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Fringe theater festivals always push boundaries — that's kind of the point — which often entails racy, "alternative" material … and that frequently touches on queer content.
We're used to finding some gay-interest shows at WaterTower Theatre's Out of the Loop Fringe Festival, but this year is something else — of the 22 artists and companies performing at the fest, more than one-third are members of or tied to the LGBT community. That's a lotta gay in a short time frame.
And there is of course more than just gay content — dance and music and just entertaining performances from the likes of spotlight selection Charles Ross, whose one-man show encapsulates the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy in about an hour. (He previously did Star Wars in its entirety at OOTL.)
But here are the artists who will bring a little bit of gay to Addison next week and for 10 more days of theater after. There's certainly something you'll wanna see there.
Contributing writers: Arnold Wayne Jones, Steven Lindsey, Rich Lopez, Mark Lowry, Jef Tingley.
• One Man Lord of the Rings, March 1–4. $15.
• Amy Stevenson cabaret in the lobby, March 2 and 10. Free.
• Sweet Eros, March 1, 3, 7 and 9.
• Dark Play or Stories for Boys, March 2, 3, 4 and 10.
• A Most Happy Stella, March 3, 7 and 11.
• Strange Dreamz, March 3, 6 and 10.
• Waking Up, March 3, 6, 8, 10 and 11.
• The Screw You Revue, March 9 and 10.
• Bill Bowers: Beyond Words, pictured left, March 9, 10 and 11 (movement workshop March 10).
WaterTower Theatre's Out of the Loop Fringe Festival, Addison Theatre Centre, 15650 Addison Circle. March 1–11. All single tickets $10, except as indicated. Festival wide pass available. Visit WaterTowerTheatre.org for a complete schedule of events.
Sweet Eros
Interview with director Adam Adolfo
What's gay about it: Everything. It was written by Terrence McNally "and provides people the opportunity to re-explore [his] work as contemporary dramatist," Adolfo says. It's produced by QLive!, the stage arm of Q Cinema. Sweet Eros is one of the featured presentations at OOTL.
How gay audiences can relate: "Sweet Eros is a slightly subversive play in the idea that it's about a man who feels on the outside of society," explains Adolfo. "He struggles with his demons to define a sense of place and hope for himself, [which] leads him to a self-awareness that is both revelatory and terrifying. We liken his struggle to what many gay men experience in their own coming-out process.
"Unlike most men, though, our hero takes a very dark, frequently erotic and unsettling journey to self-discovery, forcing us to question his choices and sense of self. I'll say this for our hero: His sense of sexual virility and his heightened attention to fine detail makes him a very alluring aggressor and his predatory skill is both sensual and sadistic. He is a very complex young man. But then again, aren't we all?"
Adolfo's relationship to the Q folks goes back several years, after he cast founders Kyle Trentham and Todd Camp as a bumbling pair of soldiers in his production of Much Ado About Nothing. "Before that I had worked with Kyle as an actor, directing him as Bottom in my staging of Midsummer Nights Dream. That production hit upon gay marriage equality and coming-out issues in a very subtle way, and was my introduction to Kyle. The guys are just phenomenal to work with and when they started up QLive!, I was very glad to be a part of their inaugural reading of Spring Awakening, the play that inspired the hit Broadway show."
Why Out of the Loop?: "This is my first time to be a part of the festival. I've come in years past and fallen in love with shows and companies whose work I had not been exposed to and being able to access it so freely," says Adolfo. "It's a cornucopia of talent, skill and artistry."
Performances: March 1 and 7 at 7:30 p.m., March 3 at 5 p.m. and March 9 at 8 p.m.
Dark Play, or Stories for Boys
Interview with actors Adam Garst and Jacob Aaron Cullum
Cast and story: The five-person cast is headlined by Adam Garst and Jacob Aaron Cullum playing, respectively, a teenager who stalks other teens online, and his victim. The show features costumes by rising local star Justin Locklear.
Background: This is the first production by Outcry Theatre, another area theater founded by students of Waco's Baylor University (others include Second Thought Theatre and Rite of Passage Theatre Company). In this case, Becca Johnson-Spinos, who directs Dark Play, received her master's in directing at Baylor, worked in North Carolina and then moved to Dallas with her husband. Fort Worth's Amphibian Stage Productions gave this play its area premiere in 2008, but it was written several years before that. It uses AOL instant messaging and chat rooms as its means of cyber-bullying, which already feels dated in a world run by Facebook and Twitter.
Gay cred: Clearly, the storyline, though Garst played the gay character Moritz in WaterTower Theatre's Spring Awakening.
Garst's view of his stalker character: "When I first read it, it seemed like Nick was extremely mean. But it's been interesting making him a real person. Like everyone else, he's desperate for something in the world. The thing he thinks he didn't need was love."
Cullum's view: "It's neat to play a character who is so naïve and gullible that he's easily fooled by this character because he wants to fall in love. Behaviorally, he's very similar to me."
Performances: March 2 and 10 at 8 p.m., March 3 at 2 p.m., March 4 at 5 p.m.
A Most Happy Stella
Interview with playwright David Parr
What to expect: We could tell you about David Parr's play A Most Happy Stella. But then he might shoot us.
"I want the audience to know as little as possible going in," he says. "It's become a gayer and gayer show as we worked on it and I didn't realize how many elements were in it altogether. A gay audience will appreciate them and would help the show."
Stella is made of six vignettes that riff on popular theater works mixed with camp and layered with a sophisticated jazz soundtrack. Parr's not going for satire, he says — he really just has one intention: "To celebrate all these plays and theater in general," he says.
Queerspiration: With His Girl Tuesday, Porn Yesterday, Long Gay's Journey into Night, Alas Poor Yorick and the title piece, the inspirations for each scene is obvious — as is the queer appeal, whether comic or more serious.
"The gay theme [in Yorick] surrounds a bullied student who befriends a girl on the bus," Parr explains. "The bullying issue wasn't what I set out to do, but I felt that outsider element the character does and befriended this girl who's been a good friend ever since."
He amps up the queer content by turning the finale into a mini-musical version of A Streetcar Named Desire. With a complete emasculation of Stanley, the show turns the famous "Stella" yell into a chorus and flips the perspective around on the characters.
"That show is over the top anyway, but also a really disturbing play," he says. "And Tennessee Williams' writing style lends itself to music. The elements just needed a little tweaking to verge into camp territory. It's kinda like standing on a ledge — we don't wanna fall all the way off — that disrespects the original work."
