Let's Hear It for the Girl 8.1.2012 By Jerry Portwood
http://www.out.com/entertainment/interviews/2012/08/01/gregory-haney-bring-it-musical-broadway (http://www.out.com/entertainment/interviews/2012/08/01/gregory-haney-bring-it-musical-broadway)
With 'Bring It On: The Musical,' Broadway has its best trans character ever. Actor Gregory Haney explains how La Cienaga got to where she is now. In Bring It On: The Musical (http://www.bringitonmusical.com/), Gregory Haney plays La Cienaga, a smart, no-nonsense teenager in Jackson High School's dance crew. Nowhere in the show does it mention that she's a trans girl (other than a sly wink in the second act song, "Ain't No Thing"), rather, she's played with wit and elegance by Haney to great effect. By the end of the show, she's beloved by the audience, and La Cienaga gets some of the biggest applause.
After a year of touring across the country in the show, we caught up with Haney on the Monday before opening night on Broadway August 1 as he was on his way to a dance class. Not only did we find out what it was like donning a dress daily to play one of the most fabulous queer characters we've ever seen on stage, it turns out he also gets an intense workout from wearing those heels and doing cheer routines eight times a week.