''Dance With Me'' is a musical written by

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. It opened on

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on January 23, 1975, and ran at the Mayfair Theatre for 396 performances. The musical was directed and choreographed by

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. The musical is set in

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at a New York City subway station. While waiting on the platform, Honey Boy

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s about life, dating,

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, and

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in the 1950s. ''Dance With Me'' was a renamed, restaged version of ''Dance Wi’ Me'', a production by the same team which opened at the

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in June 1971. It also appeared at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in the early 1970s. The show received three 1975

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nominations and two 1975 Drama Desk Award nominations. The original Broadway cast included Annie Abbott as Tommie Sincere, Antonacci as Honey Boy (

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later took over this role), and John Bottoms as Jimmy Dick.

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played Goldie Pot, and director Joel Zwick appeared as Bulldog Allen.

Award nominations

''Dance With Me'' was nominated for the following awards: *1975

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(John Bottoms) *1975

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(Scott Johnson) *1975

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(Joel Zwick) *1975

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(Zwick) *1975

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(Johnson)

External links

* {{ibdb title, id=3721, title=Dance With Me
''Dance With Me'' on La MaMa Archives Digital Collections
1975 musicals Broadway musicals

Award nominations

Further reading

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