Center Stage Wall of Fame
Hey! Remember back in the day when you actually went in to the lobby at Center Stage? And you’d see those pretty faces on the wall smiling at you? No, not our faculty (though them too). Our Wall of Fame! Those are the headshots and short biographies of our alumni who have gone on to have stunning careers in performing arts.
So, now nobody’s in the lobby, and the writing on those posters is pretty tiny (and my eyes are old). So I was thinking maybe I’d put together a list of all of the shows, theatres and dance companies that our alumni have graced. So here goes!
Broadway
Hamilton (2 different performers, and the Associate Choreographer)
Frozen Aladdin Anastasia
The King and I
In the Heights (performer and dance captain)
Mamma Mia (performer and dance captain)
Beetlejuice (associate choreographer)
The Inheritance If/Then (performer and dance captain)
Bring It On (performer and associate choreographer)
Gypsy with Patti LuPone Elf (performer and associate choreographer)
King Hedley II Cats (2 different performers)
Saturday Night Fever
Times They are A-Changing
Urban Cowboy
Hot Feet
Tommy
Les Miserables
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Ragtime
Carousel
Footloose
National & International Tour
Hamilton
The King and I
Bring It On
Aladdin
West Side Story (4 different performers in 4 different tours)
Catch Me If You Can
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Memphis Elf (2 performers)
Movin’ Out
Mamma Mia
Spamalot
Rent
Smoky Joe’s Café
A Chorus Line (2 different performers in 2 different tours)
Showboat
Phantom of the Opera
Starlight Express
Fame
Bye Bye Birdie
Les Miserables
Bombay Dreams
Vagina Monologues
Wit
Jesus Christ Superstar
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Cruise Ships
Legally Blonde
Cats
Grease After Midnight (2 different performers on 2 different ships)
Footloose
Regional Theatres
Steppenwolf Theatre
Yale Repertory Theatre
Guthrie Theatre
Dallas Theatre Center
Kennedy Center
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
Milwaukee Rep
Victory Gardens Theatre
Olney Theatre
Drury Lane
Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera
Broadway Sacramento
Fulton Theatre
Maine State Music Theatre
Goodspeed Opera House
Hartford Stage
Music Theatre Wichita
Ogonquit Playhouse
Flat Rock Playhouse
Papermill Playhouse
Surflight Theatre
…and many, many more.
Dance Companies
American Dance Machine
Oakland Ballet
San Francisco Opera
Colorado Ballet
Greensboro Ballet
Urban Ballet Theatre
Zikr Dance Ensemble
Washington Ballet
Winged Woman Dance Company
Koresh Dance Company
Generation X Crew
Dance New Amsterdam
Phoenix Contemporary Dance Co.
JUNTOS Dance Collective
American Tap Dance Orchestra
JKing Dance Company
WOW! That’s impressive! So, just wondering: if it weren’t for the talent coming out of Center Stage, how would dance and theatre have even managed to carry on? WE CAN’T WAIT for theatres to reopen so that all of these amazing performers get back to doing what they do best. We are so proud of our alumni!