On broadway: broadway bound: season highlights include imports, revivals, and Tharp's Bob Dylan salute.

From: Dance Magazine | Date: September 1, 2005| Author: Gold, Sylviane | Copyright information

For lovers of Broadway dance, the big news of the new season can be summed up in two words: Twyla's coming. After fashioning the songs of Billy Joel into the terrific musical Movin' Out, this time Twyla Tharp is tackling the Bob Dylan songbook. The show, still untitled at this writing, will be unveiled at the Old Globe in San Diego in January, then make its way to Broadway later in the season. There are plenty of other musicals in the pipeline, but for the dance world, this one car...

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