Monday, November 14, 2011

Immortal Roofhead Khalid Greens Doin it Cirque Style

S/O to homie KHALID GREENS (Khalid Freeman) cast member of The Immortal World Tour gettin his lean on last night as the cast made its TV debut. Khalid is part of the choreography team for our musical ROOFLESS (Roofless LA) now in development. Roofheadz represent!  Roofshout to 2 of our favorite Street Dance mastercraftsmen also in the cast, LES TWINS, Larry and Laurent Bourgeois!

They Still Cuttin' Footloose!




Big shout to FOOTLOOSE writer/creator DEAN PITCHFORD. Dean is one of the first "Hollywood folk" to critique and advise us on "Roofless" when we unveiled it at Disney/ASCAP back in 2004.  Incredibly inspirational and well-spoken, he gave us a treasure trove of great quotes and endorsements for "Roofless"... among my favorites, he called "Roofless...a whole new way of exciting audiences." High praise from someone who's managed to excite audiences for decades with his hit "Footloose." The current film version, now in theaters, features some of today's hottest dancers - among our facebook famz who get their shine on > Terence Dickson, Charles "Lil Buck" Riley, Ron Myles, Keviorr Taylor, Christopher "LIL C" Toler. 

13 Days of Halloween on the Roof

For our facebook followers we took 13 days to highlight some of the classic horror films, cartoons and scores that have had an influence on our work.  
We also used the opportunity to take a look back on 2 numbers ("Wade" and "Misfortunate") that were in the original 2002/03 "Roofless" show in Tulsa and Dallas, but were eventually cut when we trimmed characters from our story line.  Here's a look at those 2 numbers, raised from the dead for Halloween:
(Below) In the "Misfortunate" number, James, a 14-year-old Emo/Goth kid who lives in a violent, abusive household, escapes his reality by drawing.  One fateful night the drawings come to life and turn on him ...as his step-father often has. Check out this video that shows a behind-the-scenes look at bringing the  "Misfortunate" characters to life. RoofShout to Eddie and Brenda Cleveland, Technical Institute of Cosmetology Arts and Sciences, Tulsa for bringing these costumes from the drawing board into reality.  Amazing people, amazing work.

Friday, May 20, 2011

SUMMER 2011 Updates

LATEST NEWS: 
- We're currently busy in the lab recording new demos & polishing the latest rewrites based on the Industry feedback we received at the New York Musical Theatre Festival last Oct.  
- Agent Ron Gwiazda, Abrams Artists Agency, NYC is now on board to shop "Roofless" to potential producers.
- Director Paul Stancato (Lion King) is attached to direct the next production of "Roofless."
- Body Percussion Choreographer Khalid Freeman (Stomp, Stomp the Yard, The LXD, Cirque du Soliel's Michael Jackson "Immortal" Tour) has joined the choreography development team.
- Previews, Readings and Workshops in Los Angeles and NYC are being planned. Info will posted as it becomes available.


Keep watching for the latest...look up, we're up here!!

Sunday, February 20, 2011

ROOFLESS gets back on its FEET! Khalid Greens joins ography team!

Some of ya'll know that ROOFLESS started as a dance show...for the past several years we've been schoolin ourselves (with the help of some of Musical Theatre's best) in the craft of writing Musical Theatre, developing the story we wanted to tell...now its time for ROOFLESS TO GET BACK ON ITS FEET! For the first time since 2004, we will again begin working on the choreography for the show!     And of course, we're going higher.   We're thrilled to announce that Khalid Greens has joined our choreography team as Body Perc choreographer.   You've seen his work in many places including STOMP! the film STOMP THE YARD and most recently in The LXD Season 2 with his group Molodi.  In 2012 you'll see him in Cirque du Soleil's "Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL World Tour" ... and now you'll see his work on the ROOF for many years to come as well!


Check out his work:

Monday, February 14, 2011

CASTING IN TULSA

Before we take previews and workshops back to LA & NYC we want to give our Tulsa homiez a chance to be on the Roof with us!  
 

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