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| − | ''[[Dirty Dancing]]'' - the Classic Story on Stage is a stage version of the movie, written by Eleanor Bergstein
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| − | ==The original text==
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| − | ''[[Dirty Dancing, The Classic Story On Stage]]'' was inspired by and based on the award-winning movie of 1987 and was first performed at the Theatre Royal, Sydney, Australia on 18 November 2004, later going on a national tour of Australia and New Zealand, visiting Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Auckland. A new production opened at the Theater Neue Flora in Hamburg, Germany in March 2006 and various productions have since broken attendance records around the world. Performed across the world, inter alia a national tour of the UK and Ireland (including a record breaking season at the Aldwych Theatre, London), tours of the USA, Canada, Holland, and playing to record numbers at Germany's Potzdammer Platz theatre in Berlin.
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| − | The enormous production has a cast of 35 who get through 55 songs during 73 scene changes lit by 200 moving lights. Baby alone has 21 costume changes. The cast is supported by 24 production staff with 4 wig girls, a creative team of 10 and 11 in the orchestra pit.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 2012-2013: Produced in South Africa by [[Pieter Toerien]], [[Hazel Feldman]] and [[Karl Sydow]], in association with [[Joye Entertainment]], [[Lionsgate]] and [[Magic Hour Productions]], playing at [[The Teatro]] at [[Montecasino]] (26 October 2012 to 13 January 2013) and at [[Artscape]], Cape Town (18 January 2013 to 10 March 2013). The cast consisted of [[Gareth Bailey]]/[[Luigi Vigliotti]] (alternating as "Johnny"), Bryony Whitfield ("Baby), [[Mila de Baggi]] ("Penny"), [[Nadia Beukes]] ("Lisa"), [[Kyle Grant]] ("Billy"), [[Richard Gau]] ("Robbie"), [[Rhys Williams]] ("Neil"), [[Zane Gillion]]'' ("Tito"), [[Mike Huff]] ("Max") [[Mark Rayment]] ("Jake"), [[Kate Normington]] ("Marge"), [[Malcolm Terrey]] ("Mr Schumaker") and [[Nurit Graff]] ("Viv"). The ensemble included [[Kjersti Soberg]], [[Bradley Searle]], [[Claire Scheepers]], [[L.J. Nielsen]], [[Chris Jaftha]], [[Cameron Botha]], [[Liezl Oelofsen]], [[Sebe Leotela]], [[Jessica Green]], [[Henk Opperman]] and [[Lebo Toko]].
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | "Dirty Dancing - cast announcement", [[Pieter Toerien Productions]] ([[ArtsLink]] 07/31/2012 15:09:59)[https://www.artlink.co.za/news_article.htm?contentID=30721]
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