![]() “You know, there’s always the possibility that something could go wrong…. “It was a little nerve-wracking,” Sikora says, of taping the show live for simulcast last January. I mean, what is Holiday Inn without those jump ropes?” For that reason, it was “especially gratifying” to see the show recognized for its dynamic choreography at this past year’s Tony Awards.Īnd it’s exactly those jump ropes - amid the high kicks, flap steps, and firecrackers - that’ll be on full display throughout the show’s BroadwayHD run, and its subsequent PBS broadcast on November 24th. They are the backbone of any musical - they keep the show afloat. “Dancers are the hardest working people on Broadway. “I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million times,” stating that in accepting the award, she felt like she was receiving it for the cast. when she became the recipient of the inaugural Chita Rivera Award for Outstanding Female Dancer - an accolade which, given her extensive background in the form, carries a lot of emotional impact for her. What’s more? Already an established hoofer as it was, she proved she “certainly can can-can” (and flip, dip, kick, etc). “Who wouldn’t want to sing that swirling score every night?! It was such a gift.” Louis, the self-proclaimed Irving Berlin fanatic (her favorite tune? “Heat Wave, of course!”) was downright overjoyed to get the call for Broadway. ![]() After a personal conflict prevented her from joining the company in St. One more debate she settles for the diehards? “Lila really did love Jim… but for the wrong reasons,” adding that she and Pinkham worked to create an overly physical relationship for the two of them to offset Jim’s “real” emotional connection with Linda, whom he eventually marries at show’s end.īut to say that not ending up with the guy (or, at least the guy she started with, anyway), impeded in her ability to fully enjoy the experience, would be a shocking falsehood. “ I don’t play dumb characters.” Referencing Bambi Bernet, her critically-acclaimed role in 2007’s Curtains, also frequently mistaken for vapid, she, once and for all, sets the record straight: “ uses her looks… she uses her talent… she uses her attraction to get what she wants… and she succeeds! Bambi too! That’s not stupid! That’s really smart!” Still, the audience’s expectations lingered, and therein lay the challenge: “to play the coy type of character that the audience knows and loves without the career path she’s so passionate about.” “Everyone always expects to be fun and lighthearted,” she explains. I really appreciated that about her.”īut, as it often goes, with these admirable aspects came the inevitable challenges, as Sikora aimed to please while staying true to her character’s core. She was sort of a modern woman … ahead of her time. “Lila chose to do the thing that made her truly happy.” Doing so actually made her, in a way, revolutionary, which, for Sikora, made her all the more appealing. “She chose her career,” the seasoned Broadway vet asserts. At least, not according to the woman who gave her life: her portrayer Megan Sikora. But don’t cry too hard for Lila…or at all, if you can help it she’s not nearly as much the “damsel in distress” as you might think. While he ultimately ends up reinvigorating his passion for performing and finding romance anew in schoolteacher Linda Mason (Lora Lee Gayer), he leaves behind “two years of laughter, song and love” with his chorus girl flame, Lila Dixon. ![]() The story follows song-and-dance connoisseur Jim Hardy (Bryce Pinkham), as he leaves the bright lights of Broadway for bluer skies and a supposedly better life on the Connecticut farm. From November 17th, the popular theatre streaming service hosts the return of Holiday Inn, the live-to-tape broadcast of the 2016 Broadway premiere, which ran at Studio 54 last Fall, following engagements at Goodspeed Opera House and the MUNY in St. If you’re burdened down with trouble and your nerves are wearing thin, then BroadwayHD has the antidote to ensure the merry bells keep ringing throughout the holiday season.
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