At 56, Kim Hale is reigniting her passion for dance, sharing her journey on social media and embracing the motto, “Dreams have no deadlines,” as she pursues a role on Broadway.

Hale, who has over 13 million likes on TikTok, said she has always loved the stage and the energy that New York City brings,

“It just feels like a city where you can dream big,” said Hale.

Hale’s dream of performing on Broadway began in her early years, driven by her passion for expressing herself through movement. She pursued that ambition into her 20s and 30s, but eventually left New York, finding the constant rejection difficult to handle. Reflecting on that time, she acknowledges that she was more vulnerable then. Relocating to California, Hale remained connected to dance, teaching and working for renowned dancer and actor Debbie Allen.

“The biggest gift I got was working for Debbie Allen, and being able to be in her world, which taught me that you can take the skills of dance and apply them to anything,” said Hale.

Hale was around dance, but she wasn’t dancing, and it turns out, that is what her heart still wanted.

“It took COVID. It took the loss of both of my parents. It took skin cancer to get me to step back into a dance studio,” said Hale.

With encouragement from a friend, Hale enrolled in a hip-hop class and “ended up loving it,” saying that each class helped her reconnect with herself.

Hale began sharing her journey on social media, where her posts took off. Broadway choreographer Jerry Mitchell commented on one of her videos, telling her, “Dreams have no deadlines.” It’s a mantra she holds close. 

“I just held onto that,” she said.

In May, Hale got to perform in a special showing of “Chicago,” though she doesn’t see it as her official Broadway debut. 

“I want to audition and book a show because I prepared for it. I was ready when opportunity met preparation, and I got it,” she said.

For Hale, her return to New York and pursuit of a Broadway role is about more than just achieving a dream. 

“The goal is to see what I’m capable of,” she said. “You have to do the work. You have to be ready. But I believe that if it’s meant for me, it will happen. And if it’s not, maybe there’s something bigger out there.”

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JC Chasez, a member of the beloved band NSYNC, is out with his first major music project in 20 years. His new album is called “Play with Fire.”

“I want to make a musical and look everybody knows me from making music so the idea is to release the music first to get people interested in the project,” Chasez said on “CBS Mornings Plus.”

He co-produced the album with Golden Globe-winning songwriter and composer Jimmy Harry. The music was inspired by Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel, “Frankenstein.”

“We’re living in a day and age where technology and humanity are interfacing like never before and Mary Shelley wrote this piece in 1818 and we’re talking about these themes today.”

It’s a subject Chasez said he’s passionate about, adding he appreciated the themes in “Frankenstein” later in life.

“We’re talking about AI. We’re talking about how we’re going to navigate a world like this and so to stumble across that, you know when you’re young you read it almost as a school project but when I read it later in life I just couldn’t believe how much it affected me,” he said.

Chasez was involved in writing the script for the musical and said they’re currently talking to directors and producers about the project.

He credits his writing partner, Harry, with helping the project come to fruition, explaining Harry’s mother was a playwright, and wrote a play called “Playing with Fire,” which Harry presented to Chasez.

“After reading it, what I loved about her story was the way she framed it in terms of making the emotional connections with the creature and the creator, you know, Frankenstein, and so we focused on the conversation that the two of them had and expanded from there and kind of came up with our own things.”

Although it’s a departure from his pop music background, Chasez said it still has elements of his past.

“There’s other songs that have that tempo, and have that pop flair and things like that, because I want people to still move and have fun,” he said. “The goal is to just really be engaging, and give people something to talk about when they’re listening to it or when they’re seeing it hopefully in the future.”

When asked if we’ll also see an NSYNC reunion in the future, Chasez said the former bandmates have talked about the possibility more than they have previously.

“Right now, Justin’s got a tour to do, and I’m releasing this record, “Playing with Fire,” so our focus is on our current projects, but there is always a conversation being had behind the scenes about the potential of something.”