Dirty Dancing Stage Production in Australia

Just want to say how great the stage version is of Dirty Dancing currently on stage in Sydney Australia. Can't get a seat until February.
The cast is sensational especially Josef Brown (Johnny), Kym Valentine (Baby) and Nadia Coote (Penny) - everyone in town is talking about it - huge buzz happening.
Met some people at the show on Wednesday night who had booked 9 tickets on line from London.

Funny the last thing we heard was not so positive.Glad to hear its noo so bad! Always thought it & Moonstuck had potential for the stage.

DIRTY DANCING is on at a "real" theatre...the Royal...and like "Saturday Night Fever" succeeds almost entirely on the goodwill of audiences who know and revere the movie. Famous lines like "Nobody puts baby in the corner" are greeted with shrieks and applause, while unsuspecting first timers tend to sit there non-plussed. Both shows scrape by on the skill and terrific energy of the cast, epecially the dancers, while people in the industry are saddened by yet another example of a dud show making big bucks on the strength of a pre-sold title (Footloose, anyone?) rather than any artistic merit. But the producer of "DD" knows he's got a worldwide franchise on his hands, so I'm sure it will be Coming To A Theatre Near You very soon... Incidentally, the Lyric Theatre at the Casino in Sydney has the largest capacity in town and has played host to everything from "Show Boat" to "The Merry Widow". It will soon house "The Producers" after it's Brisbane run.

I MUST SEE THIS SHOW.

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Kym Valentine is a big star in Australia, is she not? Like Kylie Minogue?