#BEE GEES SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER DANCE STEPS MOVIE#
If all you want is to do is dance, you’re better off watching a ‘70s showband at a hotel bar.īut if you’re a big fan of the movie in its dramatic entirety, you will be pleased by the way it was magically transported to the stage. In short, this isn’t a retro, feel-good musical like “Mamma Mia” or Travolta’s “Grease.”Īnd that could be troublesome for a musical that has been hyped solely as a nostalgic trip to the heady days of disco. The movie – and musical – also tackles ‘70s-era sexual promiscuity, abortion and racial violence. For Tony, a 19-year-old dropout working at a paint store – as well as for many Americans - disco offered an escape from his dreary family life: his father is out of the job and his brother has decided to leave the priesthood. And it must be stressed that John Badham’s movie is set against a backdrop of a period in American history marked by economic malaise and a growing hopelessness.
The musical is actually a near word-for-word adaptation of the popular 1977 movie that turned John Travolta into a global superstar. MANILA – The announcement took the cast by surprise.Īmid a deserved standing ovation at curtain call during the opening night of “Saturday Night Fever” at The Theatre of Solaire Resort and Casino last July 3, an executive from the Robert Stigwood Organization announced that this particular production will be touring Australia and China, in addition to the previously reported Malaysia and Singapore runs.īroadway actor Brandon Rubendall, who was cast in New York City to play the lead role of Tony Manero for director Bobby Garcia’s staging of this 1998 stage musical, and the rest of the largely Filipino actors were obviously ecstatic by the announcement - the ultimate stamp of approval for a risky, R-rated production. Brandon Rubendall (center) leads the cast of “Saturday Night Fever.” Photo from the Facebook page of ATEG
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