GOTTA DANCE! Cast Celebrates Opening Night at Theater 42 with Afterparty at West Bank Café

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Afterparty photos from the opening-night celebration of GOTTA DANCE! capture the cast and creative team marking the occasion at West Bank Café on West 42nd Street following the performance at Stage 42.

The production has been running since March 31 at Stage 42 in New York and features recreated choreography from landmark musicals including West Side Story, Singin’ in the Rain, Pippin and A Chorus Line.

Riki Kane Larimer, Neil Rosen. Photo by Angela LaGreca

Presented by Riki Kane Larimer, GOTTA DANCE! is conceived by Nikki Feirt Atkins of American Dance Machine and co-directed with Tony Award-nominated director and choreographer Randy Skinner. The musical celebrates original Broadway and Hollywood choreography, originally developed at The York Theatre Company.

The cast includes Keely Beirne, Brandon Burks, Anthony Cannarella, Barton Cowperthwaite, Deanna Doyle, Sara Esty, Jessica Lee Goldyn, RJ Higton, Kate Louissaint, Libby Lloyd, Drew Minard, Cole Newburg, Melody Rose, Samantha Siegel, Ahmad Simmons, Landon Winslow and Blake Zelesnikar.

Producer Riki Kane Larimer and the cast of GOTTA DANCE at opening night. photo by Christopher Duggan

The production features musical arrangements by Eugene Gwozdz, with a live orchestra performing selections from more than a dozen musicals. The score includes work by Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, Stephen Sondheim and Jule Styne.

Julie Halston. Photo by Angela LaGreca
Tom Postilio, Riki Kane Larimer, Mickey Conlon, Lenny Babbish. Photo by Angela LaGreca
Alice Ripley. Photo courtesy of Gotta Dance!

Creative team members include lighting designers Ken Billington and Anthony Pearson, costume designer Marlene Olson Hamm, sound designer Peter Brucker, scenic designer Noah Glaister and projection designer Brian C. Staton. Andrew Winans serves as associate director and choreographer, with Cathy Lubash Fogelman as associate choreographer

For information/tickets: GottaDanceShow.com