LFO's 1999 single "Summer Girls" name-checks "Alex P. Keaton" alongside other 1980s cultural references such as Footloose, Home Alone, (which was released in 1990) and New Edition's song "Candy Girl".
He has also has done musicals such as Footloose replacing Måns Zelmerlöw and he has also done Buddy Holly.
The events of the 1984 film Footloose were inspired by a dancing ban in the heavily Southern Baptist town of Elmore City, Oklahoma which lasted until 1980.
The collection also features Moving Pictures' 1984 contribution to the Footloose soundtrack, "Never," written by lyricist Dean Pitchford and composer Michael Gore.
Between 2007 and 2008 alone, King had four of his adaptations staged, all in Monterrey, Mexico: the Mexican premieres of Sweeney Todd, Footloose and Roméo et Juliette, de la Haine à l'Amour and the new Mexican productions of The Scarlet Pimpernel and RENT.
Aitken, Bill, Footloose in the Himalaya, Delhi, Permanent Black, 2003.
The show is presented as an original musical which features parodies of the early 1980s breakdancing craze, MTV, the movies Saturday Night Fever, Flashdance, and Footloose, and a number of popular top 40 hit songs of the early 1980s.
Josh Warren (born December 14, 1979) is an American actor, best known for starring in the Atom TV series M'Larky, as well as his role as Rich in the Footloose remake.
She played the role of Ariel Moore in Footloose at London's Novello Theatre until May 2006, and in the 2006/2007 season played Peron's Mistress to critical acclaim in a London revival of Evita at the Adelphi Theatre on West End.
Based on the 1984 movie, Footloose, it involved the performance of a range of songs from the period, including Footloose, Let's Hear It for the Boy and Holding Out for a Hero.
Recent productions in the school include High School Musical, Footloose and Little Shop of Horrors.
The school is noted for it's many musicals and plays including You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Footloose, Hair, The Wedding Singer and Jesus Christ Superstar,Tough, Daddy's Home, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, Of Mice and Men and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
Deborah Lurie is an American composer, producer and string arranger, well known for her musical work on Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, Dear John, 9, and the remake of Footloose.
Theatre credits include "By the Way, Meet Vera Stark," “Cactus Flower,” “Stormy Weather”, “Kiss Me, Kate”, “West Side Story,” “Oklahoma!,” “Follies,” “Footloose,” “Two Gentlemen of Verona,” “Ragtime,” “Sweet Charity” and “Children of Eden.”
Totally Awesome directly parodies a number of 1980s movies, including Dirty Dancing, Soul Man, Footloose, Some Kind of Wonderful, Sixteen Candles, Teen Wolf, Better Off Dead, Lucas, Pretty in Pink, and The Karate Kid.