Dirty Dancing stepping into CN Centre

Dirty Dancing is waltzing into Prince George this spring. For one night only, the box office movie smash will be on the CN Centre stage in a live musical theatre production that has already toured about a dozen countries around the world to audiences numbering in the hundreds of thousands.

Prince George, a hotbed of musical theatre talent, gets its chance to see this pop culture favourite on May 6.

Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage is driven by a pulsing soundtrack of more than 30 fan-favourite songs. Many are selected from the dance culture of the 1960s by greats like The Drifters, Marvin Gaye, Mickey & Sylvia, Otis Redding, and many more.

There are also those modern tunes that blew the roof off the pop charts when Dirty Dancing first came out on film and redefined the modern musical. I Had The Time Of My Life and Hungry Eyes became cultural standards still beloved today and they are original to the Dirty Dancing phenomenon.

A live cast of talented “triple threat” performers will sing, dance and act out the tale of Baby Houseman who just can’t seem to enjoy her family vacation to a Catskill Mountains retreat until she happens to meet Johnny Castle, the resort’s dance instructor. Together they teach each other what dance can really accomplish when the music is hot and the hearts are strong.

This touring event is a production in partnership between Quatro Entertainment, Lions Gate Entertainment, and TN Touring.

Tickets to see Dirty Dancing go on sale Friday at the CN Centre box office or online at www.ticketsnorth.ca.