New York -- The stage adaptation of the 1983 hit movie "Flashdance" has taken a slight stutter step on the way to Broadway.
Citing an inability to find a theater, producers said Thursday that the show, originally intended to reach New York by August, will make it next season instead.
Said producer Tom Viertel: "We will take this time to refine the production."
A version of the musical about a working-class Pittsburgh steel mill welder with dreams of becoming a ballet dancer has been touring the U.S. It's now in Portland.
It features a book by Robert Cary and Tom Hedley, music by Robbie Roth and lyrics by Cary and Roth. The score includes the hits "Flashdance – What a Feeling" and "Maniac" as well as 16 new songs.
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Online: http://flashdancethemusical.com...
Citing an inability to find a theater, producers said Thursday that the show, originally intended to reach New York by August, will make it next season instead.
Said producer Tom Viertel: "We will take this time to refine the production."
A version of the musical about a working-class Pittsburgh steel mill welder with dreams of becoming a ballet dancer has been touring the U.S. It's now in Portland.
It features a book by Robert Cary and Tom Hedley, music by Robbie Roth and lyrics by Cary and Roth. The score includes the hits "Flashdance – What a Feeling" and "Maniac" as well as 16 new songs.
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Online: http://flashdancethemusical.com...
- 4/25/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
New York — Dig out those leg warmers and headbands – "Flashdance" is coming to Broadway.
Producers said Tuesday that the stage adaptation of the 1983 hit movie about a working-class Pittsburgh girl with dreams of becoming a professional ballet dancer hopes to boogie into New York in August 2013.
Sergio Trujillo, the choreographer of "Jersey Boys," "The Addams Family" and "Memphis," will direct and choreograph "Flashdance – The Musical."
It features a book by Robert Cary and original screenplay co-writer Tom Hedley, music by Robbie Roth and lyrics by Cary and Roth. The film starred Jennifer Beals.
Producers say it has been "substantially rewritten and completely restaged" following its short-lived debut in London in 2010. A separate company will begin a national tour in January 2013 in Pittsburgh.
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Online: http://flashdancethemusical.com...
Producers said Tuesday that the stage adaptation of the 1983 hit movie about a working-class Pittsburgh girl with dreams of becoming a professional ballet dancer hopes to boogie into New York in August 2013.
Sergio Trujillo, the choreographer of "Jersey Boys," "The Addams Family" and "Memphis," will direct and choreograph "Flashdance – The Musical."
It features a book by Robert Cary and original screenplay co-writer Tom Hedley, music by Robbie Roth and lyrics by Cary and Roth. The film starred Jennifer Beals.
Producers say it has been "substantially rewritten and completely restaged" following its short-lived debut in London in 2010. A separate company will begin a national tour in January 2013 in Pittsburgh.
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Online: http://flashdancethemusical.com...
- 9/5/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Hear the music, close your eyes, feel the rhythm — Flashdance is Broadway-bound.
Flashdance –The Musical, based on the iconic 1983 movie, is coming to the Great White Way in August 2013, producers confirmed today. This is in addition to the already-announced national tour that will kick off in January in Pittsburgh (of course).
The show was first mounted in the U.K. in 2008 and 2010, but the Broadway version will be completely re-written and restaged for the move stateside, producers said.
Flashdance –The Musical features a book by Tom Hedley (co-writer of the original screenplay with Joe Eszterhas) and Robert Cary, with music by Robbie Roth,...
Flashdance –The Musical, based on the iconic 1983 movie, is coming to the Great White Way in August 2013, producers confirmed today. This is in addition to the already-announced national tour that will kick off in January in Pittsburgh (of course).
The show was first mounted in the U.K. in 2008 and 2010, but the Broadway version will be completely re-written and restaged for the move stateside, producers said.
Flashdance –The Musical features a book by Tom Hedley (co-writer of the original screenplay with Joe Eszterhas) and Robert Cary, with music by Robbie Roth,...
- 9/4/2012
- by Erin Strecker
- EW.com - PopWatch
It’s a surprisingly eventful week for moderately successful ’80s romantic dramas. Flashdance – the Musical, the stage adaptation of the hit 1983 film, is set to launch its first national tour in January 2013 in Pittsburgh, where the original film was set, after beginning a run on Broadway in the fall of 2012. It will play 25 markets in North America, with additional cities and casting Tba.
The musical, which tells the story of an aspiring ballet dancer who works at a steel mill by day and a “flashdancer” at a local bar by night, will include songs from the film’s famous soundtrack,...
The musical, which tells the story of an aspiring ballet dancer who works at a steel mill by day and a “flashdancer” at a local bar by night, will include songs from the film’s famous soundtrack,...
- 1/20/2012
- by Marc Snetiker
- EW.com - PopWatch
Or, more importantly, is "Flashdance" ready for Broadway? The stage adaptation of the sexy '80s flick sunk in London, but it's headed to the Great White Way next fall after a considerable makeover.
The movie was directed by Adrian Lyne, who has quite a number of steamy films under his belt, like "Nine ½ Weeks," "Fatal Attraction," "Indecent Proposal" and "Lolita," while the script was written by Thomas Hedley Jr. and Joe Eszterhas, who is responsible for "Basic Instinct" and "Showgirls," among other things. It's rated R all the way, and while the London stage production sounds like it didn't shy away from the more adult aspects of the story, it didn't quite work either.
The producers are rejiggering it so it's less about arc welding and stripping and more about the love story between the two leads, Alex and Nick. The movie was more about Alex (played by...
The movie was directed by Adrian Lyne, who has quite a number of steamy films under his belt, like "Nine ½ Weeks," "Fatal Attraction," "Indecent Proposal" and "Lolita," while the script was written by Thomas Hedley Jr. and Joe Eszterhas, who is responsible for "Basic Instinct" and "Showgirls," among other things. It's rated R all the way, and while the London stage production sounds like it didn't shy away from the more adult aspects of the story, it didn't quite work either.
The producers are rejiggering it so it's less about arc welding and stripping and more about the love story between the two leads, Alex and Nick. The movie was more about Alex (played by...
- 12/16/2011
- by Jenni Miller
- NextMovie
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