Lacy Philips, recently nominated for a Tony award for Play On, will be Happy the Dog. One night, however, the boys' housekeeper follows them and learns the secret of the torn up shoes.Īllen stars as the boys' housekeeper, Sunday, and Ingram will be the Reverand Knight. Their father, a preacher, has forbidden them to dance, but every night the boys sneak out into the city to dance. The tale has been moved to Harlem where two young brothers leave torn up shoes by their bed every morning. The Brothers of the Knight is based on the Brothers Grimm tale of 'The Twelve Dancing Princesses', but with a modern twist. Ingram, as a composer, has earned three Grammys and 17 Grammy nominations. Allen, an experienced actress, director, and choreographer, starred on Broadway in Sweet Charity, won a Golden Globe and two Emmys for her role on 'Fame,' directed episodes of 'Fame', 'Family Ties', 'Bronx Zoo', and 'A Different World', and has choreographed the Academy Awards for five consecutive years. April 16-26 in the new children's musical, The Brothers of the Knight.Īllen, who collaborated as director on the show with Academy Award-nominated composer, James Ingram, also choreographed and will perform in the show with Ingram.īrothers of the Knight is the second Kennedy Center collaboration for Allen, who also created Pepito's Story for the Center in 1996. As an actress, she is also a two-time Tony Award nominee for West Side Story and Sweet Charity.Debbie Allen is set to dance in D.C. She is well known as a choreographer for stage, film, and television, having won many awards for her work. When the housekeeper with magical powers catches onto their secret, will she turn them in?Īllen most recently directed the Broadway revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. They continue to sneak out night after night and the only clues to where they go are the torn-up shoes by their beds the next morning. The production, which features young local talent, is based on The Brothers Grimm fairy tale “The Twelve Dancing Princesses.” It concerns the young Knight Brothers, who are forbidden to dance by their strict preacher father. There will be a gala benefit performance on December 12 to be benefit the Debbie Allen Dance Academy. Debbie Allen will direct and choreograph a revival of her dance musical Brothers of The Knight, featuring music by James Ingram, to run December 11-20 at the UCLA Freud Playhouse.

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