The Broadway musical Come Fly Away, set to the music of Frank Sinatra and directed and choreographed by Twyla Tharp, has announced a closing date of September 5 at the Marquis Theatre. The show will have played 26 previews and 187 regular performances upon closing.

Although Come Fly Away received a number of excellent reviews (including a rave from New ...

Age: 34

Hometown: West Yorkshire, England

Currently: Making his Broadway debut as part of the starry dance ensemble in Twyla Tharp’s Sinatra salute Come Fly Away.

Shades of Billy Elliot: Dibble’s background sounds a lot like a certain young Broadway musical hero. “I grew up in the north of England, and I was scouted to go to the ...

"I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king..." Oh, pardon us, we were just singing along with our old buddy Frank Sinatra as we watched 2010 Tony nominee Karine Plantadit and her Come Fly Away dancer partner Keith Roberts (a past nominee for Movin' Out) tear up the stage to "That's ...

Never mind “think”: Come Fly Away's Karine Plantadit and Keith Roberts know they can dance, and they’ll show off Twyla Tharp’s best moves on the June 17 results show of Fox’s reality competition So You Think You Can Dance. Tony nominee Plantadit and Roberts will perform "That's Life," their signature number from the Broadway musical ...

When you’re a Tony nominee, one of the first questions anybody asks is, “What are you wearing?” After all, when a nominee’s moment in the TV spotlight arrives, he or she wants to look picture-perfect. Broadway.com tagged along with two of this year’s lovely and talented Tony hopefuls, Karine Plantadit (Best Featured Actress nominee for Come ...

Does it seem like déjà vu to see Katie Holmes and Suri Cruise backstage at Come Fly Away? That’s because Katie & Suri loved the show so much when they saw it in April, they came back a second time—and convinced Suri’s movie star dad, Tom Cruise, to join them! After enjoying the May 25 performance at ...

The athletic dancing of Charlie Neshyba-Hodges is a standout in Twyla Tharp’s Frank Sinatra tribute Come Fly Away. Neshyba-Hodges plays Marty, a nightclub waiter who falls head over heels (literally) for a young patron (played by Laura Mead) in a sweet story of new love. The talented performer welcomed Broadway.com to his cozy dressing room at the Marquis ...

The morning the Tony nominations are announced, phones start ringing off the hook for the happy few who get nods. As usual, Broadway.com is among the callers offering congratulations and getting responses. Here are the first reactions from 2010 Tony nominees. Congrats to all!

Karine Plantadit
Nominated for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, Come Fly Away
“I think ...

To continue the celebration of Live’s Broadway Week, Regis Philbin gives us his admiring take on Twyla Tharp’s Frank Sinatra-inspired dance extravaganza, Come Fly Away. Philbin heads to the Marquis Theatre to chat with Tharp and let her know of his own hopes of singing along with Sinatra, sheet music in hand. Did he convince her? Watch Laura ...

Age: “I’m slightly younger than my character Babe.”

Hometown: Fresno, California

Currently: Seducing audiences as femme fatale Babe in Come Fly Away, Twyla Tharp’s stylish all-dancing tribute to Frank Sinatra at Broadway's Marquis Theatre.

Late Bloomer: Though Farmer is famous in the dance world, the commanding redhead was not prancing around in toe shoes at an early ...