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The cast in sweatshirts and loose, white pants, sit gathered on steps, with Ayodele in a blue and yellow track jacket at the center. Ki’Leigh Williams in a pink tie-dye, Selena graphic T-shirt plays an air guitar.

Review - Diary of a Tap Dancer

The Sleepless Critic

A powerful and profound statement. Snappy, exciting and sleek choreography commands the stage.

A powerful and profound statement. Snappy, exciting and sleek choreography commands the stage.

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Ayodele Casel in a white vest, pants, and tap shoes, dances center stage lit by multiple spotlights, while other members of the cast face the wall of the set behind her.

Review - Diary of a Tap Dancer

Slow Muse

Extraordinary! Diary of a Tap Dancer has magic… full of passion and charisma.

Extraordinary! Diary of a Tap Dancer has magic… full of passion and charisma.

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Liberty Styles in a white outfit and a pink turban, sits in a chair and reaches down to touch the shoulder of Ayodele Casel, who sits on the ground in a white outfit with one leg outstretched looking up at them.

Review - Diary of a Tap Dancer

Joyce’s Choices

Joyful, inspiring, eye-opening spectacle. This show is a revelation and gift!

Joyful, inspiring, eye-opening spectacle. This show is a revelation and gift!

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Ayodele Casel in a black graphic T-shirt and navy capri pants sits on steps, extending her arms to rest her fingertips on the floor on either side of her.

Review - Diary of a Tap Dancer

Theater Mirror

Jubilant. [Casel is a] bold guide who unlocks the enchantment and triumph of the human spirit that is the essence of tap.

Jubilant. [Casel is a] bold guide who unlocks the enchantment and triumph of the human spirit that is the essence of tap.

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Liberty Styles in profile with buzzed blonde hair with a blue lightning bolt shaved in, oversized red glasses, and a square gold earring.

Press - EDGE Media

Liberty Styles on Liberating Tap

“The theme is very much about honoring people who may not have gotten their flowers when they were alive, and narrative justice around who gets to tell their stories. It touches on why things are erased, lost in history… and it’s also got tap dance in it, so it’s really fun and very vibrant,” [said performer Liberty Styles.]

“The theme is very much about honoring people who may not have gotten their flowers when they were alive, and narrative justice around who gets to tell their stories. It touches on why things are erased, lost in history… and it’s also got tap dance in it, so it’s really fun and very vibrant,” [said performer Liberty Styles.]

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Ayodele Casel in a blue and yellow track jacket strikes a pose, her arms raised on either side of her and her face and updo hairstyle in profile.

Review - Diary of a Tap Dancer

New England Theatre Geek

Resplendent and endlessly creative. A testament to the power of artistic expression.

Resplendent and endlessly creative. A testament to the power of artistic expression.

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The cast in sweatshirts and loose, white pants, sit gathered on steps, with Ayodele in a blue and yellow track jacket at the center. Ki’Leigh Williams in a pink tie-dye, Selena graphic T-shirt plays an air guitar.

Review - Diary of a Tap Dancer

Stage and Cinema

Part autobiography, part history, and all entertainment… this innovative production is slated to become a classic.

Part autobiography, part history, and all entertainment… this innovative production is slated to become a classic.

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Ayodele Casel in a blue and yellow track jacket strikes a pose, her arms raised on either side of her and her face and updo hairstyle in profile.

Review - Diary of a Tap Dancer

New York Stage Review

★★★★☆ Unmissable! An unforgettable night at the theater. Diary of a Tap Dancer triumphs.

★★★★☆ Unmissable! An unforgettable night at the theater. Diary of a Tap Dancer triumphs.

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Ayodele Casel in a white vest, pants, and tap shoes, dances center stage lit by multiple spotlights, while other members of the cast face the wall of the set behind her.

Review - Diary of a Tap Dancer

WBUR

A rich theatrical memoir told with heart. Smartly directed… brimming with honesty and resilience. Full of remarkable dancing, a generous tribute to tap.

A rich theatrical memoir told with heart. Smartly directed… brimming with honesty and resilience. Full of remarkable dancing, a generous tribute to tap.

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Ayodele Casel in a white tux shirt and slacks dances center stage underneath a spotlight and encircled by the rest of the cast, also dancing in white outfits, while black-and-white historical images of Black tap dancers are projected onto the walls of the set.

Review - Diary of a Tap Dancer

The Boston Globe

Captivating! Ambitious and disarmingly entertaining. An engaging storyteller and brilliant dancer…Casel is a marvel. She radiates.

Captivating! Ambitious and disarmingly entertaining. An engaging storyteller and brilliant dancer…Casel is a marvel. She radiates.

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Ayodele Casel in a white tux shirt and slacks dances center stage underneath a spotlight and encircled by the rest of the cast, also dancing in white outfits, while black-and-white historical images of Black tap dancers are projected onto the walls of the set.

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Ayodele Casel in a sparkly jacket lefts one leg in front of a studio background.

Press - Dance Magazine

Diary of a Tap Dancer Returns With a New Format and New Perspectives

“In searching for other people’s history, you realize you must tend to your own, as well,” [Ayodele Casel] says. “Tap dancers deal with time in a very specific way artistically. This show is about how we deal with it on a larger continuum.”

“In searching for other people’s history, you realize you must tend to your own, as well,” [Ayodele Casel] says. “Tap dancers deal with time in a very specific way artistically. This show is about how we deal with it on a larger continuum.”

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