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03
June 2006
Patrick
Swayze To Make West End
Debut
Dirty
Dancing star
Patrick
Swayze
is to make his West End
debut in the musical
Guys and
Dolls.
The
actor, who is also a
trained dancer, will
play the part of Nathan
Detroit, which was made
famous by Frank Sinatra
in the 1955
film.
Patrick
Swayze, 53, will join
the cast at London's
Piccadilly Theatre for
eight weeks from 10 July
2006.
A
West End version of
Dirty Dancing will also
launch this year - but
Swayze will not be
appearing.
Patrick
Swayze started his
career on stage and his
big break was playing
Danny Zuko in a Broadway
production of
Grease.
He
is best known for his
roles in the films Ghost
and Dirty Dancing but
returned to musical
theatre in 2003 when he
joined the Broadway cast
of Chicago.
Michael
Grandage's revival of
Guys and Dolls opened in
London last year,
starring Ewan McGregor
and Ally McBeal actress
Jane Krakowski, and
recently extended by its
run to December
2006.
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