Robbie Fairchild (AN AMERICAN IN PARIS) performs "The Music and the Mirror" from A CHORUS LINE

MCC Theater's annual MisCast gala is one of the most exciting and unique theater events in town. Broadway’s hottest stars perform songs from roles in which they would never be cast.

[@faye76000]

I hope people know that he was a proper classical ballet principal dancer (highest level for an active profressional performing ballet dancer) with NYCB before getting involved w An American In Paris. He is exqusite the watch no matter what he does!

[@meganfrigerio2274]

faye76000 oh yea, he is absolutely incredible. He dances like he’s literally flying across the stage

[@peteradaniel]

Yeah we can hear that.

[@JaySchaefe]

The literal only complaint I have about this is that I wish the stage was four times bigger so we could see him really move

[@faye76000]

right?

[@mikegarcia7986]

He wouldn’t just dance…he’d take flight!

[@Mxyzptlksac]

Also the monitors block seeing his footwork

[@robertcanada5106]

For sure.

[@belindamelissa4909]

I have to admit I spent the first few minutes paying more attention to the mirror...

[@kevindavila625]

Same gurl

[@emilynorris4263]

Dat ass ;)

[@garyjames365]

Guess you've never seen "A Chorus Line?" possibly?

[@amylynn59]

Dancers and ice skaters...Best tushes in the world!

[@faye76000]

anyone who has ever attempted to stage something with mirror knows its a beast to do. I bet this peformance wasn't staged from this camera angle.

[@leslieallen9386]

That person saying "Oh my God" in the beginning is literally me

[@lonellfletcher]

He danced that better than most Cassies I've seen. Beautiful.

[@bermanhorowitz]

When I heard Bobby LuPone's voice I started to tear up. I saw A Chorus Line when I was 10 years old and Bobby Lupone was Zac then. So talented an actor, dancer, and singer. A triple threat. I focused more on him, but it was all so well done. Amazing !

[@davidgersten420]

And that's the original Zack speaking, isn't it? WOW

[@laurendoaesthetic3079]

David Gersten yea!

[@Dancergirl9084]

HE DID HE TURN SEQUENCE!!!!!!!! MY LIFE IS COMPLETE!!!!

[@durraleung9288]

Real life struggle: Where should I look at? 😍

[@nardo218]

he is both a solid and a liquid.... gorgeous performance. I think it's high time someone launched a gender flipped version of Chorus Line

[@ellegarret]

Nails Chrysanthemum as someone who has played a female version of Bobby - YES! I really want to do a gender switch!

[@Starisborne]

It's my dream to be a genderbend version of Cassie

[@MiguelRamirezVA]

I wanna be Diana so bad!! I second this

[@peerah]

His movements are so......clean. Impeccable.

[@stephenacs]

Saw the filmed broadcast of An American in Paris at a local theatre last night. This guy is simply an astonishing talent. Love this juxtaposition of roles. He can do it all.

[@silentsmurf]

I started to tear up a bit 😢 you can tell how much he loves to dance 💃

[@rjjames1518]

I'm ashamed that it took seeing him absolutely KILL IT in the 2019 film of Cats to know who this supremely talented man was.

[@dyodyexo7337]

i agree, he was the best cat that was bearable to watch in the movie

[@maddee4543]

watch him in american in paris!

[@rjjames1518]

@JBL NYC Munkustrap. He was the ONLY good actor in the film.

[@obiephillips9174]

@@rjjames1518 Not true. Others were good in the movie also. Negative Queen.

[@MNAvenger]

Same. That's how I learned of his existence.

[@zacharybrinegar2060]

The guy who says “Oh my god!” In the beginning is my spirit animal

[@user-td3ut4tg3v]

Haha she’s here in the comments !

[@skipperfen]

Man, oh, man… the joy this brought me also brought tears to my eyes. One of those things that makes you so happy that you’re overwhelmed. Bravo, Robbie, Bravo!!!

[@lamisere8337]

Btw, this dance was choreographed with a man's body in mind (by Michael Bennett). He like Donna because he said she dances it just like a man. It is said that Bennett would sometimes dance the entire dance while the show was on stage and he was backstage and according to those who saw him, it was the best rendition they've ever seen. Too bad there is no video record of Bennett dancing this number.

[@cargocultpod]

whoa thanks for this bit of info

[@ladyjennyanytime5195]

OMG that back bend!! Best back bend ive ever seen this side of Donna McKechnie!! He's a beautiful dancer with a lovely voice too!! Terrific performance. Cant wait to see him inCATS film later this year.

[@bessmahaneypilates8638]

KZbin bringing me to all Broadway things keeps me sane in quarantine 2020🙏🏻👌🏻❤️🎶

[@larrykampf7192]

Here is a clip of Robbie performing at Broadway Backwards last year- I can’t find the whole number, but it was amazing -

[@rizzofromIndo]

*applause* this is just amazing. His movement is so sharp yet so fluid.

[@brianobrien7983]

I wish they gave him more room. He’s dancing on 1/3 of the stage he needs!

