{"id":183148,"date":"2026-04-02T04:33:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T04:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/183148\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T04:33:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T04:33:28","slug":"gotta-dance-celebrates-opening-night-at-stage-42","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/183148\/","title":{"rendered":"GOTTA DANCE! Celebrates Opening Night at Stage 42"},"content":{"rendered":"

GOTTA DANCE! is now playing at Stage 42 in New York City. Go inside opening night with new photos from the red carpet. The production, presented by Riki Kane Larimer<\/a>, features recreated choreography from classic Broadway and Hollywood musicals. Watch a new video of highlights from the show!<\/p>\n

Conceived by Nikki Feirt Atkins<\/a> of American Dance Machine and co-directed with Tony Award-nominated director and choreographer Randy Skinner<\/a>, the musical highlights original choreography from shows including WEST SIDE STORY, SINGIN\u2019 IN THE RAIN, PIPPIN, and A CHORUS LINE. The project was originally produced at The York Theatre Company<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

The production features musical arrangements by Eugene Gwozdz<\/a>, with a live orchestra performing selections from more than a dozen musicals. The score includes work by composers and songwriters such as Irving Berlin<\/a>, George Gershwin<\/a>, Jerry Leiber<\/a> and Mike Stoller<\/a>, Stephen Sondheim<\/a>, and Jule Styne<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Creative team members include lighting designers Ken Billington<\/a> and Anthony Pearson<\/a>, Costume Designer<\/a> Marlene Olson Hamm<\/a>, sound designer Peter Brucker<\/a>, scenic designer Noah Glaister<\/a>, and projection designer Brian C. Staton<\/a>. Andrew Winans<\/a> serves as associate director-choreographer, with Cathy Lubash Fogelman<\/a> as associate choreographer.<\/p>\n

Photo Credit: Genevieve Rafter-Keddy<\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nLaura J. Cronin and Christopher Cronin<\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\n\u00a0Catalyst Theatrical-Kate Grover, Olivia Bates , Katherine Bolynn, Christopher Singleton, Laura J Cronin, Claire Agrawal, Sara Sharos\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nJoel Grossman<\/a> (Executive Producer) and family<\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nAlexis Wilson and Nikki Feirt Atkins<\/a> (Co-Dirrector)<\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nAndrew Winans<\/a> (Associate Director-Choreographer<\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nRiki Kane Larimer<\/a> and Nikki Feirt Atkins<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nRiki Kane Larimer<\/a> and Tracy Mitchell<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nLaura Cronin, Riki Kane Larimer<\/a> and Joel Grossman<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nRiki Kane Larimer<\/a> and Christine Pedi<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nTomas Cousin and Nikki Feirt Atkins<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nNikki Feirt Atkins<\/a> and Andrew Winans<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nAndrew Winans<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nRiki Kane Larimer<\/a> and Mary Randolph Carter<\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nRiki Kane Larimer<\/a>, Nikki Feirt Atkins<\/a> and Stephanie Pope<\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nJulie Halston<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nJulie Halston<\/a> and Stephanie Pope<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nStephanie Pope<\/a>, Riki Kane Larimer<\/a> and Aarne Lofgren<\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nStephanie Pope<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nStephanie Pope<\/a> and Aarne Lofgren<\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nElisa Loti<\/a> Stein and Riki Kane Larimer<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nDavid Zippel<\/a>, Riki Kane Larimer<\/a> and Lee Roy Reams<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nAlice Ripley<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nJamie deRoy<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nAlisa Griffeth and Debra Whitfield<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nJay Armstrong Johnson<\/a> and David Wright<\/a> Jr.<\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nKen Billington<\/a> (Co-Lighting Designer)<\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nNoah Glaister<\/a> (Scenic Design), Ken Billington<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nShaun Taylor<\/a> Corbett and Caroline Grogan<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nJoe Lanteri<\/a> and Michael-Demby Cain<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nJoseph Hayward<\/a>, Riki Kane Larimer<\/a> and Jim Kierstead<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nNikki Feirt Atkins<\/a> and Riki Kane Larimer<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nAndrew Winans<\/a>, Nikki Feirt Atkins<\/a>, Riki Kane Larimer<\/a> and Randy Skinner<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nJulie Halston<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nLee Roy Reams<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nChristopher Wheeldon<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nKen Waissman<\/a> and Randie Levine<\/a> Miller<\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nJay Armstrong Johnson<\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nEugene Gwozdz<\/a> (Music Director, Arranger and Orchestrations)<\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nAndrew Winans<\/a> and Nikki Feirt Atkins<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nBarton Cowperthwaite<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nLandon Winslow<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nSara Esty<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nAhmad Simmons<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nAhmad Simmons<\/a> and Sara Esty<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nLakey Wolff<\/a> and Ahmad Simmons<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nMelody Rose<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nBlake Zelesnikar<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nRJ Higton<\/a> and Melody Rose<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nTJ Bresnahan and RJ Higton<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nRJ Higton<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nDrew Minard<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nDrew Minard<\/a>, Marilyn D’Honau<\/a> (Original Cast of West Side Story), Nikki Feirt Atkins<\/a> and Lars Rosager<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nLibby Lloyd<\/a>, Kate Louissaint<\/a> and Samantha Siegel<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nAnthony Cannarella<\/a> and Samantha Siegel<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nAnthony Cannarella<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nKate Louissaint<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nSamantha Siegel<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nDrew Minard<\/a>, Brandon Burks and Keely Beirne<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nEugene Gwozdz<\/a> and Julia Sunay (Associate Conductor) with tonights band that includes Phil Verricchio, Christian Marrero, Matthew McDonald<\/a>, Benjamin Taylor Brown and Andrew Beal<\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nRiki Kane Larimer<\/a> and the Cast of Gotta Dance<\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nBrandon Burks<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nKeely Beirne<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nLibby Lloyd<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nCole Newburg<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nDeanna Doyle<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Photos:

\nDuncan B. Smith and Drew Minard<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GOTTA DANCE! is now playing at Stage 42 in New York City. Go inside opening night with new…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10],"class_list":{"0":"post-183148","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-headlines","10":"tag-new-york-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}