I know what you are thinking! Another musical with an exclamation point! Hello, Dolly! uses one. So did Oliver! So did Oklahoma! and Something Rotten! Joining the club is On Your Feet! a musical built around the life and music of Emilio and Gloria Estefan. She of such songs as “Conga,” “Get On Your Feet” and “Rhythm is Gonna Get You.” The show, which previously played the Pantages Theatre, opens this week at Segerstrom Hall in Costa Mesa for a run through September 2nd.
On Your Feet! ran for 746 regular performances on Broadway. The show earned a single Tony nomination for Sergio Trujillo’s choreography.
For the touring production, Christie Prades plays Gloria and Mauricio Martínez plays Emilio. Members of Gloria Estefan’s Miami Sound Machine are also part of the tour.
After On Your Feet! closes at Segerstrom Hall, it has engagements at the Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco and the Center for the Performing Arts in San Jose.
In other words, they want to get most of California theatergoers…on their feet!