Dancing Up a Storm

摘要

"This is my mom," A YOUNG dancer tells Susan Stroman. "What a great kid you have," says Stroman to the beaming woman. "He's a dream." There are many great kids rehearsing "The Music Man," the revival of the 1957 hit musical that Stroman is choreographing and directing for its opening on April 27. One 8-year-old flashes by, back-flipping, and tells Stroman proudly, "I did three that time." In a corner a dancer holds an ice bag to his eye, which has encountered another dancer's foot The blond, petite Stroman marshals her cast into the show's famous signature number, "76 Trombones," led by Craig Bierko. The 6-foot-5 Bierko, a movie and TV actor, is a newcomer to Broadway. "What's great is that he's not a real dancer," says Stroman. "We call him a street dancer, a big bloke who can move. He acts his way through the dance."