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ReviewsYou are in: London > Entertainment > Theatre > Reviews > First night: Dirty Dancing The show replays over 50 musical hits First night: Dirty DancingAldwych Theatre Did our critic Mark Shenton have the time of his life at the latest screen-to-stage transfer? Plus, read YOUR comments below... "Nobody puts Baby in a corner!", shouts dance instructor Johnny Castle to a roar of audience approval at the Aldwych Theatre. He's referring of course to the young holidaymaker, Frances 'Baby' Houseman, who he's been courting, both vertically and horizontally, at Kellerman's holiday camp in the summer of 1963.
And no one is going to be able to put this show in a corner, either. This sunny holiday musical romance has opened with the largest advance box office in West End stage history at 拢12 million and counting. Audiences who buy tickets to see it, if they can get them that is, won't be short-changed, either, on their expectations. It's exactly what it says on the label: "the classic story on stage." double dose of nostalgiaAs a live experience of a beloved film, it hits both the jackpot and the jukebox, replaying over 50 hits including the Oscar-winning theme tune, (I've Had) The Time of My Life. Lead pair Georgina Rich and Josef Brown Even if I didn't quite have the time of mine, I have to acknowledge that the show succeeds in providing a double dose of nostalgia, both for the 60s when it is set, and the 80s, when the original film that starred Patrick Swayze was released. As it happens, Swayze has been in the West End, too, in Guys and Dolls - but even if that's more my kind of musical, this show is propelled by the infectious enthusiasm of a youthfully sexy cast who dazzle and delight in the choreography of Kate Champion. The routines certainly live up to her surname - in an age of Strictly Come Dancing, this is another string to the show's undoubted appeal. So is the lead pairing of Georgina Rich's endearing Baby, whose coming-of-age Eleanor Bergstein's partly autobiographical tale charts, and former Australian Ballet principal Josef Brown (looking like a taller, more muscular Richard Gere) as Johnny. Dirty Dancing is at the Aldwych Theatre, Aldwych WC2. Tickets: 拢25 - 拢59.50. Box office: 0870 400 0805. Booking to 20 October 2007last updated: 02/05/2008 at 13:49 Have Your Say
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