Audience Loving Lesley Ann Warren And DWTS Tony Dovolani In “Dance To The Movies”
Have any of you seen “Dance To The Movies” yet? Currently it’s touring on the east coast. Newsday has a cool article on it and how Lesley Ann Warren and Tony Dovolani are nothing short of amazing together. Below is a take from the story….
“They asked me literally last week while I was on tour in Staten Island if I could do this one, too,” Warren says. “So it should be an adventure because I’ve never done a musical in the round.”
Producer Scott Stander isn’t worried. “The audience goes nuts for her,” he says. “She’s 70, but she still looks like Cinderella. During her first number, the audience always starts cheering.”
More of a challenge, Warren says, has been the hectic touring schedule. “I’ve done Broadway and theater in L.A., but I’ve never gotten on a plane and the next day performed in a city and then gotten on a plane and flown from one coast to the next,” she says. “The performing itself is exhilarating and fantastic, but the traveling is exhausting.”
FILLING OUT THE ‘DANCE’ CARD
In addition to Warren, Stander is happy to have Dovolani touring with the show, especially since he could not perform two years ago in Stander’s previous dance extravaganza, “Ballroom With a Twist.”
“People love his energy and natural ability to connect with the audience,” Stander says.
To read more, see Newsday. For tickets to the Beverly, MA show on April 29th, see this link. For more upcoming shows, go to Vivid Seats. For updates on any cast additions, changes, and more, follow Dance To The Movies Facebook.
I’ve been a fan of Lesley Anne Warren ever since she starred in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella around 1965 or so. And yes kiddos, we did have television back then. It was one of my favorite childhood movies, it even starred the late great Celeste Holm. Oh those were the days.
Lesley looks fantastic! And it’s nice to see Tony too. I have always liked Tony, so there I said it. 🙂
I would suggest Lesley doing the show, but with the TPTB pimpage, the twitter crap specifically catering to the younger generation, and all the manipulation. I’d rather not.
Ditto, Sandy. I’d love to see her do DWTS but not with any manipulating, etc.
It’s nice over here, no Normani and Val talk, no harmonizers, no manipulation or TPTB talk. So Peaceful. 🙂
I love to see DWTS pros having success in other projects! Good for you Tony!
I say good for Tony as well-glad to see him dancing!!
Tony is excellent. Of the 3, Tony, Val, Maks – please bring Tony back. I know people have complained in the past about Tony’s chores but please Val is currently much worse and Tony dances what is given and doesn’t walk.
I really miss Tony. He is a solid dancer and performer. I have seen him in person dancing and he is fantastic! It’s funny because I see lifts that some male pros do and I say to myself “Tony can do that lift so much better”. Case in point – a ValMani lift the other day looked so sloppy and Tony popped into my head when I saw that lift. I know he would’ve handled it better.
So THAT’S where Tony is. I miss his 10,000 watt grins! He’s a great pro – good teacher, patient, great personality. Really the gentleman of the ballroom.