Queen of the Stardust Ballroom

Saw it. Dorothy Loudon's opening song was fab.
One of the teachers from the Joffrey School danced in it.

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I never saw "Ballroom"; but I really enjoy the OBC. Dorothy Loudon's climatic "Ten Percent" is riveting. Unfortunately, "Ballroom" died very quickly on Broadway. (Perhaps because it was Michael Bennett's first show since "A Chorus Line" and "Ballroom" was such a different type of show.)

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Try to find Ken Mandelbaum's book A CHORUS LINE & THE MUSICALS OF MICHAEL BENNETT. It has some wonderful dish about the creation of "Ballroom" and its subsequent run. (Beverley Sills was a contender to play Bea!) And yes indeed, there were some fabulous 'old pros' in the cast. If lyricists Marilyn & Alan Bergman have any say in the matter, we haven't seen the last of "Ballroom".

But the original movie certainly still stands up on its own. I look forward to seeing it again myself.

They really need to bring this musical back....It would employ older dancers......Someone like Chita Rivera could star.......Who else could play the lead?

I love Maureen Stapleton soooo very much..............was thrilled when I got to meet her and interview her in my high school days when she was doing THE COUNTRY GIRL with Jason Robards and George Grizzard.

There was a Broadway musical, BALLROOM, done by Michael Bennett which starred Dorothy Loudon. The show's best known song is "Fifty Percent of Him," I believe is the title. The show did not run long, was not successful.

I believe the musical is being reworked somewhere now, with the title of the tv film QUEEN OF THE STARDUST BALLROOM, the title of the newly revised musical.

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The song is called "Fifty Percent". BALLROOM was one of my first Broadway shows, and I absolutely loved it. I still listen to the cast album all the time. The original movie is also brilliant, with a lovely and heartbreaking performance by Ms. Stapleton.