Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Benji & Heidi Movie, New Choreographer?

From Eonline's Watch With Kristin:

Cate in Asheville, North Carolina: I'm still missing So You Think You Can Dance. Think I need to seek therapy?

Yes, along with Korbi and Jen, whom I'm really starting to worry about...The good news is we've got a little info that might ease your pain: Season-two winner Benji Schwimmer and his cousin Heidi Groskreutz are costarring in a movie about West Coast swing, which is currently filming! Amy Smart is the star, plus Caroline Rhea and Maulik Pancholy (Sanjay from Weeds) are also on the roster! Woohoo! BTW, we caught up with Nigel Lythgoe recently, and he talked about additions to the show next season: "[We'd love to have] Susan Stroman. She's an outstanding choreographer, and I'd love to get some classical choreographers on the show. If you can do contemporary, you can do classical!"

SOURCE

The movie mentioned is Love 'N' Dancing.

Here's Susan Stroman's Wikipedia entry, and here's a bio at PBS.

This is an excerpt from the final performance of the Broadway cast of the Tony-award winning musical Contact by Susan Stroman and John Weidman.