STAGE TUBE: American Ballet Theatre's Misty Copeland on Joining Broadway's ON THE TOWN

On the heels of being named the first female African-American principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre, BroadwayWorld reported earlier today that Misty Copeland will be joining the cast of Broadway's ON THE TOWN next month. After New York City Ballet principal dancer Megan Fairchild departs the show, Copeland will take over the role of Ivy for two weeks, beginning August 25th.

In anticipation of her big Broadway debut, Copeland stopped by CBS THIS MORNING today to discuss her recent ABT promotion, ON THE TOWN and more. Check out her interview below!

Copeland will be performing from August 25 - September 6 at the Tuesday, Thursday and Friday evening shows and the Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday matinees. The show will also have a Saturday and Sunday evening performance during those weeks.

In 2014, Copeland served as a guest judge for three weeks on FOX's popular competition show SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE alongside ON THE TOWN producer Nigel Lythgoe.

Copeland will continue the long connection that the American Ballet Theatre has with ON THE TOWN. The musical began as Jerome Robbins' 1944 ballet "Fancy Free," which debuted at the American Ballet Theatre.

In June, Copeland took on the lead roles in both ABT's SWAN LAKE (read BWW Dance's review here) and ROMEO AND JULIET (read our review here), before being promoted to a principal dancer with the company on June 30th.