(tap dancing shoes tapping)
Hello, my name is Dennis Stowe.
I'm currently in the cast of Disney's "Aladdin" on Broadway
and I am about to dance through my resume.
♪ I am I Don Quixote ♪
♪ The lord of La Mancha ♪
♪ My destiny calls me ♪
I made my Broadway debut in 2002
in the revival of "Man of La Mancha,"
starring the amazing Brian Stokes Mitchell.
Your first Broadway show always holds a very special place
in your heart and this show certainly does for me.
There are no production numbers, at least in our show,
our version of the show, but the choreography called
for us to be very strong, very masculine,
very in the ground.
(singer holding long note)
♪ The sound of swing ♪
♪ The sound of groovy jivey sound of swing ♪
♪ Dig the rhythm ♪
♪ Swing ♪
♪ Dig the message ♪
♪ You gotta get your seafood mama ♪
♪ Your favorite dish is fish ♪
My second Broadway show was "Wonderful Town,"
choreographed by Kathleen Marshall.
She's just the master of style.
I really love doing her movement.
I was a replacement in the show.
I came in torwards the end of the run
when Brooke Shields came into the show.
And this was just such an enjoyable time.
I wasn't really a dancer track.
I was more of a singer track
but in Kathleen's shows, everybody has to dance
so you have to really adhere to the style
that she does so well.
♪ Heedle, heedle, heedle ♪
♪ Well, alright then cats ♪
♪ Well, alright them cats ♪
♪ Yes, yes, baby, I know ♪
♪ Well, yes, yes, baby, I know ♪
♪ Pardon me if I fly off the handle ♪
♪ No place else on earth ♪
My third Broadway show was "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,"
which was such a joy,
choreographed by the amazing Jerry Mitchell.
Since we were all inhabitants of the French Riviera,
all of the choreography is very sort of up and elegant,
as you see in this number, we were bellhops in the casino.
Really really great memories in this show.
(singer holding long note)
♪ Here I am ♪
(orchestral music)
♪ Welcome to Duloc ♪
♪ Such a perfect town ♪
♪ Here we have ♪
Shrek was actually my sixth Broadway show.
It was my first original Broadway show
that wasn't a revival.
The challenge for this show is
for our amazing choreographer, Josh Prince,
is to create choreography for characters
that were not human.
So here is an example of Duloc dolls
when Shrek and Donkey first come upon the Kingdom of Duloc.
(orchestral music)
♪ Higher ♪
♪ Let's go up just a little bit higher ♪
♪ Higher ♪
♪ We don't need no music ♪
(cast cheering)
My next show was "Leap of Faith."
This show holds such a great place in my heart.
I consider it the one that got away.
I had been working on this show for probably
about eight years, including out of town in LA
and then back in New York.
And unfortunately, the show only ran
for two and half weeks on Broadway.
But, we did get to perform on the Tonys as well
because we were nominated for Best Musical.
The choreography was informed by gospel music,
which is very very fun
and something that's close to me as well.
♪ Higher ♪
♪ Drop that table ♪
♪ Come on ♪
♪ Rise up ♪
♪ Now let's get out there and save some goddamn souls ♪
♪ Rise up ♪
(Singing indiscernible lyrics)
My next Broadway show was "Annie,"
which was such a pleasure to be in such a classic.
And what a better person to put a new spin
on a classic show, than Andy Blankenbuehler.
It was such a pleasure, always a pleasure,
working with him.
(singer holding a long note)
♪ Everybody sing ♪
♪ Arabian nights ♪
And then we come to "Aladdin,"
which I am presently in now.
I started out in the show's ensemble.
I have recently moved from the ensemble
to the standby for Jafar and the Sultan.
And it's just been such a joy to be in the show.
From start to finish, it's been about four years now.
I can't say enough
about our choreographer and director, Casey Nicholaw.
He just has a way of injecting so much joy
and it's something that I think is intangible
that the audience experiences.
And I think that's why the show has been so successful
and it's still going strong today.
♪ Arabian nights ♪
♪ More often than not ♪
♪ Are hotter than hot ♪
♪ In a lot of good ways ♪