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Dirty Dancing North American Tour Announces Third Year

The tour will launch its third year of its tour at the Orpheum Theatre in Memphis.

Bethany Rickwald

Bethany Rickwald

| Memphis | Miami | Phoenix | Pittsburgh | St. Louis |

May 11, 2016

Rachel Boone as Baby and Christopher Tierney as Johnny in Dirty Dancing.
Rachel Boone as Baby and Christopher Tierney as Johnny in Dirty Dancing.
(© Matthew Murphy)

Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage has announced that it will launch the third year of its North American tour at the Orpheum Theatre in Memphis, Tennessee, from September 13-18. The stage adaptation will then continue on to play over 30 markets in North America.

The tour will play first-time engagements in Miami, Salt Lake City, and Phoenix as well as return engagements in Pittsburgh, Charlotte, and St. Louis. Additional cities will be announced in the coming months.

Dirty Dancing features a book by Eleanor Bergstein. The North American tour is directed by James Powell with choreography by Michele Lynch based on the original choreography by Kate Champion. The creative team also includes Stephen Brimson Lewis (set design), Tim Mitchell (lighting design), Jennifer Irwin (costume design), Bobby Aitken (sound design), Jon Driscoll (video and projection design), Bernie Ardia (hair design), Conrad Helfrich (music supervisor and orchestrations), and Alan Plado (music director).

For more information about the tour, click here.

For tickets to the tour's third year kickoff in Memphis, click here.

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