it jettisons its extraneous and self-contradictory elements." A revised version of the stage adaptation under the name The Band Wagon was presented in a staged concert in November 2014 as part of a New York City Center Encores! special event. The cast starred Brian Stokes Mitchell, Tracey Ullman, Michael McKean, Tony Sheldon, and Laura Osnes, with direction and choreography by Kathleen Marshall. Impact In Michael Jackson's music videos for "Smooth Criminal" (1988) and "You Rock My World" (2001), he pays tribute to The Band Wagon with a similar dance and bar fight sequence performed in a 1920–1930s style lounge. Dancers perform similar moves and wear comparable period clothing in Jackson's videos. In "Smooth Criminal", Jackson wears a white suit with a blue-collared shirt and a white hat with a black stripe on it, replicating Astaire's outfit from "The Girl Hunt Ballet", The Band Wagon finale. For "You Rock My World", he imitates Astaire's choreography. Jackson's "Billie Jean" music video features similar elements as those of the "Girl Hunt Ballet": The storefront scenery through which the paparazzo conducts his manhunt and the animal print cloth he finds for a clue are two allusions to the original work. Using the line "she came at me in sections" for the titular song of his album Dangerous, Jackson notably pays homage to the film on at least three successive albums. Steve Martin and Gilda Radner performed a serio-comic parody homage to the "Dancing in the Dark" dance segment on an episode of Saturday Night Live, originally broadcast on April 22, 1978. References Bibliography External links Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz at Masterworks Broadway Newsweek discussion transcript about The Band Wagon (1931 stage musical) 1953 films 1953 musical comedy films 1953 romantic comedy films 1950s American films 1950s English-language films 1950s romantic musical films American musical comedy films American romantic comedy films American romantic musical films Films about musical theatre Films directed by Vincente Minnelli Films produced by Arthur Freed Films scored by Adolph Deutsch Films set in New York City Films with screenplays by Betty Comden and Adolph Green Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Musicals by Arthur Schwartz United States National Film Registry films