Thanks, thanks, and ever thanks!

We cannot thank our performers, directors/choreographers, crew, supporters, families, friends, the venues and New York City enough. BREAK OUT IN SONG was a great success and we couldn’t have done it without you. We look forward to bringing a little bit of Broadway magic to you again very soon.

Our videos will be up shortly and they’ll be just as good as the performances. So please be sure to join our email list to receive the video links, and updates about our future projects.

Until then, let that song out of your heart. You’ll be glad you did.

“Consider Yourself” Cast

A great big hand for the amazing cast of “Consider Yourself”, who blew Times Square away with their wonderful performance. Heck, we were even able to get the NYPD involved in the action (which was unplanned):

Leslie McDonel (Vocal and lead performer)

Theis Weckesser (Featured performer)

Kyle Pleasant (Featured performer)

The NYPD

Jolynn Baca

Ellen Zolezzi

Andrea Davey

Susan Toni

Brooke Engen

Andrew Briedis

Joshua James Campbell

Semhar Ghebremichael

Gavin Esham

Bianca Stauffer

Jenny Florkowski

Emily McNamara

Elizabeth Earley

Nehemiah Hooks

Adealani Malia

Chrystal Asbury

Rebecca Magazine

Kristina Osterling

Emma Tattenbaum

Hillary Hamilton

Laura Snell

Tina Fuentes

Leigh S Vaynberg

Tim Howard

Nathalie Paulding

Joshua James Campbell

Kaitlin Lawrence

Sarah Shaefer

Rebekkah Sue Rosenberg

Nikki Ghisel

Alisha Giampola

Dawn Rene Fowler

Kathy Hazzard

Brad Landers

Natalie Ortiz

Arley Tapirian

Jaclyn Shapiro

Megan Roup

Karly Powell

Vanessa Martinez

Adelina Amosco

Ashley Carter

Debora Avila

Shayne Padovano

Sarah Godbehere

Directed and choreographed by Josh Walden

“Anything Goes” Cast

We hope the Intrepid Museum got a kick out of our rousing rendition of “Anything Goes”, complete with a cast of over 100 —including 30+ dancing children, and one adorable little red head!

Katie Thompson (Vocals and lead performer)

Tyler O’Daniels (featured performer)

