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Set against the exciting backdrop of competitive ballroom dancing, MUSICAL CHAIRS is about Armando (E.J. Bonilla) a Bronx-bred Latino who aspires to be a dancer but whose only way in is as handyman at a Manhattan dance studio, and Mia (Leah Pipes), an Upper East Side princess who is the studio's star performer. Though worlds apart, their shared passion for dance promises to bring them together until a tragic accident changes Mia's life forever, and she finds herself wheelchair-bound at a rehab facility, with her dreams of a dance career shattered. Fortunately, Armando has enough dreams for both of them and, when he hears about a wheelchair ballroom dance competition that will soon be held in NY, he sees a way to return something to Mia that she thinks is lost forever. At first she is reluctant--wheelchair dancing, though highly popular overseas, is something she never even knew existed. But, with the help of several other patients at the rehab center, Armando organizes an intense training program that will bring them all center stage and in the spotlight. The prize is irrelevant; what they really stand to win back is their zest for life.
Original Release
01/28/2012
US Release
01/28/2012
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Leah Pipes | Mia |
E.J. Bonilla | Armando |
Priscilla Lopez | Isabel |
Jaime Tirelli | Bernardo |
Laverne Cox | Chantelle |
Nelson Landrieu | Wilfredo |
Angelic Zambrana | Rosa |
Morgan Spector | Kenny |
Philip Willingham | Daniel |
Auti Angel | Nicky |
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Leah Pipes | Mia |
E.J. Bonilla | Armando |
Priscilla Lopez | Isabel |
Jaime Tirelli | Bernardo |
Laverne Cox | Chantelle |
Nelson Landrieu | Wilfredo |
Angelic Zambrana | Rosa |
Morgan Spector | Kenny |
Philip Willingham | Daniel |
Auti Angel | Nicky |
Jerome Preston Bates | Jimmy |
Joey Dedio | Chico |
Dominic Colón | Julio |
Joseph Basile | Car Accident Witness |
Tommy Bayiokos | Ballroom Dancer |
Teena Byrd | Ballroom Audience |
Kevin Cannon | Actor |
Ivan Cardona | Dance Competition Guest |
Melany Anne Centeno | Dancer in a wheelchair |
Brandon Cournay | Competition Dancer #4 |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Susan Seidelman | Executive Producer |
Debbie Margolis-Horwitz | Executive Producer |
Jamin O'Brien | Executive Producer |
Jacqueline K. Papier | Executive Producer |
Joey Dedio | Producer |
Mareo Ryan | Producer |
Marty Madden | Producer |
Mario L. Baeza | Producer |
Janet Carrus | Producer |
Brian Herskowitz | Producer |
Michael Romero | Producer |