Dirty Dancing (Musical)
Dirty Dancing is a musical and a music and dance show based on the 1987 film of the same name . The show was written by Eleanor Bergstein .
A total of 51 songs from the 1960s and 1980s as well as extended dance scenes bring the summer of 1963 back to life in the show.
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17-year-old Frances Houseman, known by everyone as Baby, is spending the summer vacation with her parents and sister Lisa at the Kellermans' hotel. The holiday threatens to be anything but exciting: During the day, games such as horseshoe throwing and charades as well as dance lessons for standard dances are organized, and the evening program with sketches and the appearance of a magician is in no way inferior to boredom.
But when one evening baby dares to venture into the area of the facility reserved for employees, she gets to know a completely different side of the hotel: night after night, dance teachers, waiters and entertainers let their hips down in hot, erotic "dirty dancing" style rotate. Here, too, the dance teacher and heartbreaker Johnny Castle, who Baby noticed before, is again the radiant focus.
By chance, Baby finds out that Penny, Johnny's dance partner, is in trouble. She accidentally got pregnant by one of the waiters and he is in no way willing to help her. Unfortunately, there is also an important appearance by Johnny and Penny coming up soon, which definitely has to take place. And so Baby not only helps out with money for an abortion, but also becomes Johnny's dance partner.
During rehearsals, Johnny and Baby slowly get closer, Johnny realizes that there is much more to the shy girl than meets the eye, and Baby also gets to know a completely different Johnny.
When Johnny is wrongly suspected of theft and the hitherto secret love of the two comes to light - much to the annoyance of the parents, who had completely different plans for their daughter - the dance teacher is fired. But summer is not over yet, rehearsals for the lavish final event are in full swing.
Performances
Performances abroad
The show had its world premiere on November 18, 2004 at the Theater Royal in Sydney . The same production went on tour in Australia and New Zealand with stops in Melbourne (June 16, 2005), Brisbane , Perth and Auckland . Dirty Dancing - the classic story on stage has been running at the Aldwych Theater in London since October 24, 2006 (until July 9, 2011). From 2007 to 2009 there was a US tour through Toronto , Chicago , Boston and Los Angeles . From March 9, 2008 to June 28, 2009 Dirty Dancing - het onvergetelijke verhaal nu in het theater was performed at the Beatrix Theater in Utrecht .
| Performance location | premiere | Kidney |
|---|---|---|
| Sydney | November 18, 2004 | May 14, 2005 |
| Australia and New Zealand tour | June 16, 2005 | April 23, 2006 |
| London | October 24, 2006 | July 9, 2011 |
| Toronto | November 15, 2007 | March 29, 2009 |
| Utrecht | March 9, 2008 | June 28, 2009 |
| United States Tour | October 19, 2008 | June 28, 2009 |
| United Kingdom and Ireland Tour | September 1, 2011 | June 15, 2013 |
| Stockholm | September 26, 2012 | December 12, 2012 |
| International Tour ( Johannesburg , Cape Town , Hong Kong and Singapore ) | 4th November 2012 | June 9, 2013 |
| London | July 13, 2013 | February 23, 2014 |
| United Kingdom and Ireland Tour | March 15, 2014 | 17th October 2015 |
| North America Tour | 2nd September 2014 | June 25, 2017 |
| Milan | October 9, 2014 | December 28, 2014 |
| Australia tour | 3rd December 2014 | October 31, 2015 |
| Paris | January 15, 2015 | March 1, 2015 |
| Copenhagen | February 27, 2015 | August 14, 2016 |
| France and Belgium tour | March 27, 2015 | January 10, 2016 |
| Italy tour | June 27, 2015 | 20th December 2015 |
| Mexico city | June 9, 2016 | 18th September 2016 |
| United Kingdom and Europe Tour | 11th August 2016 | 23 September 2017 |
| London | December 6, 2016 | December 31, 2016 |
| Madrid | December 14, 2016 | 5th February 2017 |
| Mexico city | December 26, 2016 | February 6, 2017 |
| Barcelona | February 9, 2017 | March 12, 2017 |
| Madrid | March 16, 2017 | 4th June 2017 |
| Spain tour | June 7, 2017 | 20th January 2019 |
| United States Tour | 5th October 2017 | 1st July 2018 |
| Barcelona | December 6, 2017 | February 25, 2018 |
| France tour | December 12, 2017 | 17th April 2018 |
| Italy tour | December 13, 2017 | May 13, 2018 |
| United Kingdom Tour | 20th September 2018 | 17th August 2019 |
| Madrid | 26th September 2018 | 3rd November 2018 |
| Spain tour | January 10, 2020 |
Performances in Germany
On March 26, 2006, Dirty Dancing - the Original Live on Stage replaced the musical Tanz der Vampire in the Neue Flora in Hamburg and at the same time had its European premiere. Stage Entertainment (formerly Stage Holding ) is responsible for the production in Hamburg . The show was there until June 30, 2008. On April 7, 2009 Dirty Dancing - The Original celebrated its Berlin premiere live on stage in the Theater am Potsdamer Platz and could be seen there until November 14, 2010. The one from Mehr! Entertainment produced the tour of the stage show Dirty Dancing - Das Original Live On Tour through Germany, Austria and Switzerland premiered on April 27, 2014 in Berlin's Admiralspalast . The piece was a guest there until May 18, 2014, further stops on the tour in Germany are Cologne , Bremen , Munich , Düsseldorf , Hamburg, Frankfurt am Main and Nuremberg . The German version of the text was translated by Anja Hauptmann .
| Performance location | premiere | Kidney |
|---|---|---|
| Hamburg ( New Flora ) | March 26, 2006 | June 29, 2008 |
| Berlin ( Theater am Potsdamer Platz ) | April 5, 2009 | November 14, 2010 |
| Oberhausen ( Metronom Theater ) | October 19, 2011 | October 8, 2012 |
| Germany , Switzerland and Austria tour | April 27, 2014 | 2nd August 2015 |
| Germany , Switzerland , Luxembourg and Austria tour | October 24, 2017 | 17th March 2019 |
occupation
From March 26, 2006 to March 25, 2007 Ina Trabesinger played the role of "Baby", afterwards Tanja Schön took over the role since March 27, 2007. In the 2014/2015 tour production, Anna-Louise Weihrauch played the role of " Baby ”. The role of "Johnny" was played by Martin van Bentem from March 26, 2006 to December 9, 2007 , and from December 11, 2007 by Dominik Schulz. In 2014/2015 Mate Gyenei played the role.
Cast of the tour production 2014/2015
- Frances "Baby" Houseman - Anna-Louise incense
- Johnny Castle - Máté Gyenei
- Penny Johnson-Marie-Luisa Kaster
- Marjorie Houseman - Tanja Kleine
- Jake Houseman - Martin Sommerlatte
- Lisa Houseman - Natalya Bogdanis
- Robbie - Lucas Baier
- Billy - Dennis Dobrowolski
- Max Kellerman - Fritz Hille
- Neil Kellerman - Benjamin A. Merkl
- Stan - Ulrich Schrauth
- Vivian Pressman - Kiara Gregory
- Moe Pressman - Wolfgang Schwingler
- Mr. Schumacher - Hans-Dieter Heiter
- Tito Suarez - Dennis Legree
- Jordan - Andrea Scibilia
- Lead singer - Tertia Botha