Christina Zanardi

Julianne Bozzo

Ashley Salerno

Aly Winegrad

Lauren Zwang

Taylor Blonder

Sydney Susino

Megan Butler

Shelby Arenson

Jamie Zwang

Haylee Mevorah

Rebecca Laufer

Lisa Sorg

Stefanie Leonetti

Jackie Leonetti

Melissa Panza

Yvette Cucoro

Jason Miller

Jacquelyn Bickle

Haley Hauglun

Adrianne Chu

Sarah Parker

Carie Jurcak

Amber Colmey

Ariana Giardina

Hector Flores

Alexandra Depierro

Zackary Peraldo

Luis Cuadra

Lindsey Murphy

Clarrisa Soto

Ashley Ratka

Christina Pavia

Chrystal Asbuny

Emily Rupp

Kristina Osterling

Michael Haayen

Emma Tattenbaum

Brandi Sanders

Sharone Halevy

Lindsay Rose

Jen Gowers

Hillary Hamilton

Melanie Hopkins

Laura Snell

Amanda Fugate-Moss

Zipporah M Bruce

Sarah Shaefer

Rebekkah Sue Rosenberg

Kathy Hazzard

Annie Mistak

Gaven Trinidad

Kristin Piacentile

Arley Tapirian

Megan Roup

Karly Powell

Vanessa Martinez

Adelina Amosco

Ashley Carter

Avital Asuleen

Debora Avila

Alfie Parker

Shayne Padovan

Rebecca Magazine

Dani Fishman

Samantha Durso

Jessica Feldman

Rebecca Feldman

Sydney Winnegrad

Alexa Affrunti

Hannah Sandler

Hayley Sadler

Taylor Brent

Francesca Esposito

Cassidy Levine

Laura Harold

Rosie Zanardi

Lauren Jackson

Nicole Grumet

Amanda Grumet

Rachel Horowitz

Coutrney Blonder

Erin Sabados

Amanda Basselini

Alexi Payne

Katie Ferremi

Ricki Susino

Lauren Butler

ShannonThaler

Samantha Brown

Brianna Maida

Lindsey Zadok

Taylor Fliegelman

Sydney Wellen

Daniella Capelo

Matthew Tiberi

Directed and Choreographed by Andrew Turteltaub

NY Times covers BREAK OUT IN SONG!

New York Times - City Room Blog

For Dance, 10. For Spontaneity? You Decide.

By LIBBY NELSON

The scene: The Shops at Columbus Circle in Time Warner Center at the end of a weekday.

The audience members: Shoppers and office workers, gathered around the balconies, waiting.

Then it happened: a musical number broke out, as dancers clutching small shopping bags came up the escalators and, reaching the entrance, began moving to “If My Friends Could See Me Now” from the 1966 Broadway musical “Sweet Charity.” It came booming out of loudspeakers.

Though the performance was billed as being spontaneous — just as people start singing and dancing, all knowing the same words and steps, in movie musicals. Of course, the presence of more than 100 people gathered on three floors in anticipation of the performance suggested that it might not have been much of a surprise as the dancers, still holding their shopping bags, took their places in front of the Williams-Sonoma for an enthusiastic, if short, dance.

Ryan Mackey directed Thursday’s performance and has scheduled three more “spontaneous” musical numbers by the group, Break Out in Song. It is the result of a lifelong dream: to bring musical theater to life.

“I’ve always wanted to be in a musical, and I discovered I’m not a very good actor,” Mr. Mackey said. “But it didn’t stop me from wanting a musical to happen around me. I’ve had this whole dream of making musicals happen throughout everyday life.”

So when Mr. Mackey, who has worked as an assistant director on Broadway productions, saw just such a performance on YouTube — “Do Re Mi” from “The Sound of Music” in the Central Station of Antwerp, Belgium — he did what any man with a musical dream would do: cashed in his 401(k) and began planning a similar performance in New York.

Mr. Mackey called choreographers and held open auditions. He picked songs off his iPod — in addition to “If You Could See Me Now,” there is “Don’t Rain on My Parade,” from “Funny Girl”; “Anything Goes,” from the musical of the same name; and “Consider Yourself,” from “Oliver!” He solicited donations from friends and family and tapped into money saved to buy a house with his partner when not enough donations came through. Though the performers worked free and the production team was paid almost nothing, he still got 45 dancers to join the troupe.

Rehearsals sometimes lasted hours, but there was no dress rehearsal in the actual site. As a result, Thursday’s dance had an impromptu, slightly madcap feel, with the production team only one step ahead of the performance. Passers-by were hastily motioned out of the way for the dancers, who were occasionally out of sync. No one appeared to mind.

“If you’re not precise, it’s O.K., because that adds character,” Mr. Mackey had said in a phone interview on Wednesday. “It adds to the whole feel of the project, to the number. Not everybody needs to know how to pirouette, not everybody knows how to dance professionally.”

After it was over, he was smiling. “Now we know what we need to work on,” he said, adding that he was very happy with how it had turned out.

Future performances were planned for Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Intrepid Museum, Times Square and the South Street Seaport.

The performance had received enough publicity beforehand that it was not really a surprise to many of the passers-by, though those taking the elevator up from the Whole Foods beneath the shops were an exception.

Debbie Engel, who had read about the performance in the newspaper beforehand, said she might have enjoyed it more if it had been completely spontaneous.

“I thought it was very cute,” she said.

As for the dancers, the number itself was brief, ending with a high-energy can-can line. Then the music stopped, the audience dispersed, and — still holding their shopping bags — they melted into the crowd.

NY Times story