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| Photo credit "On Your Feet!" |
Well, its here, in our very own backyard (literally speaking), the Broadway musical “On Your Feet!” that is traveling throughout the United States after 780 smash hit performances at the Marquis Theatre on Broadway in New York since its inception in 2015. The opener, Tuesday evening, October 24; is one of seven shows scheduled for the Straz Center in downtown Tampa. Tampa is the fourth city to witness the musical since the national tour kicked off this year on September 22 in Buffalo, New York.
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| Photo credit "On Your Feet!" |
“On Your Feet!” is a well-written and thought out Broadway musical that takes us through the ups and downs encountered by Gloria and Emilio Estefan in their homeland Cuba and their newly adopted home in the United States - inclusive of family and record labels just to name a few - in their lives from youngsters to adulthood. An evening that combined humor, music, joy, sadness, triumphs, and disappointments all in one - reminiscence on life struggles to obtain personal and professional goals and happiness.
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| Photo credit "On Your Feet!" |
A total of 26 songs are marvelously incorporated into the 2.5-hour musical that ranges from solemn to festive moods. The flashbacks from the startup of the Miami Latin Boys that transpired into the Miami Sound Machine to what it is now the solo titled Gloria Estefan band. The musical even included four original Miami Sound Machine musicians, and a varied age group cast who all carried out superb singing, acting, and dancing. You just couldn't refrain from dancing in your own seat until the end when you’re enticed to get up ‘on your feet’ to join the 28 cast members and the 10 piece orchestra in the medley finale of some of the Estefan’s greatest hits.
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| The youngest of the cast that performed the first show in Tampa - Jordan Vergara played Nayib, Young Emilio, and Jeremy and Amaris Sanchez played Little Gloria, photo credit Doris Irizarry |
Don’t miss out on this stupendous Broadway musical, my review falls short of what you’ll truly experience from it live, plus I don't want to reveal too much detail. “On Your Feet!” will be in Tampa until Sunday, October 29, tickets range from $45 to $120 not including applicable fees/charges. Tickets can be purchased at Straz Center online here. Additional information about “On Your Feet” and tour dates can be obtained at “On Your Feet!” website here.
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| Jordan from NY and Amaris from Chicago take turns with two other young cast members |
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