Living on the fringe: Parr thrives on creating works with a fringe element, as he did in his first success, Slap & Tickle, about a group of men coming out in a post-AIDS time and the tapestry of relationships they are involved in. Parr, though, is maintaining his focus on Stella, because he will just be seeing it all put together when he finally comes to Dallas from New York a week before the festival.
"I feel pretty good right now and the tone of it is playing how I want it to," he says. "But then, we haven't done our tech yet!"
Performances: March 3 at 2 p.m., March 7 at 7:30 p.m. and March 11 at 5 p.m.
Strange Dreamz
Interview with performer Kevin J. Thornton
Try to decide what to call Kevin J. Thornton, and you'll probably come up as empty as Thornton himself. He writes, tells jokes, sings songs, performs scenes from his life … he might even bus your table if you asked nicely. So it is with his world premiere show, Strange Dreamz: It's a little bit of everything.
"I'm trying to blur the line between this show and my Podcast, which is also called Strange Dreamz. I say it's about 'love, sex and the meaning of life.' But I also call it 'dick jokes that are good for the soul' and 'an hour of vulgarity with a Christian edge.' I'm truly a variety act — I guess the closest you could say is, I'm like a male Sandra Bernhardt."
Thornton grew up in a deeply fundamentalist Christian household, so his journey to out atheist has been a long and difficult one, but all the more material to fuel his comic rants.
"If you read it on paper, my stuff may seem pretty filthy. But I have this boy-next-door charm that keeps people in their seats," he admits.
That quality probably also landed him a job posing nude once for Unzipped, the gay porn magazine. So what was more difficult to expose: His body or his painful upbringing?
"Of course it's taking off my clothes!" he says without missing a beat. "I'm very vain and have a small penis. Getting onstage and spilling my guts is a piece of cake to me now. The closer I get to embarrassing myself, the better the material is. It seems to resonate with people."
Performances: March 3 at 5 p.m., March 6 at 7:30 p.m. and March 10 at 2 p.m.
Waking Up
Interview with playwright Kelsey Ervi
Only 22, Ervi's play Waking Up will be the first of her works actually produced for the stage.
What's gay about your play: "When I was writing this, I wanted to make sure to create a broad spectrum of characters. It's important to me as a playwright and a lesbian to have gay characters, so we have a scene with two men in their struggling relationship and then two women who are physically and emotionally into each other, but it's something they're uncovering about themselves.
"I knew it would be a good fit into this festival. The show is neither a comedy nor drama, but, um … quirky is a good word. It has many different themes and storylines in small vignettes. The play revolves around 11 characters total and it's all set in a bedroom. We set it in realism to look at things people wake up to, wake up for or don't wake up at all. I think it can touch audiences in a different way."
Past gay cred? "I was accepted for GLAAD's annual OUTAuction last November. I had a photograph accepted and was named one of the top five emerging artists in my medium. I was so happy to be a part of that. And I had a directing internship with ShakespeareDallas last fall under Rene Moreno working on Hamlet. That really pushed me to move to Dallas and I'll be working with [the company] again this summer for Twelfth Night. I knew I didn't want to wait in Waco any longer."
One last note: "I wrote Waking Up after an intimate experience with a girl in college. She was an inbetweener. But I want the audience to be reminded how emotions can be scary but great. Besides, it's short (30 minutes) and sweet. It's something different ages can enjoy, especially young people."
Performances: March 3 at 8 p.m., March 6 and 8 at 7:30 p.m., March 10 and 11 at 2 p.m.
The Screw You Revue
Interview with Douglas McGeoch, aka Miss Didi Panache
Imagine a Sonny and Cher-style duo with the in-your-face satire of Lisa Lampanelli and you have The Screw You Revue. Real-life partners Dewey Chaffee and Douglas McGeoch star as Wayburn Sassy (Chaffee), a bigoted curmudgeon who calls it as he sees it, and Miss Didi Panche, his lovely songbird accomplice, in this gay cabaret of hiss-and-tell humor.
Standup origins: The show began out of Chaffee's standup comedy routine with a biological girl originally playing the role of Didi. Chaffee later convinced McGeoch to step into the heels and "now, he can't tear the sequins from my back or the lashes from my eyes," says McGeoch. For its Texas premiere, they will be adding three things. "One, lots of local Dallas flair and commentary on the city. Two, multiple digs at Texas' Most Honorable Governor, Rick Perry. And the third addition will be … um … let me check my notes … I forgot. Oops!"
Fair warning: For those easily offended, best to stay at home. This audience-interaction experience does not discriminate. During one of their most memorable shows, Wayburn encountered a quadriplegic in the front row. Ignoring typical social norms he approached the gentleman and said, "All right, someone needs attention. I'll bite. What the hell happened to you?" The audience went silent. The gentleman responded by saying that at the age of 12 he dove into a pool and broke his neck. Without missing a beat Wayburn replied, "So you're not only a cripple, you're an idiot, too."
According to McGeoch, the gentleman and his party roared with laughter.
Performances: March 9 and 10, 10 p.m.
Beyond Words
Interview with mime Bill Bowers
Cast: Just Bowers, a professional mime who uses stories from his life growing up as a gay kid in Montana, then deciding to become a mime. Beyond Words is a personal story culled from Bowers' own life, with narration and movement telling the story. It played last fall off-Broadway.
Ooh, daddy: Whether he considers himself one or not, Bowers is a daddy — for real! He recently donated his sperm to a lesbian couple and became a biological father to their child. Both Bowers and his partner will have active roles in the son's life.
On how becoming a father affected his art: "We're not the official parents, they're raising him. But we're a big part of his life and I see him regularly. It's something I never imagined I would do, but they asked, and I became a father. So that is a huge part of this piece."
On becoming a mime: "I was surrounded by silence when growing up," Bowers says. "There was the silence of Montana, but although I was in a big family, I didn't talk much. And then the silence of being a gay kid, there was no conversation about that when I was little. When I got into high school and realized there was an art form about not talking, it just came to me. I started teaching myself what I thought mime was."
For those who wanna be mimes: In addition to his show, Bowers will also lead a movement workshop on March 10 at 10 a.m.
Performances: March 9 at 8 p.m., March 10 at 5 p.m. and March 11 at 2 p.m.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition February 24, 2012.


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SAN ANTONIO -- It was a pretty nice week for Padres veteran infielder Cody Ransom, who has not only earned a spot on the Padres' Opening Day roster but also received a fancy new piece of jewelry earlier this week.
