Sherrie Maricle, the 'team player' of 'Maurice Hines Is Tappin' Thru Life' at Arena Stage

You might expect a drummer to take a leery view of tap dancers. After all, tap dancers create their own crisp rhythms from floor and shoe leather -- sort of infringing on a percussionist's turf. But Sherrie Maricle exudes laid-back elation when she talks about her working relationship with Maurice Hines, whose chatty dance-bolstered concert show, "Maurice Hines Is Tappin' Thru Life," runs at Arena Stage through Dec. 29. "We feel music the same way," Maricle says of Hines, who has been her freque...