MANILA, Philippines - The Manila Premiere of Dirty Dancing — The Classic Story on Stage written by Eleanor Bergstein, the script writer and co-producer of the movie Dirty Dancing, comes to the CCP Main Theater starting on July 4. There are 22 shows scheduled.
Presented in Manila by Visa, Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage is a re-imagining of the film, and has been adapted for the stage by the same woman who brought it to the big screen in 1987, Eleanor Bergstein.
Bergstein said: “I started writing the movie with the ’60s music already in mind. I picked each song and wrote the lines of dialogue against lines of lyric and melody. It was the time of one’s life when one couldn’t separate a conversation from the music playing on the radio. When you couldn’t separate the lyrics of the song from the words you were saying, or the beat of the music from the beat of your heart.â€
Dirty Dancing — The Classic Story on Stage in Manila is produced by Pieter Toerien, Hazel Feldman, Karl Sydow, Lunchbox Theatrical Productions, David Atkins Enterprises and Joye Entertainment, Hi-Definition Radio, Inc. and Concertus in association with Lionsgate and Magic Hour Productions. Presented by Visa, with major sponsors Diamond Hotel as the official hotel, and OOCL as the official ocean carrier.
For the whole month of March, Visa cardholders in the Philippines can purchase tickets and get a 10-precent discount when they use their Visa credit, debit or prepaid card to purchase tickets online or in any TicketWorld outlet.
For information, call 891-9999 or log on to www.ticketworld.com.ph. Ticket prices for weekdays are P6,240, P5,200, P4,680,P3,640, P2,080, and P1,560. For weekends, P6,760, 5,720, P4,680,P3,640, P2,080, and P1,560.