This was some serious bling, too.
Ransom received his championship ring for being a part of the Reno Aces team that won both the Pacific Coast League title and the Triple-A championship last year.
"Not too bad," Ransom said of his week.
The 37-year-old Ransom, who will be a part of his third Opening Day in the big leagues come Monday in New York, didn't get much of a chance to wear the ring as he gave it to his wife before the team broke camp and headed to San Antonio for two games against the Rangers.
Ransom was also part of an Opening Day roster in 2004 with the Giants and '09 with the Yankees.
"I gave it to her to put with the other ones," said Ransom, who estimates he has four or five rings from various Minor League stops during a professional career that began in 1998.
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Ransom, who signed a Minor League contract with the team in December, hit four home runs in Cactus League play and bounced around the infield. He was insurance in case the Padres needed it.
As it turns out, they did. Third baseman Chase Headley will miss most of April with a fractured tip to his left thumb. His replacement, Logan Forsythe, will miss six weeks after a setback with the plantar fasciitis in his right foot.
"I'm excited for the opportunity. Unfortunately, we had injuries to Chase and Logan. You wouldn't want to wish that on anyone. But that's why they signed me," Ransom said. "So far, it's been great. It's been a long, fun ride."
Corey Brock is a reporter for MLB.com. Keep track of @FollowThePadres on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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And there were seasons when he was well over 60%. His last season in the league he shot 73%. And led the league in rebounding. He decided one year to lead the league in assists. He did. The guy was simply incredible.
Now, about his 20,000+ ............... http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/138698
I wasn't alive on December 7, 1941, but I know that Pearl Harbor was bombed 71 years ago today. Since when is it a requirement that one has to have seen a player play in person before they can put them on something as dubious and trivial as an "all-time list" on a freaking internet message board? I bet like 80% of the people here never watched Wilt play either.
Clearly someone who watched Wilt is going to know more about him than someone like me who wasn't alive at the time, which is why I thanked Olblu. But the problem here is that most people on this forum never saw him play either. Are you saying that everyone who wasn't alive when Wilt played should be forbidden from commenting on him, or are you only singling me out because you didn't like what I had to say?
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I'm not singling you out. I'm just saying you or others who never saw Wilt play can't truly evaluate his greatness. You were never blessed to see his Greatness 1st hand. That winning Championships isn't a criteria that GREATNESS should be based upon. Some seem to feel it is. I could name many great old time baseball players who never won a World Series that are still ALLTIME GREAT players.
Good is the enemy of Great
We're changing the identity of our basketball team -- dramatically. We're a power post team -- a blood-and-guts, old-school, smash-mouth team that plays with size, strength, speed and athleticism. We attack the basket. . . . This is the new identity of our team. It was a great effort. I'm very proud of our guys."
-- Frank Vogel.
Both Wilt and Russell were way before my time, but I'll put in my 2 cents anyways. Wilt was better. Older people that I've spoken to about Wilt, describe him as inhuman, unstoppable force. Russell has the hardware, but you need to look into more of their accomplishments besides the championships. 100 points...I doubt this will ever happen again in the NBA. Another reason Wilt is better is because Bill Simmons says Russell is better. Simmons is almost always wrong when it comes to player evaluations
Being unable to close out a game in which you have a comfortable lead in the 4th Q = Pulling a Frank Vogel
Also, I think the 90's was the strongest era of big men and it didn't end with the Shaqs, Robinsons, Kareems, Hakeems and Ewings. I think Wilt was better than any of them, but I think that era would have been more challenging for him. Mourning and Mutombo are a couple others that would have defended Wilt fairly well.
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'71 or '72 playoff game, Old Wilt, young Kareem, 7 blocks by Wilt on Kareem, 2 on one possession:
In an 8 team, two division league, when with Philly he would face Russell over 20 times a year including playoffs. He faced Hall of Famers weekly. The crack about "average centers being 6'7" tall" is made up BS. Heights were measured barefoot and he faced the 6 '9 1/2" Russell (with freakish length), 6'11" Bellamy, 6"11" Thurmond, 7"0' Counts, 6"9' Pettit, and others. The smallest starting center I am aware of in he era was Red Kerr of the Bulls at 6"8".
Wilt had his 55 rebound game being guarded by Russell, the best defender ever. The year Wilt averaged 50, he averaged over 45 against Russell. Before Wilt's rookie year no NBA player had ever averaged even 30 ppg, so the game was largely transformed by him and also by the Celtics passing/fast break style, which many copied.
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The poster "pacertom" since this forum began (and before!). I changed my name here to "Slick Pinkham" in honor of the imaginary player That Bobby "Slick" Leonard picked late in the 1971 ABA draft (true story!).
Wow. Wilt is mid 30's and blocks a fade away sky hook. That ball was still going up.
I agree that championships aren't the only indicator. However, championships in basketball are more important than in football or baseball when it comes to judging individual greatness. In baseball, you can only bat 4 or 5 times a game. In football, you can only play one end of the field. However, in basketball you have the unique opportunity to dominate at both ends of the court. That's what Jordan did. He literally willed the Bulls to championships. In 1998, the Pacers and Jazz were both probably better overall teams than Chicago. Pip had been hurt all year and wasn't the same as in prior years. But Jordan literally willed the Bulls to victory. Putting a team on your back and leading it to a championship like MJ did 6 times matters a helluva lot in a debate like this.
This is kind of random, but I wish I could see a team of 86 Bird playing with 96 Jordan on a team otherwise filled with good role players and just see what happened. I'd love that.
That's why I always have trouble with putting them in my 'best ever' lists because I have a hard time separating how dominant and awesome they were in their own era with how I think they might fare in 2012.
Kobe Bryant is a top 10 player all time. I think the top 10 looks like this:
1. Michael Jordan
2. Larry Bird
3. Magic Johnson
4. Wilt Chamberlin
5. Kareem Abdul Jabbar
6. Bill Russell
7. Kobe Bryant
8. Hakeem Olajuwan
9. Oscar Robertson
10. Tim Duncan
I don't know if anybody feels the same way I feel with the old school players but to me when I compare old school players to this new era of NBA players is not even close, this new guys are bigger and stronger, I think that a lot of old school hall of famers would be bench players or decent starters in this new NBA so when I make a list of top 10 all NBA players I take this into consideration.
I can't think of any other shooting guard I would rank 2nd to Michael Jordan other than Kobe Bryant.
Then let me help you with that. Jerry West....... Check that playoff scoring average....
