Off-Broadway NewsLearn Smokey Joe’s Cafe Choreography From Joshua BergasseThe Tony-nominated choreographer will teach routines from the Off-Broadway revival at Broadway Dance Center beginning September 1.
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Ruthie Fierberg
August 30, 2018
Emma Degerstedt with Jelani Remy, Shavey Brown, Dwayne Cooper, and Max Sangerman
Joan Marcus
Tony-nominated choreographer Joshua Bergasse will teach you how to shimmy and more during two classes at Broadway Dance Center.
As part of BDC’s Broadway Choreography Series, Bergasse will teach choreography from the Off-Broadway production of the musical revue Smokey Joe's Cafe with demonstrations from members of the cast.
On September 1 (10:30AM-12:00PM), Bergasse will train attendees to perform “On Broadway” with stars John Edwards, Jelani Remy and Shavey Brown. On September 4 (6:00PM-7:30PM), the choreographer instructs “Teach Me How to Shimmy” with Emma Degerstedt and Bronwyn Tarboton.
Smokey Joe’s Cafe: The Songs of Lieber & Stoller currently runs at Stage 42, directed and choreographed by Bergasse in a production that transferred from the Ogunquit Playhouse. The cast features Dwayne Cooper (Motown, Hairspray), Degerstedt (Desperate Measures Off-Broadway), Edwards (Jersey Boys), Dionne D. Figgins (Hot Feet, Memphis), Nicole Vanessa Ortiz (SpamiltonOff-Broadway), Kyle Taylor Parker (Kinky Boots, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), Remy (Disney’s The Lion King), Max Sangerman (Blue Man Group Off-Broadway), and Alysha Umphress (On The Town, American Idiot). Standbys for the production are Brown (Dreamgirls Off-Broadway), Antoinette Comer (Mammia Mia!), Dan Domenech (Rock of Ages) and Tarboton (A Chorus Line international tour).
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Check Out the Opening Night for Smokey Joe's Café Off-Broadway
Check Out the Opening Night for Smokey Joe's Café Off-Broadway
Directed and choreographed by Joshua Bergasse, the Tony-nominated revue officially opened July 22.
Dwayne Cooper, Alysha Umphress, Kyle Taylor Parker, Dionne D. Figgins, John Edwards, Nicole Vanessa Ortiz, Jelani Remy, Emma Degerstedt, and Max Sangerman
Dwayne Cooper, Alysha Umphress, Kyle Taylor Parker, Dionne D. Figgins, John Edwards, Nicole Vanessa Ortiz, Jelani Remy, Emma Degerstedt, and Max Sangerman
Dwayne Cooper, Alysha Umphress, Kyle Taylor Parker, Dionne D. Figgins, John Edwards, Nicole Vanessa Ortiz, Jelani Remy, Emma Degerstedt, and Max Sangerman
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Nicole Vanessa Ortiz
Nicole Vanessa Ortiz
Dwayne Cooper, Alysha Umphress, Kyle Taylor Parker, Dionne D. Figgins, John Edwards, Nicole Vanessa Ortiz, Jelani Remy, Emma Degerstedt, and Max Sangerman
Dwayne Cooper, Alysha Umphress, Kyle Taylor Parker, Dionne D. Figgins, John Edwards, Nicole Vanessa Ortiz, Jelani Remy, Emma Degerstedt, and Max Sangerman
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Joshua Bergasse and cast
Joshua Bergasse, Mike Stoller, and Cast
Brenda Braxton and Lindsay Roberts
Lindsay Roberts
Shavey Brown and Lindsay Roberts
Shavey Brown
Dionne D. Figgins
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Dan Domenech
Antoinette Comer
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Kyle Taylor Parker
Joseph Marzullo/WENN
Dan Domenech, Antoinette Comer, Alison Solomon, Bronwyn Tarboton, and Shavey Brown
Bronwyn Tarboton
Emma Degerstedt
John Arthur Greene and Emma Degerstedt
Max Sangerman
Alysha Umphress
Nicole Vanessa Ortiz, Dionne D. Figgins, Emma Degerstedt, and Alysha Umphress
Nicole Vanessa Ortiz
Dionne D. Figgins and Emma Degerstedt
John Edwards, Jelani Remy, Ken Ard, and Kyle Taylor Parker
Jelani Remy
John Edwards
Cast
Alison Solomon, Mike Stoller, Joshua Bergasse, and cast
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