DANCE
BY RACHAEL CARNES
NO ONE PUTS BABY
IN THE CORNER
JENNIFER MEALANI JONES,
BRONWYN REED AND
CHRISTOPHER TIERNEY IN
DIRTY DANCING: THE MUSICAL!
Dirty Dancing: The Musical! Hits the Hult
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hat a great and glorious world we live in,
when deliciously guilty pleasures from the
’80s are rehashed for the stage: Johnny and
Baby are back, and now they’re singing and
dancing? Yes, please!
The Theater League presents Dirty Dancing 7:30 pm
Tuesday through Thursday, Feb. 28-March 2, at the Hult.
We recently caught up with one of the show’s stars,
Jennifer Mealani Jones, who plays “Penny,” the sassy
dance instructor with a heart of gold. Jones says stepping
into the role in the iconic story has been surreal.
“When I first got the part, I was still in college and my
friends all teased me,” Jones says. “They said, ‘All you
ever wanted to do is be in the movie Dirty Dancing!’”
Jones’ character, Penny, has some big dancing shoes to
fill.
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“She’s a powerhouse, a badass woman,” Jones says.
“And she also lives through controversy. There’s a lot of
work that goes into doing the role justice.”
Penny comes from a rough background, and she’s made
some poor decisions. It’s Penny’s unplanned pregnancy
that drives the narrative and gives Baby her own dancing
shoes.
“She used to be a Rockette, but she started dating the
wrong guy,” Jones says of Penny’s character. “Still, she’s
powerful and fun, and it’s a joy to play this regal, blond,
Hollywood-esque woman eight or nine times per week.”
Jones says she dances through the whole first act of the
show.
“It feels like I get shot out of a cannon,” she says.
She and other performers stay on top of their game by
hitting yoga classes or the gym in every town they visit.
“You do a lot outside the show when you’re not in the
show,” Jones says.
So why see the musical, when you can just reminisce
with Patrick Swayze in the film version?
“This show makes you feel like you’re inside the
movie,” Jones says. “The scenes and songs move at such a
fast-paced, exciting clip.”
So will we see the lift? I mean, will we have the time of
our lives?
“I have insider intel,” Jones says, laughing. “You might
as well get a refund on your ticket if you don’t see that lift.”
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