Okay, well maybe it is more like off Broadway and not quite raining like Cats, but DDR has indeed made it to the Great White Way.

Something along the lines of a futuristic Footloose, meets Hedwig and the Angry Inch, with a sprinkling of Tommy thrown in for good measure, the stage version of Dance Dance Revolution is loosely based on the popular Konami game franchise and is set in a futuristic society where dancing is illegal. What, no dancing? Who would put up with that, certainly not the scantily clad young street toughs who populate this world and chafe at the lack of outlets for their terpsichorean tendencies. But they need a leader. Right on cue the mysterious dance prophet 'Moonbeam Funk' hits the stage, mat, platform, etc. A whole lot a Moonbeam Dance offs, spandex, and musical happenings ensue, and oh yes, Revolution.

Presented by the New York-based Les Freres Corbusier repretory theater, unfortunately this production is currently limited to NYC. I've been threatening to take up theater going in my old age, no, really. If this production, or some of the others under Les Freres' banner--see some of the totally off-the-wall productions they've done at their site--ever goes out on the road I might just be tempted to follow through on that threat. Also, gaming is such a follow the leader/dollar industry that I wonder what could be next: God of War 4: The Opera? Gears of War Dinner Theater?

--Hobson's Choice

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