The run closed October 21, 1989
- Opened
- October 19, 1989
- Closed
- October 21, 1989
- Performances
- 4
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Nederlander Theatre
Of the 465 productions we hold that opened in the 1980s and record a performance count, this is the 416th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Who was in it14 named
Richard Amaro
Adrienne Hurd Sharlein
Philip Jerry
Diana Laurenson
Elizabeth Mozer
Malinda Shaffer
Marc Villa
Danyelle Weaver
6 of these 14 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 8 are set from the identifier in the cast list, which is a slug of the name — so hyphens and full stops are lost and a few come out wrong. We hold nothing else about them. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.
Creative team
- Director
- Graciela Daniele
- Choreographer
- Graciela Daniele
A producer is one string on this record, however many people or companies it names. Directors and choreographers are held both as text and as identifiers; where an identifier exists the name links to a page.
Tony Awardscategories not held
0 wins from 2 nominations. Which categories is not on this record.
Around this production
The show featured the music of Argentine tango master Astor Piazzolla and was directed and choreographed by Graciela Daniele. Despite stunning dance sequences, it closed after just 4 performances, losing its investment.
DANGEROUS GAMES October 19, 1989 Nederlander Theatre * 4 performances Show Tunes the Songs Shows and Careers of Broadway S Suskin Steven Suskin Steven, p. 399
- Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games (no, the show wasn’t a farrago that blended Flatley’s Irish reels with the Argentine tangos of Graciela Daniele’s 1989 Broadway dance musical Dangerous Games) The Complete Book of 1990s Broadway Musicals Dan Dietz Paxton Mcnallie 2016 Rowm, p. 270
- the current engagement was the show’s first Broadway visit in almost fifteen years, and in many respects the original production could take credit for inspiring a series of Spanish- and Latin-American-styled dance revues that were produced in New York throughout the era, including Flamenco Puro, the Oba Oba series, Gyp… The Complete Book of 1990s Broadway Musicals Dan Dietz Paxton Mcnallie 2016 Rowm, p. 389
- Consider, for example, BigDeal (Bob Fosse, 1986), Dangerous Games (Graciela Daniele, 1989), Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Daniele, 1995), Contact (Stroman, 2000), Movin’ Out (Twyla Tharp, 2003), and The Times They Are A-Changin’ (Tharp, 2007). Cambridge Companion To the Musical Cambridge Companions To Music the the Cambrid, p. 386
- PEREZ, LUIS. Born July 28, 1959 in Atlanta, GA. With Jeffrey Ballet before 1986 Bdwy debut in Brigadoon followed by Phantom of the Opera, Jerome Bobbin’s Broadway, Dangerous Games, Grand Hotel, Man of La Mancha (1992), OB in The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit, Tango Apassionado. Theatre World 1991 1992 Season V 48 Willis, p. 297
- MITCHELL, GREGORY Born Dec. 9, 1951 in Brooklyn, NY. Graduate Juilliard. Bdwy debut in Merlin (1983) followed by Song and Dance, Phantom of the Opera, Dangerous Games, Aspects of Love, Man of La Mancha (1992), Kiss of the Spider Woman, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Steel Pier, Chicago, OB in Kicks (1961), One More Son… Theatre World 1998 99 Season V 55 Willis, p. 242
Passages naming this production, found by keyword across 178 books. Where it turns up in the literature, not curated notes about it.
What this page does not know
- No photograph of this staging. 48 of 13,459 productions hold one.
- No character names. We can say who was in the company and not who they played.
- No recording is held for Dangerous Games at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.