CRITIQUE – Modeled on the 1987 film with Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Gray, this show, halfway between theater and musical comedy, is presented at the Dôme de Paris until January 26.
Tied blouses, shiny leather shoes, swirling polka dot skirts and high-waisted pants, the musical Dirty Dancing takes audiences into the carefree summer of 1963. A time when elegance was an everyday affair, when stays at resorts like Kellerman’s embodied the American dream.
The curtain opens on this French-language revival of the show inspired by the 1987 film. Bébé, played by Justine Marec, arrives with her family, Houseman, at the vacation spot. « But it’s awful. Mom I should have brought my pink ballet slippers »says Lisa, Baby’s sister. « You’re still not going to turn it into an illness. »his doctor father replies. Don’t get started with the game of seven mistakes: the first scene introduces a faithful reproduction of the film. The lines and gestures are repeated like dance steps, right up to the strap that slides over Baby’s shoulder during the scene in the…
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