Gillian Abbott News

Columbia University School of the Arts will present The MFA Acting Class of 2022 in their Acting Thesis production of DANCE NATION.

?The on sale date for the Palace Theater's highly anticipated 16 - 17 theater season is Sunday, September 18 at 11:00 am. The Box Office will be open that day until 8:00pm.

The Broward Center for the Performing Arts welcomes the Fort Lauderdale premiere of DIRTY DANCING - THE CLASSIC STORY ON STAGE. The staged musical of this worldwide smash-hit film will play tonight, April 12, through April 24, 2016. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast in action below!

Christopher Tierney and Gillian Abbott star as Johnny Castle and Frances 'Baby' Houseman in the national tour of DIRTY DANCING - THE CLASSIC STORY ON STAGE, which opened Tuesday night in Los Angeles for its run now through February 21 at the Pantages Theater. BroadwayWorld has photos from the starry red carpet, featuring Kenny Ortega, Corbin Bleu and more, below!

Christopher Tierney and Gillian Abbott, who star as Johnny Castle and Frances 'Baby' Houseman in the national tour of Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage, are in LA for a run at the Pantages Theater (now through February 21).  Below, watch as they show off their dance moves of Access Hollywood Live!

There's currently a live version of the classic movie Dirty Dancing touring, and it's in Denver through the end of the month. I'll admit, I've never seen the film version of Dirty Dancing. (I swear, it's the truth.) But I had the time of my life. (OK, sorry.)

The Broward Center for the Performing Arts announced that individual tickets for the Fort Lauderdale premiere of DIRTY DANCING - THE CLASSIC STORY ON STAGE will go on sale Friday, January 15 at 10:00a.m. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast in action below!

Broadway Across Canada welcomes the Calgary premiere of Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage. The musical version of this worldwide smash-hit film will play the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium from tonight, December 29, to January 3.

Fun for the audience, but not on the level of the film

I know everyone will expect this review to begin with, "I've Had the Time of My Life," but I will skip that well-known song that serves as the finale to DIRTY DANCING and go back to the opening number which defines it so well as "This Magic Moment."

Broadway Across Canada announced today that individual tickets for the Calgary premiere of Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage will go on sale Monday, November 16 at 10am.

Prepare to be wowed by a fun, energetic jukebox musical, "DIRTY DANCING" now on stage at the beautiful Fisher Theatre in Detroit. This show is a live adaptation of the 1987 film, and was written by the same playwright Eleanor Bergstein; it focuses on civil rights, Vietnam, and class conflict. However, I believe this production promotes form over substance: let's hear it for the killer dancing, killer singing, killer songs and killer acting. It's hard to feel sorry for the economic disparity of a young man from the wrong side of the tracks when he takes off his clothes and he is a 100% ripped stud.

To begin at the end: the stage production of Dirty Dancing brought cheers and screams from the opening night audience of the Broadway in Louisville at Johnny's iconic line about Baby and at the even more iconic dance number following that flooded the stage. Gillian Abbott and Christopher Tierney, respectively, inhabit these roles with enough of a nod to the originals (Jennifer Grey and the late Patrick Swayze) that audiences are swept back to the 1987 movie.

This week, we go around our Broadway World to feature stories in Long Island, Rhode Island, Dallas and more. Check out our top 10 stories around our Broadway World below, which include The Engeman's WEST SIDE STORY, the kick off of BEAUTIFUL: A CAROLE KING MUSICAL Tour in Rhode Island, and MOONSHINE in Dallas, just to name a few.

You don't have to be an aficionado of Dirty Dancing, the 1987 film starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey as a mismatched romantic duo brought together by some sexy dance moves at a Catskills resort, to find yourself loving every moment of Dirty Dancing, The Classic Story On Stage, now ensconced at Tennessee Performing Arts Center's Andrew Jackson Hall through Sunday.

Christopher Tierney recently assumed the iconic role of Johnny Castle tonight in the North American tour of Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage in Chicago, where it ran through August 30. This marks the launch of the second year of the hugely successful national tour which will go on to play markets including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Detroit, Nashville, Des Moines and Denver this season. A list of full tour dates can be found here. Check out a first look at Tierney in the role below!

Christopher Tierney assumes the iconic role of Johnny Castle tonight in the North American tour of Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage as it opens tonight at the Cadillac Palace Theatre in Chicago, where it will continue through August 30. This marks the launch of the second year of the hugely successful national tour which will go on to play markets including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Detroit, Nashville, Des Moines and Denver this season. A list of full tour dates can be found here.

Dirty Dancing is essentially a stage tribute to the film from which its based, which is evident from the dialogue as it's taken almost verbatim from the movie. As are the iconic songs - even though only a fraction of the performers actually sing. Those actors that do sing are not main characters, which is even more of a shame since so many of the performers (Gillian Abbott and Samuel Pergande as Baby and Johnny respectively) have backgrounds in voice. The fact that the main characters do not even utter a single note is baffling to anyone who is familiar with musical theatre.

The Smith Center announced today that individual tickets for the Las Vegas premiere of Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage will go on sale today, May 22 at 10 a.m. Tickets are available at The Smith Center Box Office, located at 361 Symphony Park Avenue, by phone at 702-749-2000 or 808-326-6868 (TTY) and online at www.TheSmithCenter.com. For preferred seating and special rates for groups of 10 or more, contact 702-749-2348. The staged musical of this worldwide smash-hit film will play Reynolds Hall July 14-19, 2015.

The Smith Center announced today that individual tickets for the Las Vegas premiere of Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage will go on sale Friday, May 22 at 10 a.m. Tickets are available at The Smith Center Box Office, located at 361 Symphony Park Avenue, by phone at 702-749-2000 or 808-326-6868 (TTY) and online at www.TheSmithCenter.com. For preferred seating and special rates for groups of 10 or more, contact 702-749-2348. The staged musical of this worldwide smash-hit film will play Reynolds Hall July 14-19, 2015.