Hello Children of the 80's!!!!! (And everyone else that loves 80's movies!) One of my favorite movies ever, and definitely one of my top movies of the 1980s , Dirty Dancing, is coming to Minneapolis as a stage musical! The dates have not been announced yet, but I believe the Orpheum Theatre will be hosting Dirty Dancing in June. You know I will update you when I find out any new information! And Ticket King will be the place to buy your Dirty Dancing tickets for the Minneapolis Orpheum Theatre!
Dirty Dancing the movie came out in 1987, starring Patrick Swayze as the hunky dance instructor and Jennifer Grey as the ionic "Baby." Dirty Dancing really put Patrick Swayze on the map, and will probably stay one of the movies he is most remembered for.
The plot finds Baby (Grey) on a family vacation in the summer of 1963. Baby is the do-gooder, always obeying her father, the doctor, and wanting to save the world by joining the Peace Corps. Baby begins to see Johnny (Swayze), the dance instructor, and uses her fathers money to help Penny, Johnny's dance partner, pay for an illegal abortion. While Penny is off doing that, Baby
learns a dance to fill in for Penny in a dance Penny and Johnny do at a neighboring resort. 
Even though Baby knows she'll have to tell her father what 
she used the money on, Baby asks her father for help when Penny's procedure goes amok and is in terrible pain. Baby's father assumes it was Johnny that got Penny in trouble and forbids Baby to see Johnny anymore. Among other reasons, Johnny is fired. At the end of the movie, Johnny comes back during the resorts last dance of the season and gets Baby from her place in the corner of her families dinner table, saying "Nobody puts Baby in a corner," (how romantic!) Baby and Johnny dance the last dance and amaze everyone, by the lift move they do, Baby's father included. 
This is just a very brief synopsis of the movie! There is so much more wonderfulness that the movie includes! If you haven't seen it, I insist that you go rent it right now!Once you've seen the movie, or dust off your old VHS copy (like I am about to!) to refresh your memory, then you'll be all set to purchase your Dirty Dancing tickets as soon as they go on sale!
I am curious to see how the stage version incorporates the scene where Baby and Johnny practice the lift because in the movie, they practice in the lake.The stage version of Dirty Dancing opened in 2004 in Australia. Dirty Dancing opened in the U.S. in September 2008 in Chicago. I am eagerly awaiting to hear exactly when Dirty Dancing tickets will be available for the Minneapolis tour, and will let you know as soon as I have more information!
(I've had) The Time of My Life lyrics
Boy: Now I've had the time of my life
No I never felt like this before
Yes I swear it's the truth
and I owe it all to you
Girl: 'Cause I've had the time of my life
and I owe it all to you
Boy: I've been waiting for so long
Now I've finally found someone
To stand by me
Girl: We saw the writing on the wall
As we felt this magical fantasy
Both: Now with passion in our eyes
There's no way we could disguise it secretly
So we take each other's hand
'Cause we seem to understand the urgency
Boy: just remember
Girl: You're the one thing
Boy: I can't get enough of
Girl: So I'll tell you something
Both:This could be love because
(CHORUS)
Both: I've had the time of my life
No I never felt this way before
Yes I swear it's the truth
And I owe it all to you
'Cause I've had the time of my life
And I've searched through every open door
'Til I found the truth
And I owe it all to you
Girl: With my body and soul
I want you more than you'll ever know
Boy: So we'll just let it go
Don't be afraid to lose control
Girl: Yes I know whats on your mind
When you say:
"Stay with me tonight."
Boy: Just remember
You're the one thing
Girl: I can't get enough of
Boy: So I'll tell you something
Both: This could be love because
(CHORUS)
Both: 'Cause I had the time of my life
No I've never felt this way before
Yes I swear it's the truth
And I owe it all to you
'Cause I've had the time of my life
And I've searched through every open door
Till I found the truth
and I owe it all to you
*Instrumental*
Boy: Now I've had the time of my life
No I never felt this way before
(Girl: Never Felt this way)
Boy: Yes I swear it's the truth
and I owe it all to you
Both: 'Cause I had the time of my life
And I've searched through every open door
Till I've found the truth
and I owe it all to you
Both: "cause I've had the time of my life
No I've never felt this way before
Yes I swear it's the truth
And I owe it all to you
