Word: dancin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...show was an overwhelming success from the start. Scheduled now to run until November 7, Dancin' in the Street! very conceivably could continue longer. The swarms of college students who invade Greater Boston during the winter were just checking out as the Next Move began to heat up. Producers expect these students to pack many of the performances this fall. But don't wait another weekend to see Dancin' in the Street! That will give you plenty of time to see the show again...
...where the original artists of these great moments in American music history seem to have faltered, the cast of Dancin' in the Street! excels stunningly: the energy and movement is infectious, reminiscent of the days when the enthusiasm of Motown audiences was an integral part of the show. Cast members say that what buoys them nightly, as they continue at a break-neck, eight-shows-a-week pace, is the excitement shown by the audience...
...addition to recreating Motown fervor. Dancin' in the Street! supplements it. Comments by the dancers like "I ain't goin' nowhere!" and "Oh my goodness. I can't stand it no more" verbalize the sentiments of all who have suppressed joyous emotions when hearing Diana Ross and Smokey Robinson grab for our hearts through...woofers and tweeters. The "My Guy/My Girl" duet performed by Edna Davis and Lewis Robinson similarly brings to fruition a fantasy: the blending of the two songs which epitomize utter faithfulness...
UNDYING LOVE for the music is what makes Dancin' in the Street! click. The fidelity comes through in the energy expended on stage, and in the banter sprinkled throughout. It also comes through in the audience where adults often shirk their best theater behavior to shake it in their seats...
...sandwich or a cold beer and wait an hour till the sandwich settled and then we'd take another shot at it. Lucky for us, we came up with a pretty good mood cut it and came up with a smash." The humble beginnings of Dancin' in the Street! mirror this. And, lucky for us, the producers of this show came up with a smash. Oh, please, Darcel. Everett and the rest, don't go nowhere until I can see you a third and fourth time...