It's feelgood nostalgia all the way with wonderful singing and dancing - great costumes, lovely music played by a live band throughout and wonderful songs from the early 1960s by Pomus and Shuman that tell the love story betwen a young girl from Luton and a "coloured" US airman.
You may not have heard of Pomus and Shuman but together they penned lots of great songs in the 50s and 60s and almost 40 of these can be heard in this show. My favourite Elvis songs are there: "She's Not You" "His Latest Flame" and "Surrender", then there's "Teenager In Love", "Rhythm Of The Rain", "Green Onions" - too many to list in a short review.
However, there are a couple of really spine tingling sensational a-capella versions of "Sweets For My Sweet" in the first half (did Pomus & Shuman write that...? they surely did - it was originally a hit for The Drifters in 1961 before The Searchers did it in 1963...) in the first half and "Hushabye" in the second half and a great full cast versio of the title track "Save The Last Dance For Me" at the end.
If you liked Dreamboats and Petticoats, you'll like this as it is the same producers - the Bill Kenright organisation - and the same writers Laurance Marks and Maurice Gran - who also wrote Goodnight Sweethreat and Birds of a Feather.
"Save The Last Dance For Me" runs at the Blackpool Grand Theatre until Saturday 23rd June. To book, call the box office on 10253 290190 or visit the website here: www.blackpoolgrand.co.uk
The show is touring the country until July. More tour dates can be found here: http://www.kenwright.com/index.php?id=1265
