FACULTY
Our
teachers are highly accomplished members of the professional
entertainment field with over 54 Broadway credits among them!
Our extraordinary staff will bring the ultimate Broadway experience to you!
In
addition, Michael served as music director/conductor for
The American Songbook series at Alice Tully Hall and for the
Broadway revivals of The
King and I, Gypsy,
the York Theatre’s production of
Merrily We Roll Along
and the Playwrights Horizons’ production of
Violet. Michael won an Emmy for his music direction of the TV
movie Gypsy
starring Bette Midler, and co-produced its soundtrack on Atlantic
Records. He was the music director for
Broadway’s Best on
Bravo where he worked with such artists as Trisha Yearwood, Kevin
Bacon, Joan Osborne, Mandy Moore, Cyndi Lauper and Darius Rucker.
Michael
was a guest conductor with the Memphis Symphony and the Tulsa
Philharmonic for an evening of Jule Styne’s music. He was one of the
piano duo that accompanied the Broadway revival of
The Most Happy Fella
and music director for the national tours of
The Tap Dance Kid,
on Jeanine Tesori
Valerie
Wright will return as a member of the teaching staff of
“Destination Broadway” this summer in
Vallerie’s Broadway credits include Annie Get Your Gun, Damn
Yankees, Steel Pier, Sally Marr and Her Escorts starring
Joan Rivers, Song and Dance starring Bernadette
Peters, and Cats.
Off
Broadway credits: And the World Goes Round and
Showing Off.
Regional credits: Peter Pan, St. Louis Muny,
Gladys in Pajama Game, Essie in Redhead
(Goodspeed Opera House), Sis in Last Lists of my
Mad Mother (Theatre Works of Hartford),
Charity in Sweet Charity (Bridgeport Downtown Cabaret),
Miss Turnstiles in On the Town (Arena Stage)
and Virga Blaire in Three (both in the
Prince Music Theatre in LA).
National tours: Hello Dolly starring Carol
Channing, Song and Dance with Melissa Manchester,
The World Goes Round (
Valerie
appears in the film Sleepless in Seattle, has written
a children’s album titled Green Beans on the Floor and
is the mother of 4½ year old Luca!
on Valerie Wright
Mary
MacLeod will return as a member of the Destination Broadway teaching
staff.
Mary
has appeared on Broadway in Fosse, Suessical, Chicago, Guys &
Dolls, Company (Kathy) and Smokey Joe’s Café
(Dance Captain, assistant stage manager) at City Center Encores!
on Mary MacLeod
Destination Broadway Teaching Staff
EUGENE FLEMING - Tap
Eugene
Fleming has performed in numerous Broadway shows including A
Chorus line, The Tap Dance Kid, Black and Blue, The High Rollers
Social and Pleasure Club, Swinging on a Star, Street Corner
Symphony, Fosse (opening night cast), Kiss Me Kate,
One ‘Mo Time, The Look of Love and Never Gonna Dance.
on Eugene Fleming
TRIPP HANSON - Tap
Tripp
Hanson has been a member of the Manhattan Rhythm Kings since 1985.
Tripp has performed in many Broadway Shows including The Boys
from
on Tripp Hanson
MARY ANN LAMB - Dance
Mary
Ann Lamb has performed on Broadway in Song and Dance,
Starlight Express, Carrie, Jerome Robbins Broadway, The Goodbye
Girl, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Chicago, Fosse
(opening night cast) and Seussical.
on Mary Ann Lamb
DENA RIZZO - Hip Hop, Jazz, Lyric
Dena
Rizzo is an established choreographer and teacher who has
trained in tap, jazz, ballet and lyrical. She inspires
thousands of students across the country with her Hip Hop stylings
and philosophy. She has been a guest instructor for Darrin
Henson’s Dance Groove Tour and headlines the faculty for
“Showstoppers” dance Workshops. You can catch Dena teaching
classes for Jazz On Tap and dozens of Dance Masters of
America Chapters. Dena has her own instructional videos titled
Street Style I & II and Step To My Groove.
