Theater Review: “To Dance-The Musical”
“To Dance-The Musical” which premiered last night and is playing at The Theater at the 14th Street Y as part of the International Fringe Festival, is a riveting musical play featuring wonderful acting, exquisite dancing and telling the true story of the Russian Jewish dancer,Valery Panov.
Each wonderful, Kathryn Morgan and Jesse Carrey are featured as respectively “Galina,” the gifted Soviet ballet dancer with whom Carrey as Panov falls in love.
The play is set in the USSR during the Cold war and details the struggles for freedom and expression evident in the country at the time and which the Panovs fought to overcome.
The dancing is superb; Morgan, once an award winning member of New York City Ballet has returned to dancing after an illness and Kyra Robinov, who wrote “To Dance” “making her dream come true,” is thrilled Ms.Morgan is part of the project.
Carrey gives a very direct, succinct performance in which I felt some of what the courageous, standout Panov experienced and felt inside. Both Morgan and Carrey are terrific with a tremendous cast including Rick Roemer as the KGB villain, “Rachinsky.”
I highly recommend seeing “To Dance” which has 4 remaining performances all at “The Theater at the 14th Street Y at 344 east 14th Street.
Performance times and dates: Fri. 8/21 at 8:45 PM, Sun. 8/23 @5;45 PM, Thurs. 8/27 @ 9:00 PM and Sun 8/30 @ 1:45 PM. Tickets are $18 (well worth it!) and are available along with more information at
Andy B Sports 