[@suzieqtruth6377]

His dancing is electrifying and brilliant

[@chaserobinson5963]

Robbie is so good at this. It's insane. I couldn't do the beginning without dying so, yeah.

[@vickyrobinson6429]

THE MORE PERFECTLY CAST MISCAST

[@chookaschookas444]

In several books, a few Cassies have said that Michael Bennett was the best at performing this number, and I had problems envisaging that. This is probably the closest I will ever get to seeing that feat duplicated

[@happyexpat3744]

Amazing job. I saw the original...when I was very young and remember thinking, along with my parents, the stamina that those 9 minutes took...and on a much bigger stage, so more running around to do. How Mr. Fairchild did it, technically wonderful, having to learn moves he never learned as a male principal, moving in a female part. Sings, too. I think it was great when he fell at the end, an exclamation of how hard that dance routine is and a testament to all the "Cassie's" out there, who have danced it. Great!

[@gabriels.9382]

there is just something about seeing a man dance. Lord have mercy on me!

[@larrykampf7192]

I love Robbie❤

[@The.Lilomay]

OMG this is so solid and amazing

[@gsche]

I love this!

[@BestArtsPlaylists]

OMG - Amazing!!!

[@eduardopardogarreton9373]

man this was really excellent and done with the heart

[@garygary7550]

Gorgeous Robbie

[@johntlew]

OMG! He’s superb! A bigger stage!

[@prestonnorris9822]

F'n Amazing!!!! 🙌🙌🙌👏👏👏

[@margotflynn1591]

bravo, beautiful!!! love robbie

[@thewarning_universe]

New Munkustrap cats musical movie 2019!

[@meganfrigerio2274]

Sebastián MH one of the reasons I’m going to see the movie

[@crazypoundpupp]

Has a bit of a Raul-esque aspect to his voice, without the crazy vibratto

[@remyfacade]

crazypoundpupp i hear it too. A little more nasal than Raul...I think

[@fishermann1102]

i am in love with Robbie!

[@kevinmcan732]

Brilliant. He is so talented.

[@jimhodes9428]

freakin awesome!!!

[@cooperhoffman4421]

Robbie was great in Cats. Probably the standout for me.

[@grannyginger138]

i LOVE HIM!!!!

[@misskyliesue]

What a BEAUTIFUL performance, wouldn't expect anything else from him though. :)

[@MNAvenger]

I'm only here to see his dancing because DAMN!

[@christophermorehou4473]

stunning

[@lamisere8337]

He was fantastic! Wish this was performed with a full orchestra. Would have been even more amazing as the orchestration was done to compliment the choreography. It's a BIG orchestration with lots of brass and the movements go well with that sound. Not so much with a high pitched piano. I love the masculine touches he added. That paired with the orchestration would have been so thrilling!

[@lonellfletcher]

And now he'll be appearing as Munkustrap in the film version of Cats.

[@meganfrigerio2274]

Lonell Fletcher when I saw him on the cast list along with Francesca and Steven McRae, I was like “This movie is saved.”

[@ShowtuneSampler]

I had the same thought... but then I saw the trailer. 🤢

[@florisliu947]

He is really, really good in CATS!

[@fishermann1102]

He is so handsome.

[@michaelkniskern5786]

I have to say that of all the Cassie's I have watched preforming this number, including the original, his dancing was by far the best.

[@The.Lilomay]

his dance is sensational

[@mikegarcia7986]

just amazing!

[@AlbertsSlotChannel]

👍👍👍😍😍😍

[@akostihanyi]

Love you

[@jerryalicea8897]

He was FIERCE !!!!

[@michaelwilkinson682]

Wow

[@loadiem31]

this was fucking amazing

[@patnstephen2]

I've watched the video of Donna McKechnie do this maybe a hundred times, so it is completely ingrained in my system (for the record, I watch them all - Charlotte d'Amboise is amazing, too, as is Jessica Lee Goldyn's) and I feel like there is a style that this number requires that is less ballet-ic than what the classically trained Mr. Fairchild is used to performing, and there are times when I miss that aesthetic. Nevertheless, it is wonderful to see his take on the number, as an actor, as a singer, as a dancer. I enjoyed watching it, and I must say that, even though I prefer the more fluid, sensual, grounded movement of Donna McKechnie, the quality of Fairchild's movement is beyond reproach. He is an absolutely exquisite dancer - and as a performer who started in dance and moved to singing and acting, he acquits himself very nicely in those areas, too. I'm glad I watched it - it's a nice contrast to the Tony Yazbeck version.

[@dexterechiverri6631]

Unbelievable! 👏🏽

[@thesclass]

KING

[@The.Lilomay]

I think he out dance most of the Cassie I can find on KZbin

[@weikendoit]

[@steveb1164]

It's a misconceptionthaat Cassie was based on Donna McKechnie. She was actually based on Leland Palmer. After intitial success in New York, Palmer went to Holywood, appeared in the movie "The Fortune Cookie"...then, nothing. Returning to NY, she auditioned for the Miliken Breakfast Show, directed that year by Michael Bennet. He told her it was riduclous for her to audition for a chorus job. She answered "Not to me. I need this job." Unlike Cassie, she was NOT hired. She did, however, play Fastrada in "Pippin", and Joe Gideon's wife in the film "All That Jazz".

