Dirty Dancing Tickets:63 recommendations
Baby and Jonny's Summer of '63 live onstage
About Dirty Dancing
The appeal of Dirty Dancing has never waned, even after twenty years since it first appeared on cinema screens.
The movie’s success resulted in the development of a number of spin-off forms, including a US television series, a still popular music tour, a 2004 sequel and even a video game, but the stage show has surpassed them all.
Written by Eleanor Bergstein, who also wrote the screenplay basing Baby on herself, Dirty Dancing: The Classic Story On Stage maintains all the music, action and energy of the film but with the vibrant atmosphere of a live performance.
From the very beginning, the stage show has been a runaway success. First opening in Sydney in November 2004, the show enjoyed a limited run of six months, selling over 200,000 tickets.
Other sellout runs followed before Dirty Dancing opened at the Aldwych theatre in October 2006, bringing in the highest pre-sales in London theatre history, with Friday and Saturday performances especially selling out up to six months in advance.
Essentially a faithful live version of the film, Dirty Dancing does not stray far from the structure of the film, although there are a few extra bits written especially for the show.
With the film’s soundtrack adapted into larger scale music and dance numbers, the narrative is faster in pace and the buzz is contagious.
If you’ve never seen the film, or you have but you weren’t a fan, Dirty Dancing: The Classic Story On Stage is a vibrant spectacular with an infectious energy that will have you up and dancing with the rest.
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