Calling All Tap Dance Kids (It's Not the Acting Kid or the Singing Kid)
The challenge of casting the Encores! revival of "The Tap Dance Kid" exposes some of the complications of tap, show business and Black history.
Today is Tuesday, May 26, 2026 Broadway Baby Birthdays: Don Summa Margaret Colin Bjorn Johnson Daniel Marcus Philip Michael Thomas Carole Demas Teresa Stratas Ron Holgate David Bryant Patrick Horgan Alec McCowen Andrew Downie Peggy Lee John Dall Ziggy Elman Henry Ephron Robert Morley Otto Simanek Norma Talmadge Sammy Lee Marga Ann Deighton J.V. Bryant Roger Gray Paul Lukas Al Jolson Charles Winninger Louis Leon Hall Joseph Urban Ashley Bell Laura Stuart Roy Dotrice Peter Cushing Tessa Alves Matt Stone William Bolcom Paul Wallace Frankie Manning Aleksei Arbuzov Robert W. Chambers