Julianne Hough.Photo: TodayTix
Julianne Houghis ready to entertain this holiday season!
TheDancing with the Starsalum, 34, will perform four cabaret-style concerts over two weekends next month in the Big Apple.
“This show is really a love letter to New York City,” Hough tells PEOPLE exclusively. “To all the dreamers, the beautifulBroadwaycommunity who welcomed me with open arms this past year and to my old and new friends who inspired me to dig deeper within myself and uncover a part of me that was so ready to be discovered.”
Julianne Houghwill feature a mix of music, dancing and storytelling, according to a release, with the multi-hyphenate star also directing, choreographing and producing the project. The release also teases “special guests,” as well as a five-piece band and backing vocalists.
“Of course it’s the holiday season, so the audience can expect to dance and sing along to some high energy holiday classics as well as be a witness to me truly opening my heart and sharing some of my most intimate dreams, hopes and fears,” theEmmywinner says.
Hough continues, “I’ve always been a performer and with this show I will also be directing, choreographing and producing with an intimate group of incredibly talented people.”
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The past year has been one of career milestones for theRock of Agesstar. In April, shemade her Broadway debut— but it wasn’t in a flashy musical, as some might expect.
Instead, Hough showed off her comedy chops in the political satirePOTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive, in which she played Dusty, a freewheeling farm girl who is more than meets the eye.
Hough starred in the show alongsideVanessa Williams,Rachel Dratch, Suzy Nakamura,Lea DeLaria,Lilli CooperandJulie White.
“This play gives permission towomen that all parts of us can exist, that we don’t need to be just one thing,” Hough told PEOPLE at the time. “I think as a woman in general, you’re always going to be underestimated. In earlier stages of my career, there was a moment of needing to prove my worth. But as I’ve gotten older, I don’t feel the need to prove anything; I just am who I am.”
Julianne Hough (center) inPOTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive.Paul Kolnik
And now, on the eve of her latest project, theGrease Live!star is reflecting on taking center stage — on her own terms.
“Exploring and trying new things is what this show and season of life is all about for me,” Hough says. “Beingable to reinvent myselfover and over through the years has been a great gift, to create new narratives. To find my balance of ‘artist vs performer’ and the space between … is so important to me.”
She adds, “I always say, ‘If it scares me, it means I have to do it.’ Well, I’m not going to lie — I’m pushing myself beyond my comfort zone with this show, and it is absolutely thrilling.”
“I hope the audiences leave feeling inspired to live their most authentic truth, ready to sing and dance and celebratethis wonderful holiday seasontogether!” Hough concludes.
source: people.com
