Savion Glover/Downtown Glover, Savion performer Glover, Abron performer Edwards, Omar performer Samuels, Jason performer Casel, Ayodele performer Theatrical Performance 1998-05-28 Variety Arts Theater May 28-June 7, 1998; extended to 7/25/1998 Savion Glover/Downtown Savion Glover's off-broadway tap show Savion Glover/Downtown officially opens at the Variety Arts Theatre on May 28. The production will take the form of a jam session, or party, Glover dancing away with a few members of his recently formed company, Not Your Ordinary Tappers (NYOT). Backed by a four-piece rock band (the Incognegroes band) Glover and NYOT hoofers Ayodele Casel and Abron Glover (Savion's brother) will dance on the Variety Arts bare stage. Other surprise guests are promised (Gregory Hines and Yvette Glover). The show had a six-performance try-out at the Crossroads Theatre in New Brunswick,NJ April 2-5, 1998 where audiences were enthusiastic. "The only way they got it to stop" producer Ben Sprecher reported, "is to take off their tap shoes and throw them on the stage." This performance may have been one of the first to premiere Glover's new company, NYOT. Produced by Dodger Endemol and Maniactin productions. Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts Tap Dance America http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/tda/tda-home.html Ayodele Casel (biography) loc.music.tdabio.47 Omar Edwards (biography) loc.music.tdabio.86 Savion Glover (biography) loc.music.tdabio.98 tda IHAS 151216 loc.music.tda.2407