D. Howard is big and strong and athectic, but he has no skill set and is the most overrated center I have ever seen. He looks good and you think he should be better than all those guys I listed, but he isn't. I enjoy your post for the most part, but on this we just have to disagree.
Good is the enemy of Great
We're changing the identity of our basketball team -- dramatically. We're a power post team -- a blood-and-guts, old-school, smash-mouth team that plays with size, strength, speed and athleticism. We attack the basket. . . . This is the new identity of our team. It was a great effort. I'm very proud of our guys."
-- Frank Vogel.
And with that said I believe that players like Russel, Walton, Kareem and others would have been just fine in this era.


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16 hours ago
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Cute Cute Things & Hazel
Some odds and ends from my life:
A new pink sewing chair Justin bought for me - We are rounding up a bunch of things to give to charity, and the old set of 4 wooden chairs are outta-here! One of which was my sewing chair. So boyfriend-for-life finds this fun chair at Staples and lets me choose my color. Well hello, PINK, thank you! Justin buys it one evening and the girl at the register asks him "Do you know this is a pink chair?" and husband says "Yes, she knows." Referring to wife. I was not there, but I hear this is how it went down. Said girl at register should feel dumb for asking, no?
AND... I finally have an extension table (above, behind cute Hazel) for my Janome sewing machine! A new quilting friend happened to have a Janome and she didn't need this extension table since her fancy-schmany machine came with an actual table that it fits into. So I got this for a deal, and couldn't be more happy! I've already done some stippling - and it works like a charm!
And some new fabric I acquired from Etsy at a steal of a deal.
Last but not least, my garden is growing along quite nicely. Roma and cherry tomatoes, green beans, yellow zuccini, green peppers, and parsley. Nothing extravagent, but will be oh so yummy in my salads!
How was your weekend? Do tell! We did some boating, some swimming, I went to the beach... and a wedding. Then Sunday we had a little birthday cookout for my mom. And her birthday is today! Happy b-day mom!
Written by Cristin on 6/23/2009
Description: fabric, gardening, hazel, sewing space
4 comments:
- Beth said...
Great fabric, and I <3 your chair!
- Estela said...
I love hazel!! so cute!
also LOVE the fabric, I'm a fan of the lotus one from amy butler as well!!
- comfortstitching said...
Your garden is looking healthily fabulous! I'm in stitches over the cashier tale ;DDDD
As for the weekend, I worked selling lots of handbags and jewellary on saturday. Sunday I did a huge tidy of the home and then stitched whilst watching glastonbury on the telly which was tooooo fantastic!!
- whatktmadenext said...
Cool chair :) I have a pink chair for my PC! I'd glad you're enjoying your extension table - what a lucky find. I'm really enjoying mine and it does seem to help, even though it's not a huge amount of extra space.
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Parking lot wraps around the building and parking is free, theatre entrance is on the lake side of the building...and yes, there are still cocktails!
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Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at 7:30 PM (CST)
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I had wanted to see Dirty Dancing the Musical for quite a while before we got around to booking the tickets. When myself and my mum saw it was going on tour we knew we had to see it before it ended but we had already booked to see quite a few more shows this year, (living in the Channel Islands makes it expensive to see shows as they never come to us, we always have to go to them!) We ended up booking it for my anty's birthday present, at least that's what everyone else thought, we knew we just needed an excuse to go! We went to see the show in Southampton at the end of June which was the start of the UK tour.
As mentioned in my review of the film, I went to the show not having seen the film and what a bad decision that was. I was confused throughout the show and had very little knowledge of the story lines other than the obvious. Now having seen the film I understand what was going on on the stage but at the time I was pretty clueless. Nevertheless, I did really enjoy the show.
The musical is basically mostly the same as the film, a lot of the time it seems to be word for word. Seventeen year old Baby goes on holiday with her family and ends up learning to dance with Johnny who she later falls in love with. All of the well known scenes from the film that everyone loves were done brilliantly, even the scene in the water looked realistic despite no water being involved.
I loved the music and dancing throughout the show and really enjoyed how they showed the dancing on stage. The songs were all really catchy tunes and I had them in my head all the way back to the hotel, (they were actually stuck in my head for a week after which is frustrating when you are trying to concentrate!!) I was surprised that being a musical they didn't actually have the leads singing all the songs themselves.
My favourite part of the show was from Kellerman's Anthem onwards. I absolutely loved the Time of My Life song and dance at the end and the atmosphere in the theatre was incredible and the end scenes were clearly what everyone had waited for. After loud cheers of Johnny entering through the audience everyone was so excited for this scene and I knew this last song was one of the reasons I wanted to see the show and it didn't disappoint. The audience were clapping, singing and cheering throughout and to add to the amazing feel good feeling the spot lights were shining around over the audience making it feel like you were there with the audience in the Dirty Dancing talent show. Without fail the famous lift was executed brilliantly and of course followed by a massive applause. The end was so good I would have paid to see just that alone!
I think the atmosphere during Dirty Dancing was the best I have been in (and I have seen a lot of shows!) I would highly recommend watching the show if you enjoyed the film and you won't be disappointed. Having now seen the film I really want to go back so I can fully appreciate the show. I should have just listened to mum and watched the film first!!
I went to see Dirty Dancing at the Aldywch theatre in Londons West End in February 2008 and it was amazing. If you love Dirty Dancing and all it's songs you will definitely enjoy this show just don't expect it to be a carbon copy of the film!
We booked tickets via ticketmaster and paid £60 per ticket but we were on the front row and obviously had a brilliant view....in fact at one point the actor playing Johnny almost fell off the stage and on to my lap!
Classic moments such as "I carried a watermelon" are there in the show along with many of the classic songs. The dancing in the show is great and there is a real connection between the two actors playing Johnny and Baby but a special mention must go to Lisa ( Baby's sister) who was comedy gold in the show!
Be prepared for excited "whoops" when Johnny says "Nobody puts baby in the corner" THE classic moment of the film is just as good on the stage!
Merchandise is obviously not cheap. I paid £10.00 for the show programme and would definitely give this a miss next time, although they are obviously nice souvenirs! Also bought a Dirty Dancing T Shirt and "I carried a watermelon" pink tote bag.
Certainly a film worth seeing though I would recommend trying to get tickets from Leicester Square when you are in London rather than booking in advance if you aren't too worried about waiting....You will get them much cheaper.
