The run closed August 11, 1985
- Opened
- December 21, 1983
- Closed
- August 11, 1985
- Performances
- 669
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Broadhurst Theatre
Of the 465 productions we hold that opened in the 1980s and record a performance count, this is the 30th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Who was in it33 named
Barbara Montgomery
Kevin Berdini
Michael Blevins
Karen Curlee
Suzzanne Douglas
Rick Emery
Karen E Fraction
J J Jepson
Rodney Alan Mcguire
Karen Paskow
Jackie Patterson
Mayme Paul
Jamie M Pisano
Ken Prescott
Oliver Woodall
James Young
Ira Hawkins
Michelle Weeks
Leslie Dockery
Tony Jaeger
Cary Lowenstein
Kimberly Meyers
Gail Nelson
Gary Sullivan
9 of these 33 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 24 are set from the identifier in the cast list, which is a slug of the name — so hyphens and full stops are lost and a few come out wrong. We hold nothing else about them. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.
Characters8 roles recorded
Alfonso Ribeiro Willie Sheridan
Hinton Battle Dipsey Bates
Martine Allard Emma Sheridan
Hattie Winston Ginnie Sheridan
Samuel E. Wright William Sheridan
Jackie Lowe Carole
Alan Weeks Daddy Bates
Michael Blevins Winslow
Only 512 of 13,459 productions carry role names, and these came out of a wiki table — the names arrived with the table's own cell markup on them and have been stripped back. They are not linked to person records because the identifiers in that table do not resolve to ours.
Creative team
- Director
- Vivian Matalon
- Choreographer
- Danny Daniels
- Producer
- Stanley White, Evelyn Barron, Harvey Klaris, Michel Stuart
A producer is one string on this record, however many people or companies it names. Directors and choreographers are held both as text and as identifiers; where an identifier exists the name links to a page.
Tony Awards 0 from 1 nomination
| Best Musical | Nominated |
Around this production
The Tap Dance Kid moved here from the Broadhurst on March 27, 1984, and stayed until August 11, 1985, winning Tony Awards for Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Hinton Battle) and Best Choreography (Danny Daniels). Late in its run, the title role was assumed by an amazing child dancer named Savion Glover, who went on to help redefine tap a decade later in Bring in da Noise, Bring in da Funk. At This Theatre 100 Years of Broadway Shows Stories and Botto Louis Viagas Rober, p. 349
- Savion Glover made his Broadway debut in The Tap Dance Kid. Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 295
- This drama was followed by the musical The Tap Dance Kid about a talented youngster who is driven by the need to dance. At This Theatre 100 Years of Broadway Shows Stories and Botto Louis Viagas Rober, p. 125
- The Tap Dance Kid (12/21/83; 669 performances) was the next show at the Broadhurst.. Dreamgirls composer Henry Krieger wrote the music, and Richard Loric provided the lyrics. The show starred Alfonso Ribeiro, Samuel E. Wright, Hinton Battle, and Hattie Winston. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 104
- Composer Henry Krieger’s second musical, THE TAP DANCE KID [December 21, 1983], was of little interest. Show Tunes 1905 1985 the Songs Shows and Careers of Steven Suskin 1st Ed New Yor, p. 589
- Composer Henry Krieger followed the distinctive DREAMGIRLS [Notables: December 20, 1981] with the formulaic THE TAP DANCE KID? [December 21, 1983], which was of little interest. Show Tunes the Songs Shows and Careers of Broadway S Suskin Steven Suskin Steven, p. 440
Passages naming this production, found by keyword across 178 books. Where it turns up in the literature, not curated notes about it.
What this page does not know
- No photograph of this staging. 48 of 13,459 productions hold one.
- No recording is held for The Tap Dance Kid at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.