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UPFRONTS 2013: The Overachievers 
Susan Seidelman’s latest feature film Musical Chairs will be released by indie distributor Paladin. Newcomers Leah Pipes and E.J. Bonilla play aspiring New York City dancers Mia and Armando. When Mia’s dream is shattered in an accident and she lands in physical rehab all seems lost but Armando discovers an upcoming wheelchair ballroom dancing competition. He persuades Mia to participate and organizes a crash-training program to prepare her and the others in the rehab facility to compete. Tony-winner Priscilla Lopez, Jaime Tirelli, Laverne Cox, Morgan Spector, Auti Angel, Jerome Preston Bates, Nelson R. Landrieu, and Angelic Zambrana also star. Produced by Janet Carrus and Joey Dedio, Musical Chairs will screen January 28 at Lincoln Center as the centerpiece for the annual “Dance On Camera” festival. Paladin plans a March theatrical release. Seidelman’s most recent feature was Boynton Beach Club. She also directed Making Mr. Right, Smithereens, Cookie, Desperately Seeking Susan, She Devil and the pilot for HBO’s Sex And The City. Paladin’s recent releases include Tom Shadyac’s I Am and Tiffany Shlain’s documentary Connected. In addition to Musical Chairs, Paladin also will release the New Zealand film Boy directed by and starring Taka Waititi in March.
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Awesome! Seidelman is a talented director whose work we don’t see as much as we should!
Can’t wait to see how Paladine “rolls this out” on two screens.
I am responding to the info re: Musical Chairs that is currently being released. I am a member of Screen Actors Guild who worked on this film in New York city. I have Multiple Sclerosis and now use a wheelchair most of the time. Having previously been a professional dancer (Alvin Ailey’s workshop company, summer stock, regional theater, films e.g. Chorus Line, NY Ren Fest, etc) I was encouraged to explore the world of wheelchair dance when I became disabled. I did so. Missed the dancer audition, but got on the film as a extra. Discovered that most of the people “playing” wheelchairs users were not. Only a few were even disabled. Remember when white people put on black face in film/TV? It’s 2011-this is NOT ACCEPTABLE!
As a SAG (Screen Actors Guild) member who worked on the film Musical Chairs, I am concerned that the film, from all the releases I have read, seems to be re: wheelchair users in a re-hab entering a wheelchair dance competition. Having worked on the film, and communicating diretly via e-mail w/Ms. Seidelman, I can assure you this is far from the truth. Yes, there are a few real disabled people (PWD’S)and a small # who acually use a wheelchair full time. As a real wheelchair dancer, who is listed w/IActor, a site that makes us available to people looking to hire us, I was shocked to be informed that the producers and director claim that “they could not find any real wheelchair dancers in NYC and that is why an audition was held which hired able bodied performers for the most part. Wheelchair dance workshops were held so the actors could learn how to dance in a wheelchair!!!!! Shades of Glee, House, etc. It’s 2011 and some attempts are being made to change this. However this is clearly a missed opportunity that may never occur again for the disabled community.