Retracing their steps

I saw Lewis Segal’s piece in The Times about “Tap” and wanted to thank him for the coverage [“Fingers Go Tap, Tap, Tap,” Aug. 27]. I ran the Added Value dept. at Sony Pictures Home Entertainment that produced the supplemental content for that disc [“Tap”], and it was a labor of love.

While I knew that the sales potential wouldn’t rival some of our bigger titles, I felt that from a historical perspective it was important to document as best we could this essential art form.

I had, in fact, run into Gregory Hines on the Sony lot and spoke with him about providing extra material for “Tap” and “White Nights.” He was excited about both, said yes, but unfortunately he died before we could film an interview with him.

I hope your kind words will motivate people to take a look at his work as well as the other fine dancers in “Tap.”

MICHAEL STRADFORD

Los Angeles