All stories by Raquel Laneri on BroadwayStars

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

This NYC nail artist designed those dazzling claws for ‘In The Heights’ by Raquel Laneri

Dominican-born Lisset Robles lived with her parents and two siblings in The Bronx’s Mill Brook Houses, practicing her nail art in a small corner of the living room. Now, her work is in the…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:01PM
Thursday, October 11, 2018

Steinway delivers pianos to some seriously wacky places by Raquel Laneri

In May, Daniel Epstein was set to perform Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2. There was just one problem: The standard 7-foot grand at the Broadway Presbyterian Church in Morningside Heights was…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 08:45PM
Thursday, July 19, 2018

Go-Go’s musical has some of the wackiest dancing on Broadway by Raquel Laneri

It was the late 1990s, and Spencer Liff was living a double life. By day, he practiced his jetés and soft-shoe at the American Ballet Theatre and the Steps on Broadway dance studio. By nigh…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:01PM
Monday, February 20, 2017

‘La La Land’ is inspiring people to take up tap dance by Raquel Laneri

Ryan Gosling’s jazz pianist in “La La Land” may be obsessed with bringing back beebop, but in real life the Oscar-nominated film has resurrected another arcane art form: tap dancing. �…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:39PM