Channing Tatum is the name most synonymous with the Magic Mike franchise — but behind the sexy dance moves that define the two hit movies and its live shows are women.
Alison Faulk served as the lead choreographer on 2012’s Magic Mike and co-directed the Magic Mike Live Las Vegas show with Tatum, which just celebrated its 1,000th performance. Her frequent collaborator Teresa Espinosa, who also worked on the film and its sequel alongside Faulk, is the show’s associate director. Both women helped choreograph the Vegas spectacular where 13 wildly talented performers dance, sing and strip in front of — and all...
Alison Faulk served as the lead choreographer on 2012’s Magic Mike and co-directed the Magic Mike Live Las Vegas show with Tatum, which just celebrated its 1,000th performance. Her frequent collaborator Teresa Espinosa, who also worked on the film and its sequel alongside Faulk, is the show’s associate director. Both women helped choreograph the Vegas spectacular where 13 wildly talented performers dance, sing and strip in front of — and all...
- 4/17/2019
- by Nigel Smith
- PEOPLE.com
Magic Mike: The Musical is finally heading to London after creator and star Channing Tatum revealed the news live on the final of Britain’s Got Talent. The high-profile musical, which is based on the 2012 film starring Tatum and Matthew McConaughey and directed by Steven Soderbergh, will land in London in November at the Hippodrome Casino.
The London performances will be overseen by Tatum as well as co-director and choreographer Alison Faulk and associate director and choreographer Teresa Espinosa.
The show, which opened in Las Vegas last year, is a prequel to the film and tells the early story of Magic Mike and the Club Domina.
The news was unveiled following a raucous dance performance on the finale of ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent, with Tatum coming onotage to make the announcement.
The London performances will be overseen by Tatum as well as co-director and choreographer Alison Faulk and associate director and choreographer Teresa Espinosa.
The show, which opened in Las Vegas last year, is a prequel to the film and tells the early story of Magic Mike and the Club Domina.
The news was unveiled following a raucous dance performance on the finale of ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent, with Tatum coming onotage to make the announcement.
- 6/4/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
As part of hunky boy band 98 Degrees, Jeff Timmons grew accustomed to hordes of women going wild with ecstatic screams each time he went shirtless. “98 Degrees weren’t known as being incredible dancers -- we were the guys next door who were fit,” the now 44-year-old performer laughs. At 18, Channing Tatum also got a taste of serving as eye candy while working as a stripper in Florida. Model Tyson Beckford, 46, meanwhile, recalls walking past New York’s Chippendales club as a kid, thinking, I want to look like that someday. He has since become used to ogling eyes excitedly checking him out in shirtless ad campaigns.
While the thrill of physical adoration has undeniably helped the trio make a buck over the years, none of them could have imagined that years later they would help transform the male entertainment scene in the strip show-saturated city of Las Vegas. Tatum recently launched Magic Mike Live, capitalizing on the...
While the thrill of physical adoration has undeniably helped the trio make a buck over the years, none of them could have imagined that years later they would help transform the male entertainment scene in the strip show-saturated city of Las Vegas. Tatum recently launched Magic Mike Live, capitalizing on the...
- 7/19/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Attention Magic Mike fans: star Channing Tatum is making it rain, again, with the announcement of a live stage version of his star-studded stripper dramedy and it's 2015 sequel. "This is my first Facebook-y live-y thing," Tatum says in his first-ever 'live' post on the social media platform. "I've got a big announcement. We are going to be doing Magic Mike Live in Vegas at the Hard Rock Hotel Casino in coming March next year. I'm going to introduce you to some of the guys who are going to be in the show, they've been working really hard. I can't get away from those double entendres,...
- 5/4/2016
- by Kara Warner, @karawarner
- PEOPLE.com
Attention Magic Mike fans: star Channing Tatum is making it rain, again, with the announcement of a live stage version of his star-studded stripper dramedy and it's 2015 sequel. "This is my first Facebook-y live-y thing," Tatum says in his first-ever post on the social media platform. "I've got a big announcement. We are going to be doing Magic Mike Live in Vegas at the Hard Rock Hotel Casino in coming March next year. I'm going to introduce you to some of the guys who are going to be in the show, they've been working really hard. I can't get away from those double entendres,...
- 5/4/2016
- by Kara Warner, @karawarner
- PEOPLE.com
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