'Dirty Dancing' TV Remake Casts Actor for Patrick Swayze Role

Feb 25, 2016, 05:41
'Dirty Dancing' TV Remake Casts Actor for Patrick Swayze Role

Jessica Sharzer wrote the adaptation for "Dirty Dancing" and Wayne Blair will direct. Choreography is by "Hamilton's" Andy Blankenbuehler, and Steven Altman serves as production designer. This'll just be a regular filmed production, by the way, not one of the increasingly popular live TV musicals.

Colt Prattes has landed the role of Johnny in the Lionsgate and ABC Dirty Dancing remake, TVGuide.com has learned.

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Looks like newcomer Colt Prattes will be filling in Patrick Swayze's dancing shoes.

Prattes was in P!nk's music video "Try", and also performed with the singer at the 2014 Grammy Awards and American Music Awards. He has also been featured in Broadway productions of West Side Story, How To Succeed In Business, and A Chorus Line.

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He joins Abigail Breslin and Debra Messing, who take on the roles of Baby and Marjorie Houseman, respectively. Our report from last month revealed that ABC will likely give this special the green light once Johnny Castle was cast, so we may get an official announcement soon, now that Colt Prattes has come aboard.

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The film's plot focuses on Baby, who is on vacation at a Catskills resort with her family when she falls for the camp's dance teacher.

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