IN this 21^st anniversary revival of David Atkins’s  (whether bit of help from Dein Perry of Tapdogs fame) popular dance hit, a new generation of hoofers treads the boards in an entertaining show which is essentially about nothing other than dance.

The  early part of  “Hot Shoe Shuffle” serves up a plot line where seven tap-dancing brothers  (why are there always seven?) answer a call from a fake-looking lawyer with a fake name regarding the will of the tap-dancing father they scarcely knew.

That’s it really – seven dancing brothers who are obviously accustomed to being compared to The Seven Dwarfs, hope to inherit money from a dancing father. Into the story  comes dumb redhead April, (Jaz Flowers from “Hairspray”) who quite literally doesn’t her right from her  left foot, but  seems to be able to manage when she figures it out. She’s  sort of the romantic interest, the boys all love dance more than girls.

Suffice it to say that at least two of the main  characters are not what they seem and indeed the whole pretext of the story falls through, several times, but there will be no spoilers  in this review..

But who cares? This is a show that the whole family and anyone who likes dance.

With a range of standard songs, including some Fats Waller numbers and hit songs from the big band era, it’s a chance for the cast to show off their skills in a show that’s  partly vaudeville in style and partly Fred Astaire.

Paying tribute to tapdance from the 20^th-century naturally involves spectacular virtuoso dance, much of it from  Bobby Fox (of “Jersey Boys” fame), playing Sprign Tap, though his stage brothers often give him a run for the limelight.

It’s a simple show, with a bright  Manhattan backdrop,  dazzling lighting effects (two of  which developed glitches in the performance I saw) and  some of the best stage dancing you’ll see in a long time.

The showstopping final sequence that takes place on the “Deadly Truck,” sees the seven Tap Brothers perched on top of a line of  benches tapping backward and forward, up and down, in a death-defying routine. The audience went wild.

A special treat in this production was the appearance as the boys’ dad of the creator, David Atkins, many years after he first created the central role of Spring.

And yes there is still more than a bit of spring left in his footwork.