ABBY: The annual Abby Lee Dance Company Showcase
is an event that we do to showcase
all of our competition numbers.
We're doing the new number Sugar Daddies at the showcase.
I don't want to pressure you, but in the audience,
at the showcase, is going to be an agent
coming to seek new talent and looking for new clients
to sign. Yes.
[STUDENTS CHEERING]
When Abby said that there was a Broadway
talent agent coming to the showcase,
my heart just stopped.
I mean, this is huge.
[BREAKBEAT PLAYING]
ABBY: Come on, girls.
Do something with your face.
Come on.
Sugar Daddies is a pop jazz routine.
And they use props.
They're rectangular in shape, and they're-- they're big.
It's just kind of a nightmare.
Girls, can I see some emotional execution?
Supporting foot turned out.
That leg is not high enough.
10 times.
10 times I've told her.
There's lots of things that can go wrong with the number
when you use props.
They're really heavy.
DANCER: Yeah, it hurt-- hurts their wrist.
If any of you ever work professionally,
a comment like that is going to get you fired.
Deal with it.
INSTRUCTOR: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
DANCER: Ow!
Ow. ABBY: What happened?
The show must go on.
Come on.
Remember, you're the role model here.
When we're dancing, you get hurt all the time,
but you just have to keep dancing.
ABBY: Make sure you don't skip that foot.
If I were a cheerleader, I would never get
hit in the face with a pompom.
MOM: Oh, my God, they're a mess.
Abby told us that the girls in the Sugar Daddies dance
needed to have a lollipop as a prop
and it was an issue from the get go.
See--
Can you hold that right there for a second?
--if we had straight pins, we could pin that in.
As far as being the studio owner of Candy Apples Dance
Center, we would never, ever go to dress rehearsal--
let alone the performance --and our props would not be done.
You know, guys, everybody thinks
I'm the one at the last minute.
These have been done.
I told your children to take them on Friday night, and pitch
in, and get them done.
All I need these mothers to do is make sure their daughters
are on stage with props.
Easy, right? No.
Not with these mothers.
It's always something.
Today is it.
Everybody's worked really hard.
This is the showcase.
You know what, I need you to rotate
to give me that shiny side out.
The good news is Cesar is here to see the performance.
So he is going to get to see them on stage.
MOM: Doing the annual showcase is stressful enough.
But then having a Broadway agent in the audience,
it's like my head's going to explode.
Mom, we have four lollipops and we have five kids.
What are we doing?
No Maddie.
Because she's right in the middle.
Are they backstage?
Yeah, they're backstage.
I really don't think that anybody's
going to have an issue with Maddie not having a lollipop,
because it looks like she's not supposed to.
Because there's two girls on each side, and then
Maddie is in the middle.
Listen, Maddie does not have a pom.
Yes, there's only four.
So go.
(INTO MICROPHONE) She's coming.
[APPLAUSE]
[MUSIC - ACCIDENTAL AIRPLAY, "SUGAR DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL]
LAUREN MAYHEW (SINGING): --they're Daddy's girls.
Superficial Cali girls will make you want to spend big.
Gotta drop a million plus if you want to own this.
Gated homes with ocean view, crystal floating--
One of the Sugar Daddy lollipops broke or something,
so of course, the special one in the dance who doesn't
have to dance the giant stick is Maddie,
because she is the center.
And she's the special one, with no props,
so naturally, your eyes go to her.
That's the way things go.
LAUREN MAYHEW (SINGING): I'm Sugar Daddy's girl.
Hi. Hey, girls.
Good job.
You guys were so good.
Congratulations.
You were so good. - Thank you.
Hi. Congratulations.
Hi. Thank you.
You guys are so good.
Come with me, Maddie.
I'm just going to with Maddie over here for a second.
Maddie's a star.
Maddie is-- it's unreal how good she is.
And she's the face on stage.
All the girls are very good, but Maddie just stood out for me.
She has a glimmer, that sparkle.
And I could see her on the stage.
I can see her on television.
And I can see her as one of the kid actors
that we see in New York all the time.
She's so good.
She's just smart.
CESAR: She's smart.
Yeah, and such a strong dancer amongst the other girls.
And naturally, when he came out,
and he wanted to talk to somebody,
the child he pulls aside is Maddie.
And, I don't know, what did you say?
You said, you're not upset, but it hurts.
Yeah.