I snapped up some cheap tickets to go and see Dirty Dancing and ended up paying £20 for top price stalls by buying from ebay, bit of a palava on the day as the postman took his time to come but we got there eventually. I was purswaded to see this after seeing a snippet of the show from west end live in June last year and I have to say it was a bit of a dissapointment. Having never seen the film I was able to look at it with a fresh eye. It definatly wasn't one of the WOW shows but failed to hit the spot that shows such as blood brothers did. The acting wasn't great and there was actually little singing in it, most just tracks and 'baby' looked young enough to be 'johnnys' daughter which made the whole concept hard to believe. The set was a bit basic but on the other hand the dancing was pretty fabulous, about the only thing that was in the show. the only thing that keeps the show going must be the thoudsands of 'dirty dancing' fans out there.
My friend and I purchased tickets for the Dirty Dancing show on 16th September as a real treat for ourselves, we had been talking about it since the show opened!
We sat there full of anticipation, good seats, and unusually for me at 5 feet tall, the tallest person in the theatre did not come and sit in front of me.... so my view of the stage was great.
The music starts, my friend and I smile at each other and sit ready to love the next few hours being transported to world of Dirty Dancing....... oh what a terrible dissapointment...... some rather squawky singing and background music that made the dialogue difficult to hear was the first sign of things to come, not a great start but that did seem to settle down after a while so all was not lost, or so we thought.
We both waited with excitement for the arrival of Johnny..... sadly though, what we did get was a rather lack lustre version of the Johnny we had expected, I think it would be fair to say, and of course I can only reflect our opinion, that David Erik in the role of Johnny appeared to be generally underwhelmed and dare I say a little bored by the proceedings throughout the show.
There appeared to be absolutely no chemistry between Johnny and 'Baby' and Johnny's lines were delivered in a stilted and rather wooden fashion.
The dancing seemed abit like everyone was trying too hard and that translated to be the least 'dirty' dancing I could imagine. The overall review of the evening for us was it felt like a 6th Form school production where everyone was keen to impress, I felt like a loving parent so desperate to support the cast but finding the event more of an experience in endurance than enjoyment.
We did consider leaving at the interval but as generally optimistic individuals we decided to stay on, it couldn't get any worse could it? To be fair though, the second half was slightly improved but still far short of what we were expecting. The final low point was the addition of some men dressed as women in fur coats dancing around in the last scene, what was that all about?
The highlight of the whole show however was the Fra Fee solo which was wonderful and the stage set was very cleverly designed. I have never taken the time to write a review but this was such a dire experience I feel compelled to share my thoughts. Sorry to the cast but for us it really didn't work on Wednesday!
I was lucky enough to go and see Dirty Dancing at the weekend in the West End. It's a show I have been wanting to see for quite a while, but making the time and having the available money to see it has always been a factor.
The show is rated a PG, and we wondered if this was correct having seen the film, but there was no language and the only sexy scenes in the musical were done very tastefully so I would agree with the rating after watching the musical.
Having read good reviews about the show, I was excited to be outside the theatre waiting to go in, looking at the posters of some of the cast. I had heard that Johnny and Baby had been represented well in appearance to Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey, and to be fair to the team, Baby was portrayed brilliantly with Johnny not being quite so well matched in features.
Inside the theatre I was surprised to find that one of the country's top selling musicals was placed in one of the smaller theatres I have been in. This was disguised by placing the seats very close together, but there was plenty of leg room in front of you.
Instantly you could tell that this show is directed to, and attracts many more women than men, as there were signs for the ladies toilets on each wall, but none for the men. We found out that these were placed near the bar, an obvious place for the men's facilities to be located, but it made me chuckle as soon as I noticed it.
** Stage **
The stage dominates the theatre as it should do to enable everyone to get a brilliant view. We were in restricted seats according to our tickets. Seated at the back and only just slightly off centre to the right, we could see everything except the orchestra, and a small corner of the right hand side stairs. This didn't restrict us in the slightest and we were very happy with the seats we had been given.
As we were sitting waiting for the show to start it gave us a good excuse to take in our surroundings. I loved the large glitter balls that were suspended from the ceiling, but I was glad I wasn't sitting directly underneath one of them as they were huge. We wondered how they would influence the lighting and scenery later in the show, but more on that later.
During the show we realised how well the stage was created to replicate the film in the best way it could. Stage props and effects are obviously superb with technology improving all the time, but there were some fantastic effects to the stage that made the show slightly more special. The cast somehow managed to run and dance around the stage, their footing never once placed on the wrong piece of the moving parts of the stage, and the props placed perfectly to be removed discreetly when needed. I was amazed on the moments when I was watching the stage effects.
The main things that impressed me on the stage was a large log that was lowered onto the centre which enabled Johnny and Baby to practice their lifts when they left the holiday camp, and also some background scenery that made it look like they were both in a field and also in the lake practising those all important lifts.
** Cast **
On the night we were at the theatre Baby was played by Hannah Vassallo, and Johnny was played by Martin Harvey. Nadia Coote as Penny and William Tapley as Dr Houseman.
I can't mention everyone, but they all played their role in a fantastic way which came together to gel with each other and make the show a fantastic performance to watch.
As trained dancers it must have been so difficult for Baby to dance badly in the beginning, and for them to be able to miss judge lifts and turns to create the story was amazing to watch.
Jessica Brooks as Lisa Houseman amazed me when she sang her song in the talent show. As Lisa sings very badly, it was a fantastic performance, and I think she deserves the badge of being the most true to film performance. I really would have thought it was the original Jane Brucker from the film if I hadn't known better.
Hannah Vassallo has very different facial features to Jennifer Grey, but the fact that you don't see the cast up close and personal means that with costume, hair and voice, you will be fooled into thinking she really is Jennifer for a while.
Martin Harvey doesn't resemble Patrick Swayze very much at all, but he has a god body and a great hair style to compensate for it.
Nadia Coote wowed me and most other people in the audience that night with her superb dancing moves. Her outfits were fantastic to suit her posture and pose. There were scenes that made me scream with jealousy when she was teaching Baby the mambo, and she was dressed in shorts and heels that made her legs look like they really were reaching her arm pits.
All the cast portrayed the characters brilliantly, and as the story progressed you were pulled into the holiday camp of Kellermans yourself and I truly believed that we were living back in 1963 with the film.
** Film to musical **
I was expecting parts to be missing from the film as obviously scenery restrictions and time limits will prevent the whole story being shown on stage. I have to say the musical was a very close match to the film. All the major songs were included which sent the audience wild as they appeared.
