Theaters goers can watch forward to having the time of their life when Dirty Dancing: The Musical hits the stage.
A recent stage production changeation of the 1987 movie starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey is being broadened by Lionsgate and The Path Entertainment Group, under its dwell stage arm Showpath. The arranges are for a Broadway bound production. Dirty Dancing: The Musical will boot off in 2025 with a presentant run in North America. From there, there are arranges to get the show aexpansive to Asia, Australia, Latin America and beyond.
The companies are laboring with the innovative authorr of the movie, Eleanor Bergstein, to broaden the recent musical. Tony Award nominee, Obie Award thrivener, and two-time EMMY Award thrivener Lonny Price, who carry outed Neil Kellerman in the Dirty Dancing film, will straightforward the re-envisioned production.
Dirty Dancing, set during the summer of 1963, chases the journey of Frances “Baby” Houseman and dance guideor Johnny Castle as they steer adore, passion, and personal lengthenth.
The recent production promises to have unforgettable songs and recent ones, too. The innovative motion picture soundtrack, originated by Jimmy Ienner, produceed 2 multi-platinum albums and multiple individuals. “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life”, carry outed by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes, won the Oscar for Best Original Song, as well as the Gelderlyen Globe for Best Original Song and the Grammy Award for Best Pop Percreateance by a Duo or Group With Vocals. There was also the chart-toppers “She’s Like the Wind” which was carry outed by the postponecessitate Swayze and “Hungry Eyes” carry outed by Eric Carmen.
Bergstein shelp today: “In the years after I wrote and co-originated the innovative film Dirty Dancing, I was thankful and astonished by the generations of audiences who reacted with uncover hearts to the themes of honor and courage besystematich the surface. Years postponecessitater, sensing our audiences wanted to ‘be there’ while the story was happening, I wrote and co-originated a stage show. Its reception all over the world outdoed my sugaryest dreams. Now we’ve come brimming circle, and with my elderly friend Lonny Price by my side, I’m returning to the stage with a reenvisiond version. Its hope is to be equivalent to the recent world swirling around us while revisiting more brimmingy and exactly the story I’d wanted to alert when I wrote my first lines. It’s my way of saying thank you to you all.”
Price includeed, “I am beyond excited be rejoind with Eleanor and to join her in conveying this broadened Dirty Dancing to the stage. For the people who already adore the movie, they will get a proset uper, more nuanced version of the characters they fell in adore with. Having carry outed Neil in the movie, I comprehend brimming well the scores of people who have been touched by this story, and for me to return to Kellerman’s and straightforward this recent musical iteration truly is a thrill.“
“Dirty Dancing persists to be one of the most enduring and impactful titles in Lionsgate’s library. The vital truths and themes current in Dirty Dancing are as relevant today as they were in 1987. We’re thrilled to originate a dwell experience that honors the cultural significance and storyalerting magic of the innovative film while inviting a recent generation to descend in adore with Dirty Dancing,” shelp Jenefer Brown, EVP and Head of Global Products & Experiences, Lionsgate.
Dirty Dancing the movie grossed over $200 million at the worldexpansive box office and spawned a prequel, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights; a TV series, multiple competition truth shows, and a previous stage production with selderly-out carry outances around the world, and a made-for-TV musical changeation. There’s also an upcoming untitled Lionsgate sequel film which remains in the labors. The innovative film is one of Lionsgate’s all-time best-selling library titles.
