Saturday Night Fever
Broadway Musical
Previews September 28 1999
Opened
October 21 1999
Closed December 30 2000
Run 27 previews | 501 performances
Running Time 2 hrs 40 mins | 1
intermission
Tickets $30 to $80
Prices do not include any taxes,
service charges or other charges
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Creative Nan
Knighton, Arlene Phillips, Paul Nicholas & Robert Stigwood adaptation
| Arlene Phillips director & choreographer
Cast James Carpinello | Paige Price |
Orfeh | Paul Castree | Sean Palmer | Andy Blankenbuehler | Richard H
Blake | Bryan Batt
Review I didn't like Saturday
Night Fever the movie. As a Brooklyn teenager who did a lot of
hanging out in the movie's Bay Ridge setting it seemed to me that
the creators took our 60s attitude and simply overlaid it with a 70s
disco soundtrack. Travolta was pretty good, but we were doing Tony
Manero's bop along 86th Street years before. The movie seemed dated
The musical version doesn't fare much
better. If nothing else but through 20 years of repetition I know
most of the songs; as background in the movie to set the tone they
were fine, as used on stage they do nothing to move the story along
(Hey! Stop the show, let's do a song. Okay, back to the show). Disco
hasn't traveled very well over the years. Sure, there's a
mini-resurgence here and there, but disco is something most people
don't want to admit to liking. If you're looking to capture the 70s
feeling give this soundtrack a pass and pick up the original. After
the $14 million dollars in advance sales run out I doubt if Fever
will show any long-running legs among tourist with teen kids, which
have become a vital part of Broadway's life
Back to the attitude. Travolta had
it. Mr Carpinello, name ending in a vowel notwithstanding, doesn't
know what is was (and still is) to be a Brooklyn Italian. The most
attitude in the show is on the curtain, Tony Manero's
finger-pointing silhouette. You remember how to do it
Bottom Line This Saturday
night pull out that old leisure suit, plop the LP on the turntable,
create your own fever and save a couple of hundred bucks. Just don't
let your kids see you
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