Save The Last Dance For Me (musical)
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Save The Last Dance For Me is a jukebox musical written by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran. It primarily uses songs from the 1960s written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman such as A Teenager in Love, Sweets For My Sweet, Little Sister, Viva Las Vegas, Can't Get Used to Losing You and the title song Save The Last Dance For Me.[1] It opened at the Churchill Theatre Bromley on 9 January 2012 before embarking on a nationwide tour. A spin-off production from Dreamboats and Petticoats,[2] it reunited the writing team with producer Bill Kenwright and director Keith Strachan.[3] The choreography was by Olivier Award winner, Bill Deamer.[4] As was the case in Dreamboats and Petticoats, all of the music was played live by the actors on stage.[5] A new production has been announced, due to open April 2016 at Windsor Theatre Royal, before touring the UK again.[6]
Save The Last Dance For Me | |
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![]() Official CD featuring music from the show. Cover shows Jason Denton as Curtis and Megan Jones as Marie. | |
Music | Mort Shuman & others |
Lyrics | Doc Pomus & others |
Book | Laurence Marks & Maurice Gran |
Premiere | January 9th, 2012: Churchill Theatre |
Productions | 2012 UK Tour 2013 UK Tour 2016 UK Tour |