I'll be making my Broadway debut on December 22, for a special one-time appearance on Burn the Floor. The press release and details are below... yippeee!
So You Think You Can Dance’s
MARY MURPHY
TO GUEST STAR IN
BROADWAY’S
BURN THE FLOOR
FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY!
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22
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Broadway’s Dance Hit now in Extension
Runs through January 3, 2010
The producers of Broadway’s
hottest hit announced today that Mary Murphy of FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance” will make her Broadway debut for one night only on Tuesday,
December 22nd at 7 PM, when she “quicksteps” into the BURN
THE FLOOR company at the Longacre
Theatre. She will join the dance
juggernaut that has taken Broadway by storm, breaking box office records and
extending its limited engagement.
The show, originally announced for a 12 week engagement, has been
extended through January 3 2010.
Mary Murphy will be partnered with ballroom champion Vaidas
Skimelis.
Mary Murphy is best known for her enthusiastic and emotional judging style on “So
You Think You Can Dance,” gaining notoriety and earning fans as the “Queen of
Scream.” She is a US Ballroom
Dance Champion and an Austrian National 10-dance and Ballroom Champion. In addition to owning Champion Ballroom
Academy in San Diego, Mary is a partner in the “Chance to Dance” program in the
San Diego area school district, helping provide dance classes to children
unable to afford lessons.
BURN THE FLOOR is the
electrifying Latin and Ballroom dance spectacular which opened this summer at
Broadway’s intimate Longacre Theatre (220 West 48th Street). It is produced by Harley Medcalf, Joe
Watson, Richard Levi, Richard Frankel, Tom Viertel, Steven Baruch,
Marc Routh, Raise the Roof One, Toppall/Stevens/Mills, Benigno/Klein,
Caldwell/Allen, Carrpailet/Danzansky, Bud Martin, The Production Studio,
Schaffert/Schnuck, and Carrie Ann Inaba by special arrangement with Dance
Partner Inc.
BURN
THE FLOOR has
thrilled audiences in over 30 countries and was the first show of the new
Broadway season. It opened in August and quickly broke the Longacre Theatre box
office record and announced an extension to January 3 2010.
BURN
THE FLOOR is created, directed and
choreographed by Jason
Gilkison. Its cast is composed of award-winning international dancers
from around the globe and include Australian Ballroom and World Latin American
champions. They collectively hold more than 100 dance titles. They are Henry Byalikov, Sharna Burgess, Artem Chigvintsev, Kevin Clifton, Sasha Farber, Jeremy Garner, Anya Garnis, Gordana Grandosek, Patrick Helm, Sarah Hives, Melanie Hooper, Pasha Kovalev, Peta Murgatroyd, Giselle Peacock, Nuria Santalucia, Mirko Sciolan, Sarah
Soriano, Damon & Rebecca
Sugden, Trent Whiddon, Damian
Whitewood, and Robin Windsor. The dancers are
supported by two vocalists, Ricky Rojas and Rebecca Tapia.
Critics
and fans around the world have raved about BURN
THE FLOOR:
The NY Daily News called it
“athletic, sensual and rocket-fueled.” Bloomberg.com called it “utterly
theatrical” and NY 1 News said BURN THE FLOOR is “hot, hot, hot. Pulse pounding choreography. A two hour adrenaline
rush featuring some of the best and best-looking ballroom dancers in the
world.”
Playing
Schedule: Tue at 7, Wed- Sat 8, Wed & Sat at 2, Sun at 3.
Price
Scale: $111.50, $89.50, $ 59.50. All prices
include $1.50 facilities fee. Discounts are available on groups of 10 and
more. Tickets are available at www.telecharge.com.
For a sneak peek, visit www.burnthefloor.com
www.twitter.com/officialbtf