So You Think You Can Dance Judge Mary Murphy to Guest Star in Burn the Floor

Broadway shows rarely welcome celebrity guest stars for a single performance, but Mary Murphy will give fans of So You Think You Can Dance a holiday treat when she makes a one-night-only appearance in Burn the Floor on December 22. The popular reality show judge will partner with ballroom champion Vaidas Skimelis at the Longacre Theatre. The Broadway engagement of Burn the Floor is running through January 3, 2010, directed and choreographed by Jason Gilkison.

Murphy, nicknamed the Queen of Scream, is best known for her enthusiastic and emotional judging style on So You Think You Can Dance,. She is a US Ballroom Dance Champion and an Austrian National 10-dance and Ballroom Champion. In addition to owning Champion Ballroom Academy in San Diego, Mary is a partner in the “Chance to Dance” program in the San Diego area school district, helping provide dance classes to children unable to afford lessons.

The cast of Burn the Floor, which opened on Broadway on August 2, includes Henry Byalikov, Sharna Burgess, Artem Chigvintsev, Kevin Clifton, Sasha Farber, Jeremy Garner, Anya Garnis, Gordana Grandosek, Patrick Helm, Sarah Hives, Melanie Hooper, Pasha Kovalev, Peta Murgatroyd, Giselle Peacock, Nuria Santalucia, Mirko Sciolan, Sarah Soriano, Damon and Rebecca Sugden, Trent Whiddon, Damian Whitewood, Robin Windsor and vocalists Ricky Rojas and Rebecca Tapia.