Dirty Dancing: the musical closes Fisher run Oct. 18

DETROIT. Dirty Dancing: The Musical runs at the Fisher Theatre through Oct. 18. Annalese Starzec plays Baby and Blake Zelesnikar plays Johnny, with direction by two-time Emmy winner Lonny Price and choreography by Darrell Grand Moultrie.
Three local names are in the cast: Garden City native and Wayne State grad Jason Richards, University of Michigan alum Marcus Byers Jr., and Alan D. Knight of St. John, a Western Michigan grad serving as production stage manager.
The tour comes ahead of an eight-month Broadway run starting February 2027, timed to the 1987 film's 40th anniversary. Tickets are at us.atgtickets.com/detroit.
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