Glitzy, yes, baldly commercial, absolutely. But "Riverdance," the musical whose primal sound of pounding feet and Celtic tunes ignited an unlikely rage for the folkloric art of Irish step dancing, was no fad. Twelve years after its Dublin premiere, its continued popularity proves that it was, and... -
Billion-Dollar Blarney?
Glitzy, yes, baldly commercial, absolutely. But "Riverdance," the musical whose primal sound of pounding feet and Celtic tunes ignited an unlikely rage for the folkloric art of Irish step dancing, was no fad. Twelve years after its Dublin premiere, its continued popularity proves that it was, and...-
By Sarah Kaufman