Kaitlin Hopkins to play the mom in Dirty Dancing: Onstage National Tour

Have you seen the movie?

The show is nearly a word for word translation to the stage.

Oh.. and the company doesn't sing but maybe 2-3 numbers - the rest is pre-recorded music from the original artists (soundtrack of the movie + other recorded songs)

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Oh.. and the company doesn't sing but maybe 2-3 numbers - the rest is pre-recorded music from the original artists (soundtrack of the movie + other recorded songs)

Really?? I did not know that, that's actually slightly disappointing. But good to know- thanks!

Oh.. and the company doesn't sing but maybe 2-3 numbers - the rest is pre-recorded music from the original artists (soundtrack of the movie + other recorded songs)

This better not make it to Broadway. I mean, realy. THIS is playing the Pantages?

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Duh, Tony Award winning Carole/Kelly Bishop!!!!

Updated On: 7/2/08 at 03:04 PM

I saw it in toronto

There is a live band

But again, only a SMALL select # of songs are actually sung ( by two 'soloists'

The rest is all canned.

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From my article in November:

Next up is "Dirty Dancing" which has the subtitle "The Classic Story On Stage." With some minor exceptions, this is a direct transfer from movie to stage. The dialogue, the plot and the score (soundtrack). Soundtrack is an appropriate phrase as"Dirty Dancing" isn't truely billed as a musical despite it's over 50 songs used in the production. Of those 50+ songs only a few are sung live by cast members - the rest are recordings from the original artists - including many songs originally planned for the movie. As said above the show is, in short, watching the movie - but on stage thanks to its original screenplay author, Eleanor Bergstein. All your favorite lines are there including the infamous "nobody puts Baby in a corner." And the audience eats it up as if it were candy! The cast sells the show and embody their parts well - most notably Britta Lazenga. Vocally, Ben Mingay (Billy) and 2005 Canadian Idol winner Melissa O'Neil (Elizabeth/Ensemble) tear the house down as well. If you loved the movie and couldn't get enough - this show will entertain. For tickets to "Dirty Dancing", visit: http://www.dirtydancingtoronto.ca/

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Why don't they just do a ROCKY HORROR thing and project the film over a big screen and people from the audience could just act out their favorite parts on the floor below?

I imagine they'd feel kinda dorky, but not half as dorky as they'd feel paying $100 for this tripe.

Remember when musicals were an art form?

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What a waste of Kaitlin Hopkins.

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I would like to see it if the tickets were free.

When I got the soundtrack to (I think the Austalian cast) of Dirty Dancing onstage, here's what I likened it to. You give your friend a 20$ bill to "get me something cool" when he goes on a trip to NY... and he comes back with the same 20, except this time in the shape of an oragami swan. Ugh.

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Well, considering that it's a completely different production with a different cast than what you saw in the UK, songanddanceman2, I don't think "the acting was appalling" is an accurate reason to "avoid avoid avoid". Given that Kaitlin is involved, we know at least one of the actresses will be fantastic.

Good for Kaitlin!

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