 ABC's "Dirty Dancing" remake previews first-look pics April 7, 2017 - 11:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - ABC's "Dirty Dancing (2017)" remake has been previewed in a bunch of first-look photos. They feature Abigail Breslin and Colt Prattes who play Frances "Baby" Houseman and Kellerman dance instructor Johnny Castle, respectively, AceShowbiz said. The two dance on stage and near a fireplace, and recreate the iconic lift in the water in some of the images. There are also looks at Sarah Hyland as Lisa Houseman, Debra Messing as Marjorie Houseman, Katey Sagal as Vivian Pressman and Nicole Scherzinger as Penny Johnson. Based on the 1987 movie starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey, "Dirty Dancing" centers on Frances "Baby" Houseman, who, while vacationing with her family in the Catskills Mountains, falls in love with the camp's dance instructor Johnny Castle. The TV movie will feature songs from the original "Dirty Dancing" as well as additional musical performances. Directed by Wayne Blair and choreographed by Andy Blankenbuehler ("Hamilton"), it has Allison Shearmur and Eleanor Bergstein, who wrote the original film screenplay, on board as executive producers. The three-hour film will air Wednesday, May 24 at 8 P.M. ET on ABC.   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity  The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization.Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |
