Alexander Aguilar as Fernando
The Chicago-area native caught the dancing bug as a young Michael Jackson fan
In recent years, director and choreographer Jerry Mitchell has honed two Broadway-destined shows in Chicago, Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein's Kinky Boots and Gloria Estefan's On Your Feet! This winter he’s back with another: Gotta Dance, inspired by a real-life pro-basketball franchise’s auditions for a hip-hop dance crew comprised of people older than 60. We talked to four of the show’s cast members—newbies and Broadway vets alike—about the moment in their lives when they decided they just “gotta” go for the acting life.
Gotta Dance plays the Bank of America Theatre December 13–January 17.
