The Queens native is now starring in “Funny Girl” — but before he made it big on Broadway, he would spend up to eight hours a day tap dancing on Manhattan’s subway platforms.
Performer Jared Grimes can credit ‘tunnel’ vision for his remarkable success.
Grimes began dancing underground at the age of 16 alongside fellow tap dancer DeWitt Fleming Jr. and renowned bucket drummer William Johnson. The trio would start at the 42nd Street station, then move to 34th, and end on 14th. “We could make close to $1,000 dollars in just a couple of hours,” said Grimes, who also danced above ground in Times Square.There was usually no music — just the sound of the bucket drum and tap shoes hitting a wooden board that was set on the floor.
The curtain went down on his dancing down under in 2003 — at around the same time the city started cracking down on street performers, limiting the time they could spend in one spot and forcing them to get permits. “There was a monthly payment or something on it,” said Grimes. “Once you made good, they gave you a little flag to hang up while you were performing. It was so ridiculous.”
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