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3 unusual facts about The Tap Dance Kid


Louise Fitzhugh

Emmy Award for children's entertainment special (The Tap Dance Kid, based on Nobody's Family is Going to Change).

The Tap Dance Kid

A production directed by Jerry Zaks with choreography by Danny Daniels ran at the Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles, California, in September 1985 as part of a tour.

It was written by Charles Blackwell with music by Henry Krieger and lyrics by Robert Lorick.


Danny Daniels

He won a Tony Award and an Astaire Award in 1984 for The Tap Dance Kid and received three more Tony nominations for High Spirits, Walking Happy, and the 1967 revival of Annie Get Your Gun.

Samuel E. Wright

Wright was nominated for a Tony Award in 1984 for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance in The Tap Dance Kid, and again in 1998 for Best Featured Actor in a Musical as the original lead actor for Mufasa in The Lion King, the Broadway version of Disney's animated classic of the same name.


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Mark Feldstein

Feldstein created the Scenic Photography for the Broadway musical, The Tap Dance Kid, which ran from December 21, 1983 through August 11, 1985, which featured Savion Glover in the title role.