This nostalgic, Tony Award–winning 1983 musical is all about family dynamics. Young Willi wants nothing more than to follow in the footsteps of her mother and Uncle Dipsey as a dancer. Her father, ...

The Tap Dance Kid (1983) now strutting fitfully at Ensemble Theatre, has a basic problem at its core in that the title character is not the main focus of the story. What derails Tap Dance is that ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The Encores! series returns with a 1983 musical that, despite its pleasures, wasn’t quite right then and isn’t quite right now. By Jesse Green When ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The challenge of casting the Encores! revival of “The Tap Dance Kid” exposes some of the complications of tap, show business and Black history. By ...

Emmy nominee Dulé Hill, most recently on Broadway in After Midnight, performs “Fabulous Feet” from the 1983 Tony-nominated musical The Tap Dance Kid in the second installment of the Encores! Inside ...

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical: Hinton Battle was nominated but did not win. 1984 Tony Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical: Hinton Battle won. Best Performance ...