Video Flashback! Sister Act Scribe Cheri Steinkellner Is Inspired by 42nd Street's Dancing Feet at the 2001 Tonys

In the final days leading up to the 2011 Tony telecast, Broadway.com is posting videos of favorite Tony memories of this year’s nominees, with their own commentary. Multiple Emmy winner Cheri Steinkellner, nominated for co-writing the book of Sister Act, traces her Broadway dreams to the opening number of the 2001 Tonys, when the fast-tapping ensemble of 42nd Street made a memorable journey to Radio City Music Hall.

“I remember seeing the chorus of 42nd Street tapping their way onto the subway, down the street and into the theater. It was the most thrilling thing—and it made a young TV writer in California say, ‘I want to do that.’”