‘Gotta Dance’ musical gets name change for Broadway run

When the musical “Gotta Dance” opens on Broadway next Spring, it will be known as “HalfTime.”

Directed and choreographed by Tony Award-winner Jerry Mitchell (“Kinky Boots,”), with a book by Chad Beguelin and Bob Martin, music by Matthew Sklar and lyrics by Nell Benjamin, the musical — inspired by the real-life story and documentary of a group of hip-hop dancing seniors who perform at halftime for the New Jersey Nets — premiered in Chicago in December 2015, with a cast that included Stefanie Powers, Georgia Engel and Andre De Shields.