How ‘La La Land’ Staged a Dance Number on an L.A. Freeway
Behind the Scenes
Choreographer Mandy Moore talks about the unique challenges of staging a giant production number on an exit ramp and what it was like to teach Ryan Gosling to tap dance.
When choreographer Mandy Moore got the script for La La Land, the first line she read was deceptively simple: “There’s a traffic jam. They dance and sing.”
Six months of planning, 30 dancers, 100 extras, and at least 60 cars later, the opening
