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We also have 'I Love Rock 'n' Roll' and 'Gloria' to get things going. Robbie Roth’s re-working of the song definitely works. After Alex’s mother dies, there’s a great sequence, with dancers dressed in black performing in a macabre, zombie-like manner, with a rather sinister version of 'Maniac' thrown in, quite different from the original. Or even show some artistic licence and really speed things up, go a bit wild! If there was ever a song for a girl to go crazy to, it’s 'Maniac'. It would have been exciting to see more of the fast moves in the original film. She’s meant to be ‘dancing like she’s never danced before’. This was good but it seemed a bit tame with lots of stretching moves. The first half of the musical sets the scene and then 'Maniac', one of the songs the Flashdance phenomenon is famous for, plays. ‘The kind of moves I do you don’t learn in class.’ Able to act the tomboy in her overalls yet toned enough to strip off to deliver her scantily clad dance moves, she looks the part. Victoria Hamilton-Barrit is well cast as the lead, the tough yet feminine welder Alex Owens.
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It’s a cheerful adaptation of the movie but you do find yourself the whole way through waiting to hear the songs that you actually know. She is now working on her autobiography, due to be published in the near future, in which all will be revealed.įlashdance – The Musical brings together all the songs you remember and a lot more you’ve never heard of. The film was a box office success but a disappointed Marder only pocketed a paltry $2300. For wannabes everywhere 'Flashdance – What a Feeling' was the song that dance dreams were made of.īased on the true story of Maureen Marder, a construction worker by day and a dancer in a Toronto club by night, who aspires to get a place in a prestigious dance school, the movie went on to gross $150 million worldwide. Like Fame and Footloose, the music is what made the movie memorable. For those of you old enough to remember, Flashdance was one of those pivotal 80s films with a soundtrack that you would never forget.