Broadway musical, ‘Footloose’ brings an assortment of music

In 1984, a movie called “Footloose” captured the heart of America and made it beat to the music of a solid-gold soundtrack. “Let’s Hear it for the Boy,” “Holding out for a Hero,” “Almost Paradise” and the title song “Footloose,” went from gold to platinum to multi-platinum in record time.

“Footloose’s” score is a collaboration from music greats: Kenny Loggins, Sammy Hagar, Eric Carment, Jim Steinman, as well as Academy, Golden Globe and two-time Grammy Award winner Dean Pitchford (writer and lyricist), and two-time Academy and Grammy Award nominee Tom Snow (composer).

Pitchford and Snow collaborated on all new songs for the stage production.

A musical with exhilarating music and dance, “Footloose” is the sturdy tale of teenage rebellion and the struggle to overcome well-intentioned, but misguided oppression juxtaposed against the theme of coming to terms with a loss – a boy’s loss of his father and a man’s loss of his son.

The Broadway musical “Footloose” tells the story of Ren McCormack, a teenage boy from Chicago who moves to the rural town of Bomont with his mother after his father leaves them.

Ren is seen as a rebel and a troublemaker and has a hard time fitting in.

Bomont is a typical small town, but for one thing: a legal ban on dancing.

After the Rev. Moore’s son Bobby was killed in a car accident – brought on by a night of drinking and dancing – he led a successful campaign to ban dancing in the town.

When Ren tries to get the law overturned, he butts heads with the Reverend, who is determined to keep the town and its laws exactly the way they are.

The Capitol Arts Alliance will present Big League Theatrical’s production of “Footloose,” the Broadway musical based on the popular movie Mon., April 2 at 8 p.m. at the Ellen Eccles Theatre, 43 South Main, Logan.

The cost is $28, $25 and $22. Tickets are available at the Ellen Eccles Box Office at 43 South Main, or by calling 435-752-0026.