{"id":69539,"date":"2016-03-10T08:31:30","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T14:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/?p=69539"},"modified":"2016-03-10T08:31:30","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T14:31:30","slug":"flashdance-the-musical-now-live-on-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2016\/03\/flashdance-the-musical-now-live-on-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"FLASHDANCE \u2013 THE MUSICAL now live on stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">ALL NEW TOUR MAKES ITS MISSISSIPPI DELTA PREMIERE AT BOLOGNA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER MARCH 18<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">FLASHDANCE \u2013 THE MUSICAL, the stage adaptation of the 1983 hit film that defined a generation, will perform at the Bologna Performing Arts Center March 18 at 7:30 p.m. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Tickets are now on sale, and prices range from $35-$65, with discounts available for groups of 10 or more. Tickets are available at the BPAC\u00a0box office, open Monday-Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., by calling 662-846-4626, or\u00a0online at <span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bolognapac.com\/\">www.bolognapac.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>With electrifying dance at its core, FLASHDANCE tells the inspiring and unforgettable story of Alex Owens, a Pittsburgh steel mill welder by day and a bar dancer by night. Owens dreams of one day becoming a professional performer. When romance with her steel mill boss threatens to complicate her ambitions, she\u00a0learns the meaning of love and its power to fuel the pursuit of her dream.<\/p>\n<p>The original Paramount Pictures film was a worldwide smash hit that became a pop culture phenomenon, grossing over $150 million and featuring a Grammy Award-winning soundtrack. The performance\u00a0features a score including the hit songs from the movie, all of which became Top 10\u00a0hits on the radio around the world. Songs include the Academy Award-winning title song \u201cFlashdance \u2013 What a Feeling,\u201d \u201cManiac,\u201d \u201cGloria,\u201d \u201cManhunt,\u201d and \u201cI Love Rock \u2018N\u2019 Roll.\u201d In addition to these hits, 16 new songs have been written for the stage with music by Robbie Roth and lyrics by Robert Cary and Roth. FLASHDANCE features a book by Cary and Tom Hedley, co-writer of the original screenplay with Joe Eszterhas.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit\u00a0online at <span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bolognapac.com\/\">www.bolognapac.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALL NEW TOUR MAKES ITS MISSISSIPPI DELTA PREMIERE AT BOLOGNA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER MARCH 18 FLASHDANCE \u2013 THE MUSICAL, the stage adaptation of the 1983 hit film that defined a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":69540,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,418],"tags":[33,1205,1501],"class_list":["post-69539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bologna-performing-arts-center","category-community-3","tag-bpac","tag-dance","tag-flashdance"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69539"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69544,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69539\/revisions\/69544"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}