Their next production was the smash hit production of Footloose, performed at ARC Theatre in February 2012.

Past plays have included Bus Stop ( 2005 ), The Miracle Worker ( 2006 ), A Midsummer's Night Dream ( 2007 ), Marisol ( 2008 ), An American Daughter ( 2009 ), Blithe Spirit ( 2010 ), and Crimes of the Heart ; past musicals have included Guys and Dolls ( 2004 ), Godspell ( 2005 ), Bat Boy: The Musical ( 2006 ), Little Shop of Horrors ( 2007 ), Footloose ( 2008 ), Starmites ( 2009 ), Chicago ( 2010 ), They're Playing Our Song ( 2011 ), and You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown ( 2012 ).

John has put on several notable productions including " TOMMY " ( 2002 ) " Into the Woods "( 2005 ), and " Bat Boy ( 2008 ), while Carly Evans, current drama director has put on musicals such as " Pippin " ( 2006 ) " Kiss Me Kate " ( 2007 ), " West Side Story " ( 2010 ), and " Footloose " ( 2012 ).

Recent performances have included FAME ( 2002 ), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying ( 2003 ), Once Upon a Mattress ( 2004 ), Grease ( 2005 ), The Sound of Music ( 2006 ), The Wizard of Oz ( 2007 ), Footloose ( 2008 ), Crazy For You ( 2009 ), The Music Man ( 2010 ), Peter Pan ( 2011 ), and Back to the 80s ( 2012 ).

Bolstered by the attention garnered by his performance in Diner, Bacon starred in the 1984 box-office smash Footloose.

The lyrics had been written by Dean Pitchford, prolific writer of Fame, screenwriter of — and sole or joint lyricist of every song in the soundtrack of — the original 1984 film Footloose, and lyricist of the Solid Gold theme, and the music had been composed by Bill Goldstein, whose versatile career included the original music for NBC's Fame TV series.

Written by Dean Pitchford ( whose other output includes Fame, Footloose, Sing, Solid Gold and the musical Carrie ), this was the combined narration / theme from the movie The Legend of the Lone Ranger ... which was a box-office flop.

The soundtrack for the 1984 film Footloose included the song " Holding Out for a Hero ", performed by Bonnie Tyler.

** Zac Brown, Wyatt Durrette, Drew Pearson and Anne Preven for Where The River Goes ( from Footloose, performed by Zac Brown )

This was followed in 2003 by the single " Me and Giuliani Down By the School Yard ", a lengthy track combining house beats with sinewy basslines, psychedelic guitars, and simple lyrics which quote the title song of the musical Footloose.

He also wrote " Almost Paradise " ( performed by Mike Reno and Ann Wilson for Footloose, 1984 ), as well as songs that were made major hits by Shaun Cassidy.

Footloose is a 1984 American musical-drama film directed by Herbert Ross.

Footloose featured an early film appearance by Sarah Jessica Parker, as Ariel's friend Rusty, for which she received a Best Young Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Musical, Comedy, Adventure or Drama nomination at the Sixth Annual Youth in Film Awards.

Fox and Helen Slater, produced and directed by Herbert Ross ( best known for Footloose ).

The movie's ballad-narration, The Man In The Mask, was composed by Dean Pitchford of Footloose and Sing fame.

* " Footloose " by Kenny Loggins – Footloose

After starring as Ariel Moore, the female lead in Footloose, she starred in a number of other movies, including The Falcon and the Snowman ( directed by John Schlesinger and starring Sean Penn ), and The Man with One Red Shoe ( with Tom Hanks ).

There had been a small sprinkling of songs from the 80's added such as " Footloose " by Kenny Loggins and " The Way It Is " by Bruce Hornsby & the Range as well as some Billy Joel songs.

* Footloose Musical, ComedyBased on the film by Paramount Pictures October 22, 1998-July 2, 2000

Morrison's career began when he made his musical theatre debut on Broadway in the musical version of Footloose, followed by a revival of The Rocky Horror Show in 2002.

Richard Corliss of TIME likened Footloose to the James Dean classic Rebel Without a Cause and the old Mickey Rooney / Judy Garland musicals, commenting that the film includes " motifs on book burning, mid-life crisis, AWOL parents, fatal car crashes, drug enforcement, and Bible Belt vigilantism.

** Footloose – Bill Wolfer ; Dean Pitchford ; Kenny Loggins ; Tom Snow ; Sammy Hagar ; Michael Gore ; Eric Carmen ; Jim Steinman

Dean Pitchford wrote the screenplay ( and most of the lyrics ) for Footloose, Herbert Ross directed the movie, and Paramount Pictures co-produced and distributed it.

** Footloose – Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie

** Footloose – Tom Snow ( music ), Dean Pitchford ( lyrics ), Kenny Loggins, Eric Carmen, Sammy Hagar and Jim Steinman ( music & lyrics )

Bobbie next directed the Broadway productions of the stage musical Footloose in 1998, ( he also co-wrote the book ), the Roundabout Theater production of Twentieth Century with Alec Baldwin and Anne Heche, the 2005 Sweet Charity revival with Christina Applegate, and High Fidelity in 2006.

Bacon did earn strong reviews for Footloose, and he appeared on the cover of People magazine soon after its release.

The plot of the 1984 movie, Footloose, is loosely based on events in Elmore City since dancing was banned for almost 100 years in this city.

Various citizens were featured on an anniversary edition of the Footloose DVD, recounting the events that led to the change in city code that allowed students at Elmore City High School to hold their first prom.

Anson is also the town that may or may not have been the inspiration for the movie " Footloose " and, as of 1987, still had an enforced " no dancing " law on the books that is / was only lifted for the annual Christmas dance.

Ann also sang the duet " Almost Paradise " with Mike Reno in the movie Footloose from 1984 which reached number seven on Billboard's Hot 100.

Starting in 1999 a musical version of Footloose, that features many of the same songs from the movie, has been presented on London's West End, on Broadway, and elsewhere.

Shelton recorded the title track for the " Footloose " remake film released on October 14, 2011.

Audiences first caught a glimpse of Madsen on film in a bit part she landed as Lisa in the teen sex comedy Class, along with an appearance in Kenny Loggins ' music video " I'm Free ( Heaven Helps the Man )" from the Footloose soundtrack.

She also recorded " Somebody's Eyes " for the Footloose ( 1984 ) soundtrack and " Standing Right Next To Me " on the 8 Seconds ( 1994 ) soundtrack.

In 2011, Preven was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media for her collaboration with Zac Brown Band on " Where The River Goes " from the movie " Footloose "

Four years later, after Mike Reno and Ann Wilson topped the charts ( Pop number 7 ; Adult Contemporary number one ) with the Carmen-penned ballad " Almost Paradise " ( the love theme to the film Footloose ), Eric resurfaced on Geffen Records in 1985 with a second self-titled album and a sizeable comeback hit " I Wanna Hear It From Your Lips ".

Past shows include South Pacific, Little Shop of Horrors, A Christmas Carol, Grease, Dracula, Footloose, Scheme of a Driftless Shifter, The Wizard of Oz, Anybody for Tea, Dolls, Fiddler on the Roof, and just recently, The hit Broadway musical Hairspray.

Kalodner also placed songs on soundtracks of such films as Top Gun and Footloose.

Background dancers included Perri Lister, girlfriend of Billy Idol and mother to his son, and Peter Tramm, who would go on to appear in dozens of music videos and double for Kevin Bacon in Footloose.

Recent productions have included Guys & Dolls, School of Rock, Wind in the Willows, Once on Chunuk Bair, Footloose, Romeo and Juliet, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Little Shop of Horrors.

Among them are " Ravishing ," the duet " Loving You's a Dirty Job but Somebody's Gotta Do It " ( with Todd Rundgren ) and the hit " Holding Out for a Hero ", which was previously included on the soundtrack of the movie Footloose.

The song has myriad of primarily 1980's and early 1990s cultural references, including: Cherry Coke, Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone, Alex P. Keaton, New Edition, Kevin Bacon in Footloose, New Kids on the Block, Beastie Boys, Larry Bird, William Shakespeare, Abercrombie and Fitch, Michael J Fox, Cherry Pez, " Paul Revere ", Mr. Limpet, Chinese Food, pogo sticks, Candy Girl, The Color Purple and Fun Dip.

Since Dan Tilsley took over the Drama Department in 2005, he has put on several musicals and plays including You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Footloose, Hair, The Wedding Singer and Jesus Christ Superstar Tilsley and his students have competed at the District Drama Festival, " MetFest " for the past 5 years, with plays such as 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.