Dirty Dancing Tour

I admit it...I saw Dirty Dancing musical tonight in San Francisco....

and i liked it

Its not really a musical, its more of a dancical....

which i think is smart, because this book has such a need for strong story and dancing that to find tour actors that could also do lead vocals would be a heavy lift (see robert fairchild in American in Paris)

I think they did a fantastic job adapting the movie to the stage

All your favorite songs were there and most of the key songs you love were recordings of the period originals (love man, time of my life, do you love me, and this magic moment were live)

The dancing was phenomenal

All three of the prinicipals Baby (Rachel Boone) Johnny (Christopher Tierney) and Penny (Jenny Winton)

were very strong on acting, dancing, and chemistry.charisma

There IS an orchestra eight pieces set on the second story center of the stage, and the live singing was covered by secondary characters

the set worked for me they had several screens on the back and sides that shifted to kellermans, and a hilarious screen for the water practice dance lift scene.

It was really fun seeing these characters from a movie i really loved come to life.

I had low expectations for this show because of some poor reviews ive read....

I bet chiropractors make a lot of money the day after performances when everyone has gone home and practiced "the lift" with someone.....

Updated On: 2/25/16 at 02:28 AM

I posted positive thoughts when I saw it. It's not a great musical by any stretch and the scenery is mostly projections but I still enjoyed the show and the audience I saw it with was very enthusiastic. It's fun.

CATSNYrevival said: "I posted positive thoughts when I saw it. It's not a great musical by any stretch and the scenery is mostly projections but I still enjoyed the show and the audience I saw it with was very enthusiastic. It's fun.

I completely agree. It's far from the best thing I've ever seen (far far far far), but it was a fun night at the theatre.

Is there any reason they would keep touring if they weren't making money?

antonijan said: "I miss Patrick Swayze

So does Patrick Swayze!

I also thought it was terrible. The only, and I mean only good part were the three(?) vocalists.

Saw it a couple of weeks back in LA at Pantages! What a dud...felt very disappointed as I thought this was a musical which it absolutely is not! It's like they tried to recreate the movie onstage which for me just didn't work. The movie was just way better and I could have just stayed home and watched it again. Of course the audience gave it a standing ovation but that really means nothing these days does it?

I definitely agree that the movie is better and with all the projections they might as well have just projected the movie but I still thought it was fun.

I did not find the show to be horrible, but the complete reliance on projections for scenic elements made everything a bit one-dimensional (as if the plot did not do that already.) I do give the designers credit for using the projections in a creative way to simulate the lift in the lake scene.