Ann Reinking News

“Several decades and seven husbands later, Zachanassian has become the richest woman in the world, yet her hometown has fallen on hard times”

Chita Rivera slips on the wooden leg of Claire Zachanassian, the vengeful lady at the center of the John Kander-Fred Ebb-Terrence McNally musical, The Visit , playing May 13-June 22 at Signature Theatre in ... via Playbill

“We're having fun with music and character and comedy, a smattering of things to build performance skills”

Ann Reinking speaks to Point Park students. Although Broadway dance diva Ann Reinking is well known for her ultra-long legs, she's infinitely more petite in person. via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“Mom started me in everything as a child, and we caught every show that we could”

One thing that holds true for the majority of successful dancers and choreographers is they started early. via The Professional Cheerleader Blog

“Disney fell in love with our production and decided to take that one on the road”

The Lisa Stevens story has "local girl makes good" written all over it. Frustrated by a lack of opportunity here, the Vancouver dancer and choreographer lands a London audition for Chicago, with no less a ... via Vancouver Sun

Thursday, April 10, 2008; Posted: 2:04 PM - by BWW News Desk Signature Theatre is pleased to announce complete casting for The Visit . via BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content

“Several decades and seven husbands later, Zachanassian has become the richest woman in the world, yet her hometown has fallen on hard times”

Mary Ann Lamb will play young Claire in The Visit . Jeremy Webb, Mary Ann Lamb, D.B. Bonds, Jerry Lanning, Karen Murphy and more are expected to join previously announced Chita Rivera, George Hearn and Marc ... via Playbill

All that jazz was playing as the cast took the stage for Chicago at the Heymann Performing Arts Center. via The Daily Advertiser

“If we can do it at the Triplex, we can do it anywhere.”

"Just keep following your bliss - that's where you will always find your joy," Karen Lee's father, the late Rabbi Howard Greenstein, once wrote his daughter. via Berkshire Eagle

The Broadway revival of Bob Fosse's "Dancin' " is taking the Roundabout route to the Rialto: The show will play the Gotham nonprofit's Studio 54 in spring 2009. via Variety.com

FORT WORTH -- There's no business like show business -- or criminal justice. Both are brilliantly treated as one in Fred Ebb's, John Kander's and Bob Fosse's satirical Chicago.

This task is done so entertainingly in the 1996 revival of the 1975 musical (directed by Walter Bobbie and choreographed by Ann Reinking in the style of Fosse) that even when the cast isn't uniformly great -- as in the tour that opened here Tuesday -- it's still an unforgettable theater experience. You might even forget the terrific 2002 movie version. Read more

"Chicago" ranks, without a doubt, as one of the great American musicals. It has something relevant to say about sex, lies, murder, money, dance and, of course, celebrity - ' even though it was written more than ... via Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Broadway Bears will celebrate its 11th year raising money for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Feb. via Playbill

“Chicago". She had been dancing since her youth, and after some early training with the San Francisco Ballet, moved to New York at age 16 to study on scholarship with the Joffrey Ballet. The lure of the theater found her making her debut in "Cabaret”

A Broadway musical star and later choreographer, Ann Reinking reached a pinnacle in her career in June 1997 when she won the Tony Award for choreographing the revival of "Chicago". She had been dancing since ... via Hollywood.com

Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin Two legends of the musical theatre will light up Philadelphia Oct. via Playbill

“Fosse set out to create a tribute to the art of dance.”

Graciela Daniele will direct a Broadway revival of Bob Fosse's Dancin' , which will arrive on Broadway in spring 2009 following an engagement in Toronto. via Playbill

“Fosse set out to create a tribute to the art of dance.”

Graciela Daniele will direct a Broadway revival of Bob Fosse's Dancin' , which will arrive on Broadway in spring 2009 following an engagement in Toronto. via Playbill

Tickets for the Prince Music Theater engagement of An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin are on sale via the internet and phone. via Playbill