‘Dirty Dancing’ Broadway Musical in the Works for 2025
variety.comRebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter Lionsgate wants theatergoers to have the time of their lives, so the studio is adapting “Dirty Dancing” as a Broadway musical. “Dirty Dancing: The Musical” will launch in late 2025 with aspirations for Broadway as well as a North American run.
From there, producers plan to expand the show to theater markets in Asia, Australia, Latin America and beyond. Eleanor Bergstein, who wrote the film’s screenplay, is developing the show and writing the book of the musical.
Lonny Price, who played Neil Kellerman in “Dirty Dancing,” will direct the re-envisioned production. He’s a Tony nominee for “A Class Act” and “110 in the Shade” and originated the role of Charley Kringas in the ill-fated 1981 run of Stephen Sondheim’s “Merrily We Roll Along.” The 1987 film starred Jennifer Grey as Frances “Baby” Houseman, a young woman who falls in love with dance instructor Jonny Castle (Patrick Swayze) at a resort in New York’s Catskills during summer 1963. “Dirty Dancing” grossed $214 million at the box office, while the 11th act musical number “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life” won the Oscar for best original song.
The movie also introduced the line “nobody puts Baby in a corner” in the cultural lexicon. The upcoming stage production is expected to feature new music and fresh choreography.
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