Rikki Kane Larimer presents
GOTTA DANCE!
celebrating the best of
Broadway and Hollywood Dance.
(NEW YORK) – Riki Kane Larimer presents Gotta Dance! — the first dance production to capture the original choreography of classic musicals including West Side Story, Singin’ in the Rain, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, and others — all on one stage. Co-directed by Nikki Feirt Atkins (Founder and Producing Artistic Director, ADM21) and four-time Tony Award-nominated director/choreographer Randy Skinner (42nd Street, Dames at Sea), performances begin Friday, March 20 at Stage 42 (422 W. 42nd Street). The official opening is Tuesday, March 31 at 7:30PM. Tickets are now on sale at Telecharge.com.
This extraordinary musical, conceived by Nikki Feirt Atkins of American Dance Machine (ADM21) and originally produced at The York Theatre Company, pays tribute to the brilliant work of some of the musical theater's greatest choreographers. Experience the movement, music and magic that has defined generations of Broadway and Hollywood dance and continues to inspire audiences today by preserving the work of some of our greatest choreographers. Gotta Dance! embodies true Broadway history.
The company of Gotta Dance! features Keely Beirne, Brandon Burks, Anthony Cannarella, Barton Cowperthwaite, Deanna Doyle, Sara Esty, Jessica Lee Goldyn, RJ Higton, Kate Louissaint, Libby Lloyd, Drew Minard, Cole Newburg, Melody Rose, Samantha Siegel, Ahmad Simmons, Landon Winslow, and Blake Zelesnikar.
With Musical Arranger Eugene Gwozdz leading an orchestra pit of live musicians, Gotta Dance! features over 15 spectacular musical numbers from more than a dozen musicals written by some of America’s most celebrated songwriters, including Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, Stephen Sondheim, Jule Styne and more.
Gotta Dance! features lighting design by Tony Award-winner Ken Billington (Chicago, Sweeney Todd) and Anthony Pearson (associate for John Proctor Is the Villain), costume design by Marlene Olson Hamm (ABT, Paul Taylor Dance Company, NYC Ballet), sound design by Peter Brucker, scenic design by Noah Glaister, and projection design by Brian C. Staton (Becoming Dr. Ruth). Andrew Winans is Associate Director. Cathy Lubash Fogelman is Associate Choreographer. Drew Neal is Production Stage Manager. Joel Grossman is Executive Producer. Catalyst Theatricals/Laura Janik Cronin is the General Manager. Casting is by Mark Brandon and Matt MacDonald, Casting by ARC. Original York Theatre production casting by Jason Styres, The Casting Collaborative.
RIKI KANE LARIMER (Producer) hails from the world of housewares, where her company Metrokane created the famous Rabbit wine opener. Producer of Cheek to Cheek, Vanities, On the Town, Gigi, and Cagney (to be presented at Bay Street Theater, summer 2026), Riki first produced Gotta Dance! at The York Theatre in December 2025. She serves as vice president of the board at The York Theatre Company.
NIKKI FEIRT ATKINS (Conceiver, Co-Director, Founder/Producing Artistic Director of American Dance Machine for the 21st Century) trained at the Joffrey Ballet School and later with Lee Theodore. After dancing professionally, Nikki earned her MD, was a pathologist at New York Presbyterian Hospital. She has since worked at the Joffrey Ballet School and with Chet Walker on The Jack Cole Project. In 2012, Nikki founded American Dance Machine for the 21st Century.