Lionsgate, Path & Eleanor Bergstein Launching New Stage Production ‘Dirty Dancing: The Musical’
deadline.comTheaters goers can look forward to having the time of their life when Dirty Dancing: The Musical hits the stage. A new stage production adaptation of the 1987 movie starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey is being developed by Lionsgate and The Path Entertainment Group, under its live stage arm Showpath.
The plans are for a Broadway bound production. Dirty Dancing: The Musical will kick off in 2025 with a major run in North America.
From there, there are plans to take the show abroad to Asia, Australia, Latin America and beyond. The companies are working with the original writer of the movie, Eleanor Bergstein, to develop the new musical.
Tony Awardnominee, Obie Awardwinner, and two-time EMMY Award winner Lonny Price, who played Neil Kellerman in the Dirty Dancing film, will direct the re-envisioned production.
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