The producers and writers have managed to replicate the major scenes with background scenes being available on the same stage and the audience still managed to know what was going on.
There was a lot to keep your eyes on sometimes but despite this you could see for example Baby and Lisa in the background of the stage on their beds which acted as their room, whilst in the front of the stage there was a barrier lifted to portray two other characters having a conversation out on the green.
I was truly impressed at how it was choreographed and put together.
** Overall **
The musical lasts for around three hours with a small interval in between. The time went so quickly the time we were there. I have never laughed so much at scenes such as the compere geeing up the audience when we have to listen to the talent show auditions, and clapped so much when scenes ended.
I was on the edge of my seat the whole time, and dancing along with the songs. We had a great audience the night we went and nearly everyone seemed to be joining in on one way or another. I imagine this made the show even more special, but I can't see how anyone would go and watch the show if they weren't going to enjoy it.
The main piece I missed that I would have liked to have seen was where Johnny came back for the final dance and ran through the front stalls. Being so far back we couldn't see him until he jumped on the stage.
For me the whole show was fantastic, but the skin stood up on the back of my neck at the end when the whole stage was lit up by purple and silver glitter reflection bubbles. It was a magical moment and really worth every penny I paid to see the performance.
very ordinary i was really disappointed - which is a shame as i was looking froward to it for a long time. no live music (except about 2 songs which were really good) lots of quiet parts and not that much of dancing..... i think it was one of the worst shows I have seen.....
First, I should say that there are some spoilers in the review, so if you're determined not to find out what happens in Dirty Dancing, don't read on!
When I was growing up, Dirty Dancing was one of my absolute favourite films. It still is, in fact. It sounds (and is) incredibly cheesy but that film meant such a lot to me! It had the romance covered, it had good-looking actors (and Swayze WAS good looking back in the day!) and it felt quite meaningful at the time - looking at society in terms of class issues, abortion, and the way the world was changing in America in the 60s, with the aftermath of the Vietnam war and holidays to Europe becoming more popular. It has a real nostalgic feel about it and you'd have to have a heart of stone not to raise a smile at the end when Baby gets the lifts right!
A brief synopsis of the story: The Housman family (Dad, who is a doctor, and Baby's hero, Mum, Lisa and Frances (known as Baby)) go on holiday to a family resort in North Carolina. Lisa soon sets her sights on their waiter, Robbie, who is studying medicine. Baby however, soon discovers the world of the dancers at the resort, and finds out one of the dancers, Penny, is pregnant with Robbie's child. Robbie refuses to have anything to do with her or it, and she has no choice but to seek an illegal abortion with money Baby lends her. As the abortion can only be scheduled for one particular day, the day Penny and Johnny dance at another hotel, Baby has to learn to dance to stand in for Penny and develops a relationship with Johnny. When Penny's abortion goes wrong Baby fetches her father to help her. When Johnny takes responsibility for Penny, Dr Housman refuses to allow Baby to have anything further to do with Johnny, but Baby and Johnny's relationship continues. Johnny is accused of stealing by a jealous ex-lover and Baby comes to his defence to stop his boss from firing him by telling the truth - she spent the night with him. He is fired anyway for sleeping with a guest and Baby's family refuse to speak to her. On the last night of the season there is a concert where Robbie accidentally admits he was the one who get Penny in trouble, and Johnny comes back to dance with Baby. And they all live happily every after (sob!). Ok, that last sentence isn't part of the film, but that's how it makes me feel!
In fact, I don't know that many girls my age who don't share similar feelings for Dirty Dancing. So, when the musical came out, I knew I'd have to see it! It took me a while to organise (almost two years!) but finally, the other week, I got my act together and booked tickets for me and four female friends.
I booked with lastminute.com, getting our tickets for £33 each, with an offer of a dinner deal beforehand - £8 for a pizza and a glass of prosecco at Fire & Stone before the show.
When we got to the theatre I had to show my reference to pick our tickets, a process which was incredibly easy and very fast given the massive queue - the cashiers really were working very quickly! We were sat up at the top so we had a fair few stairs to climb, but we ended up with very good seats - slightly to one side, but with fantastic views. I was a little worried as we paid for 'fourth tier' seats so I had thought that our seats may not be amazing, but I was very pleasantly surprised! The toilets were also conveniently near too!
Because I was so familiar with the film (and loved it so much), I was worried I'd pick it apart in my head if they got any bits wrong, but although they did change some bits (some music that they probably couldn't get rights to etc) they were actually really faithful to the movie. The smaller bits they did change, like the music, they tried to keep the same mood as the film, but they also added in extra bits about the peace march and the civil rights movement, which I liked because it added even more depth and gave us more of an insight into the time in which the story was set. They also added in some singing which was fine - it didn't blow my mind but it certainly didn't put me off.
The actors were very good - the looked very similar to the movie actors which was probably done on purpose, as you are used to seeing Johnny/Baby etc look a certain way. The dancing is very very good. The guy that plays Johnny and the girl that plays Penny particularly so.
Again, I know I am biased as I love the movie so much, but I felt that the show got the emotion exactly right. I felt sad with the injustice of it all when Johnny tells Baby about his dream - that they meet Baby's father on a walk, and he put his arm around him, "just like he does with Robbie" - Robbie is Lisa's (Baby's sister) unworthy boyfriend, and while we're on the subject of him, I practically hissed every time he was on stage, and the relief when Baby's father tears his cheque up and realises (at last!) that it is Robbie who is the slimeball, not Johnny! The show did really well at making you feel for all of the characters, and the funny lines were just as funny as they should be.
It was a fairly long show - it started at 7.30 and didn't finish til almost 11 o'clock, but personally I feel that I got my money's worth for my £33 and would definitely recommend it to any fans of Dirty Dancing (the movie) and any fans of romantic movies in general. Honestly, there weren't a lot of men in the audience, a fact that didn't surprise me at all (the face my boyfriend pulled when I asked him if he'd mind not coming as it was a girls' night was exactly the same face I pull when he tells me he's found someone else to sit in the pub and watch the football with!) but my brother loved Dirty Dancing and used to watch it with me and I know he'd really like to see it so I suppose it really depends on your personal taste!
On the whole a great night out for you and your girlfriends that will leave you feeling slightly better about the world!
Go to see this musical without trying to compare it to the film and you will have a great time, spend the entire show comparing it to the film like the woman sitting behind me and you will not.
