Saturday Night Fever (Musical)

  • Tony Manero
  • Stephanie Mangano
  • Annette
  • Joey
  • Double J
  • Gus
  • Bobby C
  • Monty
  • Frank Manero
  • Flo Manero
  • Frank Manero Jr.
  • Linda Manero
  • Cesar
  • Mary
  • Chester
  • Shirley
  • Doreen
  • Connie
  • Jay
  • Mr. Fusco

Saturday Night Fever is a musical based on the film Saturday Night Fever in 1977 and the music of the Bee Gees. Premiere had on 5 May 1998 at the London Palladium in London. On Broadway, the musical had its premiere on 21 October 1999 at the Minskoff Theatre. And yet before the Germany premiere was on 11 September 1999 at the Musical Dome in Cologne, where it ran until 30 June 2002. The German production saw in the nearly three years in the Cologne Musical Dome over a million viewers. Thereafter, production was still playing in several other German cities.

Action

Act I

The 19 -year-old Tony Manero works in Brooklyn in the paint shop of Mr. Fusco. He lives from day to day and just waiting for the Saturday night, when he goes into his disco 2001 Odyssey to dance there and meet up with his friends. The petty bourgeoisie of his strict Catholic parents house depressed him and it comes to constantly bickering.

When he again meets in the disco with his friends Joey, Double J, Gus and Bobby C, he agrees to participate with Annette at the annual, large universal Disco Dance Competition. That evening he sees on the dance floor for the first time Stephanie Mangano and falls in love with her.

When training with Annette Tony meets Stephanie again, which has just moved to Manhattan and has thus managed to climb the social ladder in his eyes. He wants to participate only with her at the dance competition. As the girlfriend of Bobby C from him is pregnant, Bobby C feels so overwhelmed and seeks advice from his friends. However, these are annoyed by him and not hear him correctly. Bobby C is desperate and feels left alone.

Second Act

Tony wants to help Stephanie with her ​​move to Manhattan and therefore asks his boss for a day off. When he denied that, Tony quit his job. At the dance competition win Tony and Stephanie, but Tony has the feeling that another couple has danced better and did not win just because of his Puerto Rican descent. Then he gives the two the trophy and the prize money, led to an argument with Stephanie arises.

Later that night, gymnastics he and his friends despite a thunderstorm still hyped up on a bridge around. Bobby C wants to prove to others that he is not a coward and climbs ever higher on one of the steel cables. He plunges to death.

The morning after the sad and disillusioned Tony meets Stephanie again and tells her that he wants to pull even after Manhattan. Both promise to stay from now on good friends.

Music

Act I

  • Overture
  • Stayin 'Alive
  • Boogie Shoes
  • Disco Inferno
  • Night Fever
  • Disco Duck
  • More Than a Woman
  • If I Can not Have You
  • It's My Neighbourhood
  • You Should Be Dancing

Second Act

  • Jive Talkin '
  • First and Last
  • Tragedy
  • What Kind of Fool
  • Nights on Broadway
  • Night Fever (Reprise)
  • Open Sesame
  • More Than a Woman
  • Salsa Transportation
  • Immortality
  • How Deep Is Your Love
  • Final

In later productions, in part, the order of the title has been changed or added new titles. But the basic design of the original production, which was shown in London, New York and Cologne, always remained the same.

CDs

  • Saturday Night Fever - Original 1998 London Cast Recording
  • Saturday Night Fever - The Musical - Original soundtrack to the show at the Musical Dome Cologne ( 1999)
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