Dancin' Man
Dancin’ Man celebrates the “song and dance man” through the lives and contributions of Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly. Using their stories, songs, and dances -- some famous and some a little more obscure -- we’ll follow them from their humble beginnings in vaudeville, to their breakthrough Broadway careers, and on to their iconic Hollywood days. It’s a night of song and dance not to be missed!
DANNY GARDNER is excited to be returning to his hometown of Reading, PA. His Genesius credits are Snoopy!!!, RAGS, A Secret Garden, and Genesius the Musical. His other credits include: Lucky in Dames at Sea (Broadway), Dick Trevor in Lady, Be Good! starring Tommy Tune (Encores!), NY Spectacular starring the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall. National tours: White Christmas, Here To Stay – The Gershwin Experience and 42nd Street. Regional: Don in Singin’ in the Rain (Marriot Lincolnshire). Bert in Mary Poppins (Theatre Under the Stars), Frank in Show Boat (Goodspeed Musicals), Chuck in Promises, Promises! (Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival), Steindorff in Bach At Leipzig (People’s Light and Theatre Co.) He is a company member of the physical comedy troupe Parallel Exit which he has created and performed with in New York City at 59E59 Street Theatres, The New Victory Theatre, the Lincoln Center Institute, and abroad in The Festival of Dreams in Innsbruck, Austria, and in The Cos Festival in Rennes, Spain. He also joined The New York Song & Dance Company in their cultural exchange program to the Middle East made possible through the US. Consulate. Danny is an Ithaca College Graduate. www.dannyjgardner.com
DREW HUMPHREY is thrilled to perform at Genesius Theatre. Broadway credits include: Irving Berlin’s White Christmas (Ensemble, Cast Recording); Of Thee I Sing (Encores!), Lady Be Good (Encores!, Cast Recording), 42nd Street (Ensemble, 1st Natl.); Regional: Crazy for You (Bobby Child, Tuacahn CFA), A Chorus Line (Don, Sacramento Music Circus), Cats (Skimbleshanks, The Muny), On The Town (Chip, FLMTF), Hello Dolly! (Ensemble, Goodspeed Opera House), Mary Poppins (Bert, VCT). Drew also had the honor to perform at the Kennedy Center for Ted Kennedy and President Obama. Drew’s Directing credits include productions of Mary Poppins, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and A Chorus Line. He has assisted and associated under Broadway Director/Choreographers Randy Skinner and Liza Gennaro.