Gregory Haney :: 'Bring It On's' transgender cheerleader
by Jim Halterman
EDGE Contributor
Tuesday Nov 22, 2011
http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=theatre&sc2=features&sc3=&id=127073It's no big surprise to see a popular motion picture make its way into a Broadway musical. It's a formula that has seen its failures ("High Fidelity"), as well as its modest ("Legally Blonde the Musical") and mammoth successes ("The Lion King," "Hairspray"). While it may not have been the most obvious choice, Bring It On, the popular 2000 comedy film about cheerleaders starring Kirsten Dunst, Eliza Dushku and Jesse Bradford, has arrived on stage and is currently touring the country.
Whereas some stage versions of movies follow the film closely in terms of character and plot, Bring It On: The Musical only uses the film as a foundation to create a fun, uplifting, energetic production that is wowing audiences in Los Angeles before heading to other stops around the country.
One of the ensemble of the musical, Gregory Haney, plays La Cienega, a transgender student who befriends newly relocated Campbell (Taylor Louderman) and helps start a cheerleading squad to take the title from Campbell's former team.
