He noted that "the real triumph belongs to Stephen Sondheim...the music is a celebration of 3/4 time, an orgy of plaintively memorable waltzes, all talking of past loves and lost worlds...There is a peasant touch here." He commented that the lyrics are "breathtaking".

It was gloriously revived in 2009 starring Catherine Zeta-Jones as Desiree and Angela Lansbury as her mother, Madame Armfeldt. For her performance, Zeta-Jones won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical.

When Zeta-Jones left the show, Bernadette Peters was cast as Desiree. Steven Suskin, reviewing the new Broadway cast for Variety, wrote "What a difference a diva makes. Bernadette Peters steps into the six-month-old revival of A Little Night Music with a transfixing performance, playing it as if she realizes her character's onstage billing -- "the one and only Desiree Armfeldt"—is clichéd hyperbole. By figuratively rolling her eyes at the hype, Peters gives us a rich, warm and comedically human Desiree, which reaches full impact when she pierces the façade with a nakedly honest, tears-on-cheek "Send in the Clowns.''

#a little night music #stephen sondheim #broadway musical #glynis johns #william daniels #catherine zeta jones #angela lansbury #bernadette peters