'Stair Tap Routine' | 42nd Street | The Shows Must Go On!

Watch the breath-taking tap dancing number 'Stair Tap Routine' from the critically acclaimed '42nd Street' West End Musical!

From 42nd Street: Young Peggy Sawyer is fresh off the bus from small-town America and just another face in the chorus line on Broadway’s newest show. But when the leading lady gets injured, Peggy might just have the shot at stardom she’s always dreamed of.

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[MissWizard]

I will never forget the brilliance and glamour of watching this show live, twice. I was blown away by it.

[emilysteele]

The rhythm changes as they go into the "pas de deux" section into the absolutely gorgeous swing group part will forever be one of my favorite dance sequences in musical theatre This is brilliant <3

[greggriffin]

This production has the best dancing I have ever seen!

[mattnelson]

My god this is amazing imagine doing this 8 times a week!

[paulbloom]

The best dancing I have ever seen in any musical

[philipgundill]

Fabulous fabulous fabulous. Saw this on the 2nd row and have never seen anything like this before. Now I can sit and watch it all over again as I have just received the DVD from America. What an experience.

[kfor]

I've been a theatre-goer for over 20 years now. Back in the good old days [before the Covid pandemic] I had money to burn and easy access to London's West End. I would see up to 50+ shows per year. That's one show per week on average so it's not as much as it sounds.

Just when I was starting to feel jaded, this show happened. I went in with tempered expectations but the performance was faultless. Out of this world. And I mean that literally. I felt like I had stepped into a parallel universe. The production quality was extremely high, far beyond anything I could have imagined. I've seen major productions sinking like the Titanic. They were too massive to operate smoothly, too expensive to survive for long, or just poorly directed or miscast [weak actors in the leading roles]. But this show was different. It was a roaring success. Everything worked like a charm. The music, the performers, the choreography, the set design, the costumes. I'm very good at spotting mistakes on stage [one of the drawbacks of being a theatre junkie] but I didn't notice anything "wrong" or "off" with this show. I saw it 3 times just to make sure the quality was solid.

Whoever was running this show on Drury Lane was running a tight ship. I hope they didn't keelhaul the dancers who accidentally stepped out of line. LOL

[misssuestar]

Beautiful choreography!!!! Great job, dancers!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼⭐️

[HopeNazir]

Totally awesome! I love tap. Wish it was as popular as it used to be.

[lazarelazaro]

Saw this 6 times. The first one from the first row. And baby... this is the place to enjoy it. The staircase scene from the first row worth every penny!

[williamshryock]

And how wonderful to hear the crowd ...

[franklinsternberg]

It amazes me sooo much, can't stop watching it

[dareks]

Faultless TV coverage of a faultless production. Just wonderful on Blu-Ray.

[bustosdelavegamariaguadalu]

I love this show so much 💜 thanks for uploading this number

[williamfairchild]

I do like the 2018 filmed performance of 42nd Street:The Musical and it's one of my favourites

[ramandeepnijjar]

Yay I love this number! It is truly splendid!

[judys]

I wish the dancers were identified in the blurb, at least the main ones. Love this

[tag_life]

Just try to imagine what is happening backstage from about 6:50-8:05! 😅

[구름아래구름]

Have to watch that musical
Can't Wait to see

[josettebinet]

Spectacles magnifiques avec les danseurs les costumes et. Les chorégraphies différentes les unes que les autres j espère qu il reviendrons à Paris