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Last night my best friend of over thirty years and I went to the Paramount Theater in Seattle to See Dirty Dancing: The Classic Story on Stage. It was the perfect outing for a girl’s night. We remember the movie from when we were younger and often danced around to the sound track. Seeing it live was so much fun! Here’s a little peek at the show:
Here are some details about the story and background:
Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage is an unprecedented live experience, exploding with heart-pounding music, passionate romance and sensational dancing. Seen by millions across the globe, this timeless love story features the hit songs “Hungry Eyes,” “Hey Baby,” “Do You Love Me?” and the heart-stopping “(I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life.” London’s Sunday Express says “This crowd-pleasing stage adaptation hits the jackpot!”
It’s the summer of 1963, and 17-year-old Frances ‘Baby’ Houseman is on vacation in New York’s Catskill Mountains with her older sister and parents. Mesmerized by the racy dance moves and pounding rhythms she discovers in the resort’s staff quarters, Baby can’t wait to be part of the scene, especially when she catches sight of Johnny Castle, the resort’s sexy dance instructor. Passions ignite and Baby’s life changes forever when she is thrown in to the deep end as Johnny’s leading lady, both on-stage and off.
Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage was first performed at the Theatre Royal in Sydney, Australia in November 2004 before embarking upon a hugely successful tour of Australia and New Zealand. A new production opened at the Theater Neue Flora in Hamburg, Germany in March 2006 where it broke records for achieving the highest advance in European history.
The production began performances on London’s West End in October 2006 with an £11 million advance and went on to become the longest running show in the history of the Aldwych Theatre. It closed in July 2011 in advance of a two-year UK national tour and then returned to London for a strictly limited season at the Piccadilly Theatre.
The show has gone on to perform across the world in markets as diverse as Utrecht, Holland, Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa. It is currently represented by a new UK tour, which launched March 2014 in Bristol.
The cast was amazing. Their characters were very much in line with the original movie and of course the storyline also followed the movie to a “T”. Johnny wasn’t quick as sexy and Patrick Swayze but that’s a pretty high standard to live up to. There were some very creative parts to the show including a water scene that elicited some giggles from the audience but did it’s job of recreating the scene from the movie. The dancing was amazing. I was particularly impressed with Penny — beautiful! I also have to give props to the musical talent! We very much enjoyed hearing songs from the original soundtrack which instantly took us back.
If you have the opportunity to see this show, do it! You won’t be sorry! While we had a great girl’s night, we also saw lots of couples enjoying the show together — it IS a love story after all!
Here are all the details you need to know to get your tickets!:
The staged musical of this worldwide smash-hit film will play The Paramount Theatre from Tuesday, January 20 through Sunday, February 1, 2015. Tickets are available on-line at stgpresents.org and tickets.com, by calling 877-STG-4TIX (784-4849) or in person at select Ticketmaster locations and at The Paramount Theatre Box Office (Monday through Friday, 10am to 6pm).
Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage will be at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre for 16 performances. The schedule for the Seattle engagement is:
Tuesday, January 20 7:30 pm
Wednesday, January 21 7:30pm
Thursday, January 22 7:30pm
Friday, January 23 8:00pm
Saturday, January 24 2:00pm and 8:00 pm
Sunday, January 25 1:00pm An ASL / AVIA Interpreted performance
6:30pm – An Open Caption performance
*For tickets to the ASL- Open Caption performances, call the TTY line at 888-331-6774.
Tuesday, January 27 7:30 pm
Wednesday, January 28 7:30pm
Thursday, January 29 1:00 pm and 7:30pm
Friday, January 30 8:00pm
Saturday, January 31 2:00pm and 8:00 pm
Sunday, February 1 1:00pm
Tickets for Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage start at $25.
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