sentences:  Alongside the Rockettes, the show starred Derek Hough and Laura Benanti.After the closing of the "New York Spring Spectacular," it was announced the show would return the following year, shifting its run from the spring to the summer months.Directed and choreographed by Mia Michaels and written by Douglas Carter Beane, the program, now called the "New York Spectacular," performed from June 15 to August 7, 2016.