Looking for Broadway’s Next Star? Turn on Your TV

There are plenty of places that get young people ready for Broadway — Juilliard, Carnegie Mellon, Yale and New York University. But don’t forget “So You Think You Can Dance.”
Looking for Broadway’s Next Star? Turn on Your TV
FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2010 file photo, Mia Michaels poses with the award for outstanding choreography for "So You Think You Can Dance" in the press room at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File
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NEW YORK — There are plenty of places that get young people ready for Broadway — Juilliard, Carnegie Mellon, Yale and New York University. But don’t forget “So You Think You Can Dance.”

The Fox TV show, which just concluded its 12th season, has turned into a reliable springboard for scores of Broadway dancers, helping performers land in everything from “The King and I” to “Hamilton.”

FILE - In this April 15, 2015 file photo, Melanie Moore attends the Broadway opening night after party of "Finding Neverland" at the Metropolitan Club in New York. (Greg Allen/Invision/AP, File)
FILE - In this April 15, 2015 file photo, Melanie Moore attends the Broadway opening night after party of "Finding Neverland" at the Metropolitan Club in New York. Greg Allen/Invision/AP, File