Ever since watching Dirty Dancing I have always loved the songs, characters and storyline and so, when my mum and I booked to see the musical, I couldn't wait. Luckily the show exceeded my expectations!
Dirty Dancing is currently performed in the Aldwych theatre in London which, in itself, is impressive with its beautiful decor and old fashioned feel. The theatre is easy to get to and we found that Covent Garden was one of the nearest tube stations to the theatre. On arriving, we were greeted by a massive queue of people all waiting to get inside and my heart sank at the thought of having to wait hours just to get in. The queue moved remarkably quickly however and we were soon seated, so don't be put off by a seemingly neverending queue of people. We'd already booked our tickets for the matinee show ( starting at 3pm) , however the theatre wasn't completely full so last minute tickets were available. We paid around £38 for our tickets and were seated right at the front on the second level of the theatre. These seats were perfect and gave a great view of the stage. The show is performed twice on Fridays and Saturdays (once at 3pm and once at 7.30pm) and at 7.30 every other night of the week until October this year.
The show itself was everything I had expected and more. Although at the start it was a little difficult to connect with the actors playing Johnny and Baby, (the two main characters in the plot) I soon warmed to them and by the end was glued to their antics on stage. The songs were bright and lively and even the men in the audience, (who had walked in with long faces and a paper tucked under their arm) gave in and were tapping their feet to the music.
Baby, played by Hannah Vassallo, didn't sing during the performance and Johnny (Martin Harvey) only sang a very small part at the end. For me, this was a good thing as the quality of the dancing of these two characters was so good that too much vocal input on their part may have taken away the emphasis on their movements. This also gave some of the other characters a chance to shine, many of whom had amazing voices. The atmosphere among the audience is also great and the die hard fans who know every line of the film are not afraid to get really involved in the piece. The special effects were just as impressive as you expect of a London show and leave you with no doubts that no expense has been spared to make the performance outstanding.
My only issue with the musical was the fact that my favourite song, 'She's like the wind', wasn't sung during the show. The music is played towards the end but I was disappointed that I wasn't able to sing along, as the song itself is not included. However I soon got over my disappointment, as the finale (cue I've haddd the time of my liiiife...') was fantastic. The enthusiasm of the dancers, gorgeous voices of the singers and general atmosphere made a fitting end to a brilliant show.
Last weekend, I had the pleasure of hosting my lovely mum in London. Mama Pixis77 has a thing for theatre shows and musicals, so we bought some tickets for the Saturday afternoon performance of Dirty Dancing at the Aldwych Theatre. Whilst i'd much rather watch a stage adaptation of Saw, I am not averse to romantic-cheese.
Mum is a wheelchair user, so we bought our tickets directly from the theatre, over the telephone. Wheelchair users and their companions pay a reduced price. We purchased two top price tickets (ordinarily costing £60) for £35 each. Most impressive.
On previous theatre outings, i've had to deposit mum at the doors whilst I struggle to find a member of staff to help her gain access. On this occasion, I was pleasantly surprised to find a staff member waiting for us at the side door. No, this was not a cruel illusion! We had been allocated our own personal theatre escort! This lovely lady led us down a bumpy slope into the theatre, pointing out the location of the theatre's disabled access facilities, before showing us to our seats.
We were positioned at the front of the dress circle with a great view of the stage. I had some difficulty positioning mum beside my chair, due to the limited space available for wheelchair manoeuvres. Eventually, after much dragging, and skillful sliding, I managed to straighten her chair up, so that it was aligned to my own. I wanted mum to be as comfortable as possible, and my main concern was that she had a good time! Thankfully, no-one tried to get out from our row during the performance, as I would have had to go through the whole dragging and sliding process once more.
It's been a long time since I saw the movie, but the story seemed pretty much identical. The general theme is that of 1950s holiday romance. Baby (played by Hannah Vassallo) is a fresh-faced American gal who visits a holiday resort with her family. There, she meets Johnny (played by Martin Harvey), a dance-instructor at the resort. Soon, she becomes his student, falling in love with him, much to the dislike of her father. Expect a cheese-fest of gigantic proportions!
At times, there were slight technical difficulties with the microphones, with some parts spoken so quietly, I had to strain to hear what was being said. Additionally, some parts made me cringe. For example, during the second act, Baby and Johnny were lain in bed getting all slushy with one another. From what I could see, there was absolutely no chemistry between the two actors and the dialogue was stilted. To add to this cringe-fest, some idiot in the box decided to start laughing her head off. Why is there always one?
The music was great, when it was live. There was of course the staple tune from the movie, '(I've had) the time of my life'. However, I have to say I was disappointed that some of the major songs were actually recordings played in the background. If you look at the show's website, you'll see 'Hungry eyes' and other songs such as 'Mama said' listed as part of the show's two acts. However, these songs were not sung by cast members, but played in parts (not in full) throughout the show, with either recorded vocals, or no vocals at all. Of those songs that were sung, NONE were sung by the shows two main characters. Instead, the singing was left to two of the show's 'extras', who I should add, did an excellent job. I did, however, find this a tad strange as in my experiences of musical theatre, the main characters usually do most of the singing!
You might be wondering what mum thought of all this. Well... she fell asleep 15 minutes into the show! I spent the majority of it nudging her to wake her up. The show lasted for around two and a half hours including the intermission, so that was a lot of nudging! And whilst we are talking about the intermission, I should add that you can expect to pay £8 for two midget-sized pots of ice-cream.
Overall, our Dirty Dancing experience was OK. If you're a wheelchair user, you'll be treated very, very well at the Aldwych theatre. In fact, I really have to applaud the theatre for the way they assisted us. I just wish the show had been a bit more engaging. As an aside, mum insists that she wasn't sleeping, but watching the show through half-closed eyes!
I have to confess to being a big fan of musical theatre and I absolutely adore the film Dirty Dancing, which is why when I was offered a ticket for the live production at the Aldwych Theatre I jumped at the chance. I was really looking forward to seeing how one of my best loved films had been transferred to the stage - and although in many ways it is a magical performance, I honestly don't think that it is anywhere close to being as good as the film!
For anyone who does not know the story, Dirty Dancing is set in the early sixties and takes place at Kellermann's - an American holiday camp with lots going on. Frances 'Baby' Houseman, her sister Lisa and their parents arrive for their holiday and are soon right in the thick of things. There are different entertainment events at every hour of the day headed up by Johnny Castle and his dance team. There are rules however, about staff mixing with guests when not on duty, but Baby is soon attracted to the exciting dancing that she sees taking place in the staff quarters. Matters are complicated when Johnny's dance partner Penny reveals that she is pregnant, which obviously in the early sixties is a big problem. Whilst she prepares for an abortion, Baby prepares to take her place as Johnny's partner - a relationship that becomes very up close and personal too. As details of their relationship and her Baby's part in Penny's abortion come to light, her previously close relationship with her father is sorely tested. There are lots of other supporting storylines going on at the same time.