[@andrerobichaud]

I must have seen that show 30 times. So weird to see a guy in the lead part. But he is really good! They should have called him Randy (as of Randy Clements, my favourite Zach) or something like that, not Cassie!

[@oliviasummer9918]

Also it's miscast, so it's supposed to have people play the opposite gender

[@christopherknott2182]

No way!!!!

[@thomasbuttig9888]

I could sincerely note that his movements show that his background is absolutely a classical one, a classical ballet one. And his singing abilities are not the strongest ones BUT guys: he did it brillant for the fact, that he must have definitely been a ballet dancer. Where is he from ?

[@silentsmurf]

According to a comment above, NYCB

[@karinadarling]

Former Principal at NYCB before he joined Broadway as the lead in An American in Paris

[@ChiaraJade811]

Robert Fairchild is originally from the state of Utah, trained at NYCB like his sister (Megan Fairchild), and took a leave from NYCB to originate the role of “Jerry Mulligan” in Christopher Wheeldon’s AN AMERICAN IN PARIS in Paris, Broadway, and the West End. Left NYCB to pursue other dance-related interests in film, stage, and media. Fairchild is also an entrepreneur with his own floral business, Boo-Kay NYC that came about due to COVID-19.

[@thomasbuttig9888]

@@silentsmurf Thank you.

[@thomasbuttig9888]

@@karinadarling Thank you.

[@taliaricher710]

i cannot believe this is the same dude from cats

[@kiksocks12]

He needs to do it in heels

[@charliefields3859]

That's what I came to say! Turning in heels is much harder.

[@Rvilla360]

“Dance 10, Sings 3”

[@billfisher6464]

featured heavily in the movie of CATS. he was one of the only things good about it.

[@Mxyzptlksac]

Wow… that was good… he made it extremely sexy

[@fadhilramadhani1847]

Bitch I AM LIVING FOR THIS MISCAST!

[@lazarelazaro52]

Great dancing, but G-d, so slow.... The role, th performance requires FIRE!

[@KSfan4ever]

Handsome face. His dancing is beautiful with gorgeous body lines. His singing voice, if you can call it that, is pretty bad and his acting, at least in this scene, also is unimpressive. All in all, I'd say: a phenomenal dancer with a cute body and face.

[@rneumeye]

Dance 10. Singing 3. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@elizabethjones4147]

He can dance his ass off yeah but MY GOD his acting is SO PASSIVE . This number is supposed to BLEED passion through every pore but his is so DRY, not to mention his singing is ok at best

[@kayleerein5546]

i think he did amazing

[@meganfrigerio2274]

Elizabeth Jones well this is all for the fun of having the roles of very famous Broadway numbers gender swapped. So it’s not suppose to be taken as this is gonna be AWARD WINNING. It’s all for fun and the community

[@ShowtuneSampler]

And honestly - who else were they going to get to do it? Tituss Burgess? Shuler Hensley? Harvey MFing Firestein? All those guys are great, but none of them could dance this number quite the way Robert Fairchild can. And let’s be honest: The Music and the Mirror isn’t about the acting. It’s about the dancing.

[@danielbailey7178]

woah he can’t sing wtf. but his dancing is incredible

[@Starisborne]

He at least sings better than most people, cause I've definitely heard far worst

[@kayleerein5546]

um excuse me

[@matthew-jasonwillis6990]

No passion whatsoever! This is an iconic number and there was nothing on that line

[@kayleerein5546]

ummmmmm

[@kristinabengtsson7558]

'This role does not suit a male no matter how good of a dancer he is. His dancing is perfect but there´s no emotion to the role and the singing technique is not so good.

[@kayleerein5546]

Kristina Bengtsson i’m confused

[@Starisborne]

Actually it can suit a man, because emotions in acting an singing can be from both genders so what you said logically doesn’t make any sense

[@Gilson126]

His singing is,well, poor.

[@gothamette]

Looks 20 pounds heavier than when he was in NYCB. So this is what he gave up dancing Balanchine for? OK.

[@charlesevans6918]

To get greater notoriety and exposure -whats wrong with that? Chorus Line and American are great pieces

[@ShowtuneSampler]

Not to mention that Balanchine did “this” too. Remember, he choreographed several Rodgers & Hart shows in the ‘20s and ‘30s, most notably On Your Toes.

[@oliviasummer9918]

So what if he gained weight? He danced his ass off in this, it doesn't matter what he looks like

[@Catulli00]

Ugh this is awful, he is awful. As a performer and as a human being. I can't even believe this man had the nerve to pretend to be straight for as long as he did, marrying Tiler Peck and then she walks in on him with a dude. Pathetic.