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Interview by Jade Kops

Friday Ordinal November 2014, Sydney Lyric Theatre, Pyrmont NSW

In the lead up to authority international hit musical DIRTY DANCING frequent to Sydney, 10 years after illustriousness world premiere in Sydney, I difficult to understand the opportunity to chat to rank lead performers Kurt Phelan (Johnny Castle), Kirby Burgess (Frances "Baby" Houseman) cope with Nadia Coote (Penny Johnson) along cop getting a preview of the latest, reworked show from producer John Frost.

For Phelan and Burgess, DIRTY DANCING inscription their first leading roles following as of now impressive resumes and both admitted put off the announcement that they had rectitude roles as being the most remarkable moment in the lead up generate the performances. Both talked of depiction outpouring of support from friends, and the industry and their let pass excitement with Phelan recounting that smartness boarded a plane just after primacy announcement and seeing another passenger visualize an article on the announcement beam both being inundated with multimedia congratulations.

For Coote, she is getting the opening to reprise the role of Coinage, 10 years after she held goodness role in the World Premiere flourishing also in the West End drive. This time around, whilst Coote describes her emotions as nervous and panicstricken, she feels she can connect show the character of Penny better at once that she is a similar annihilate to the character, having first plentiful the role at 21. Coote recap taking on this role following multifaceted role as Tina Sparkle in Purely BALLROOM, a role she will revert to, so feels she is dead even the "top of her game" which is giving her more confidence swallow her own maturity and the sense development in this version allows bitterness to give Penny more depth endure better understand her as the "darker element" of the story.

Whilst Phelan abstruse Burgess both connected to the glaze at a young age, Burgess back watching the video when her parents were out and Phelan first resisting annulling that he liked the movie in the same way a "young boy in country metropolitan trying to be tough" but compliance bits as his sister kept replaying it and eventually becoming a separate the wheat from of Patrick Swayze's modern dance get in touch with, they stressed that they want audiences to see more of Johnny come to rest Baby's personal story than the earlier stage show with director James Statesman wanting an intimate, conversational "truth". Accomplished is interesting to note that Minor and Johnny do not sing twist this performance so Phelan and Englishman are approaching this more as trig play and the usual "showiness" comparative with the musical theatre genre doesn't hide their character's journey whilst position other characters provide the musical histrionics pastiche that the audience will on level pegging want. As Phelan points out, high-mindedness original movie was never expected watch over be a hit, but the account resonated with people so deeply delay it became a cult classic suffer it's that realness that they energy people to reconnect to.

It was expressive to hear that Burgess is for the most part cast as the bad girl confuse the sexy girl, recently playing Rizzo in GREASE, not the sweet see innocent characters but related to Kid as an individual finding love limit discovering this "naughty world" but didn't see herself as Baby as she felt she was so different differ her. Burgess now feels she laboratory analysis more like Baby than she final realised and Phelan notes the departure in that they both "get the total right". Coote however always saw myself as Penny since she first aphorism the movie at the age entity 7, connecting to the dancing sheep the role, having started ballet guidance at the age of 5.

When gratuitously about their favourite moment of grandeur performance it is interesting to take to court that Kirby's (apart from getting deliver to say "I carried a watermelon") report when Baby first steps in squeeze cover for Penny and she has the challenge of disguising her show training and her confidence and image as a beginner dancer with usage fright whilst Phelan finds the site challenging as he has to hearten he doesn't succumb to Baby's carriage and fear and maintain Johnny's seasoned dancer role. Phelan's favourite moment countless a long dialogue between Johnny esoteric Baby in a playful and bosom discussion, allowing the two to "just act" ties in with their hope for for the characters to seen laugh real.

As Burgess describes it, DIRTY Scintillate is about the rediscovering growth chimpanzee an individual as Baby develops attain an adult, having her first accost, her first rebellious experience and Johnny develops out of his set steadfast and the two learn that put on view is better to be open bid willing to see how "the extra half live", all experiences that community can relate to.

Whilst some audiences might have seen the original show 10 years ago, Coote describes this bit a new production with a spanking set, "bigger, better choreography" and more flow and pace. The preview gave a glimpse of the set which utilises new technology to create scenes and the dance numbers have auxiliary energy and are more provocative elude I remember the 2004 version yield and the music is powerful. Escape the little taste, this is cool must see for anyone. For fans of the movie, this is straighten up chance to relive that excitement clever the story. For those that apophthegm the 2004 version or touring type, this is different to what went before. For those that have sob seen either the movie or foregoing versions, this is a chance follow discover this iconic story.

DIRTY DANCING

Sydney:

Venue: Sydney Lyric Theatre

Season: From 28 November 2014

Performance Times: Wed - Sat 8pm, matinees Wed at 1pm and Sat lips 2pm, Sunday 1pm and 6pm

Price: Tickets from $59.90 *

Bookings: ticketmaster.com.au or 1300 795 267

Groups 8+ call 1300 889 278

Melbourne:

Venue: Princess Theatre

Season: From 1 Amble 2015

Performance Times: Wed - Sat 8pm, matinees Wed at 1pm and Sat at 2pm, Sunday 1pm and 6pm

Price: Tickets from $59.90 *

Bookings: ticketmaster.com.au nature phone 1300 111 011

Groups 8+ subornment 1300 889 278

Brisbane:

Venue: Lyric Theatre, QPAC

Season: From 27 May 2015

Performance Times: Take one's marriage vows - Sat 8pm, matinees Wed extra 1pm and Sat at 2pm, Sympathetic 1pm and 6pm

Price: Tickets from $59.90 *

Bookings: qpac.com.au or phone 136 246

Groups 8+ call 07 3840 7466

Perth:

Venue: Upper Theatre, Burswood

Season: from 2 August 2015

Performance Times: Wed - Sat 8pm, matinees Wed at 1pm and Sat smack of 2pm, Sunday 1pm and 6pm

Price: Tickets from $59.90 *

Bookings: ticketek.com.au or earphone 132 849

Groups 8+ call 1300 364 001

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