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Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: Dirty Dancing: The Musical Is Coming to Broadway, and Will Be Directed by One of the Film’s Stars · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: There's been multiple musical adaptations of beloved movies over the
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  Speaker 2: years that have hit Broadway, but this one might be
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  Speaker 2: the most organic to date. Dirty Dancing.
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  Speaker 3: Yep, it is official. The iconic film's musical starring Patrick
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  Speaker 3: Swayze and Jennifer Grey that conquered movie theaters in the
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  Speaker 3: summer of 1987 is finally getting a home on Broadway
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  Speaker 3: after a successful North American tour. And I love that
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  Speaker 3: one of the original cast from the movie... will be
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  Speaker 3: running the show.
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  Speaker 4: Lonnie Price, who played Neil Kellerman in the movie, basically
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  Speaker 4: the nerdy grandson of the resort owner who loses out
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  Speaker 4: on winning Baby's Heart, is directing the musical.
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  Speaker 2: After starring in Dirty Dancing, Lonnie went on to have
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  Speaker 2: a very successful career as a stage and TV director,
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  Speaker 2: picking up two Tony nominations and winning two Emmys, so
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  Speaker 2: good fit.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, he's definitely familiar with the source material.
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  Speaker 2: Dirty Dancing the musical will make its debut at the
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  Speaker 2: Lena Horne Theater on Broadway February 12th.
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  Speaker 1: That's Direct from Hollywood.