Phil LaDuca: Shoes, Success & Salvation

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Internationally acclaimed shoe designer Phil LaDuca joins Lisa in this intimate and heartfelt episode and gets real, digs deep, and shares openly, about the regrets he has for the moments lost, and the bridges burned in his lust for a life in the spotlight.

"I was very much a taker and I think what has happened - thankfully for the shoes-
it has made me a giver." 

Before creating the LaDuca Shoe Line and becoming the "Gucci of Dance Shoes", Phil was a Broadway song and dance man, alumni of Hubbard Street Dance Company and an internationally renowned choreographer and master dance teacher. Phil started his career singing in rock bands before moving on to classical ballet, contemporary and jazz companies and finally on Broadway where he appeared in "Brigadoon" for Agnes DeMille, "Pirates of Penzance" with Kevin Kline, and was the original understudy for the Gene Kelly role in "Singin' In the Rain" for Twyla Tharp. Phil also toured in "Camelot" with Richard Harris and "Me and My Girl" as Bill Snipson. 

He has designed shoes for the likes of Katy Perry, Harry Styles, Pink, Michelle Williams, Shania Twain, Taylor Swift, Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Antonio Banderas, Christina Aguilera, Catherine Zeta Jones, Selena Gomez, Chita Rivera, Michelle Williams and many of the shows on Broadway including; Moulin Rouge, Frozen, Wicked, Book of Mormon, Aladdin, Tootsie, Anastasia, Cher Show, Summer, Radio City Christmas Spectacular; TV : Fosse/Verdon, Hairspray Live, So You Think You Can Dance, SMASH; Movies: The Eternals, The Prom, West Side Story (Spielberg remake), The Greatest Showman, La La Land, Chicago, Burlesque, NINE, Mamma Mia, Julie/Julia, Hail Caesar, Burlesque, NINE, Chicago, Mamma Mia, Julie/Julia.

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