It's a lovely story and one that I have enjoyed many times when watching the DVD but I did wonder how well it would transfer to the stage. In many ways it does fare well but I suspect that my love of the film slightly marred my enjoyment of the stage performance.
Most of the acting is very good and particularly the performances of Leanne Rowe (Baby) and Martin Harvey (Johnny) were excellent although it did seem to take a while before the chemistry between them really kicked in. Also, it was quite uncanny just how much Leanne looked like the Baby in the film! I thought that most of the cast did very well although there were a couple of understudies who appeared a bit wooden. There are no big names in the cast but that never really bothers me and it is definitely not a problem here.
The songs in Dirty Dancing are absolutely magical. Anyone who knows the film will know such classics such as 'Time of My Life' and 'She's Like the Wind'. There was an excellent band and some good singing although this is not like your usual musical with cast members bursting into song at various times. Neither lead sang at all, and I somehow felt that it was a shame that in this stage adaptation that there was not more live singing. The 'dirty dancing' was really excellent though!
The stage at the Aldwych Theatre is not vast so it was always bound to be a challenge as to how it would all fit on the stage. The main elements of the staging were a rotating stage and a cinematic backdrop. Sometimes these were used quite cleverly but I also felt that both were slightly overused. I think that the problem was that the writer, Eleanor Bergstein, had tried to stay too close to the film. Films manage to jump between different scenes at a fair pace but it all looks seamless dues to careful editing. This was managed on stage by the stage rotating many many times, doors appearing out of the floor and so on. There were times when it just felt so busy and the revolving stage was really starting to do my head in!
The screen was also a little overused but at times it was also used very cleverly. I really liked the way, when Johnny and Baby were practicing a dance lift in a lake they appeared behind the screen and the effect of them actually being in water was excellent. Overall, I felt the effect would have been better had there not been the necessity for so many scene changes.
There were also moments when things all felt a little slow, again I felt due to too many shifts of scene. We would just see characters enter into about two or three lines of dialogue before the stage went 'walkabout' again. These short exchanges just don't seem to work so well on the stage.
However, for all my criticisms, this is a good show and is worth seeing, especially for the last twenty minutes that were so vibrant and lively and had all of the audience clapping along with the dancing. Also a massive cheer went up when Johnny reappeared towards the end and delivered the immortal line:
'Nobody puts Baby in a corner!'
You don't get that sort of group enjoyment when you just watch the film!
Overall then, it's a fun and enjoyable show, but if you are a huge fan of the film, be prepared to go with an open mind and see what you think! I did really enjoy it but having said that though, I don't think I'll want to go and see it again - I will just stick with watching the DVD!
The classic story brought to life on the stage. I saw this show on the stage recently and absolutely loved it.
Like most women, this is one of my favourite movies and I was excited about seeing it live to see how they would do it. It was also my hen night so I went with 15 of my closest friends and had a absolute wail of a time.
What I loved about it is that they stuck to the story fairly well and didn't really change anything. I do hate it when stage shows are different to the films for some reason, I just think I love the film so much, I want to see it in person and be part of it and experience it.
This show is definitely for girls, leave the men at home. Most of the audience was women with only a handful of men and I'm sure they felt very uncomfortable.
The theatre is very small and intimate which I think adds to the atmosphere as you believe Johnny is dancing just for you! The sets I thought were great too and worked well. The stage was actually a revolving stage and this in particular was really good, especially in the scenes where there was a car on stage. It made the whole thing flow really well and definitely worked in my opinion.
The cast are abolutely amazing, the dancing is brilliant. The supporting dancers were all really really good and to be able to watch them up close was quite a treat. The Johnny character was very believeable and was the best dancer on the stage. At one point he took his top off and the whole theater just exploded.
The costumes were great too and really brought out the era of the film. The girls outfits were great because they really lent themselves to dancing and made you want to go out and wear clothes like them too.
The tickets were fairly hard to get hold of because this is such a popular musical and they were fairly expensive, about £40 each but if you loved the film then you will definitely love the musical and it's one I truly recommend for a great day out with the girls.
Although this music is good, I will start by saying it definitely does not measure up to the film so don't expect it to or you will be disappointed! The storyline, music and characters are all exactly the same... but it's just not right without Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey! That aside, it's a good fun show to see. The actors capture the characters very well, and classic lines such as "Nobody put's Baby in the corner!" get everyone cheering! It's a great singalong show, as everyone in the audience knows the songs and loves watching them being performed! Some parts of the production were really amazing, such as the beginning where in the film the couples are dancing translates really well to stage and sets the scene perfectly. Overall I think this show is definitely worth seeing, but cannot compare to the iconic film! I would, however, still recommend it!


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The grant has been awarded because the number of Sixth Form students is expected to grow in the Marlborough and Pewsey area, given that all young people now have to remain in education or training until they are 18 years old, and St John's is oversubscribed and unable to accommodate any further growth.
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Thank you for contacting Net Wellness.Savella is used for the management of fibromyalgia. Cymbalta is used for anxiety and depression, pain associated with diabetic neuropathy, and the management of fibromyalgia. Both of these medications work to increase the activity of serotonin and norepinephrine, which are two naturally occurring substances in the brain. They are useful for managing many health conditions that affect depression, anxiety, and pain.Taking Cymbalta and Savella together will increase serotonin activity in the brain. The risk of too much serotonin could lead to the rare, but serious condition known as serotonin syndrome. Patients should be aware of this syndrome and should be watched for signs and symptoms related to serotonin syndrome characterized by agitation, sweating, diarrhea, fever, in-coordination, shivering, tremor, or involuntary movement of the joints.There are many medications that work to increase the activity of serotonin and norepinephrine, and many of these drugs have benefited numerous patients. It has been shown that drugs that work like Savella or Cymbalta can be safely combined with other drugs that work similarly, even though there is an increased risk of serotonin syndrome. However, it is important to discuss with your physician the benefits and risks of using both of these medications together before starting either of these medications.Shelley Otsuka, PharmD, Pharmacy Practice Resident, Martha Morehouse Internal Medicine
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