Can-Can 2004

Opened: February 12, 2004
Closing: February 15, 2004

Can-Can - 2004 - Off-Broadway History , Info & More

New York City Center
131 West 55th St. (between 6th and 7th Avenues) New York, NY 10019

The musical comedy takes place in turn-of-the-century Paris, where La Mome Pistache, proud owner of the Bal du Paradis, famous for its sexy can-can girls, spars with Aristide Forestier, a self-righteous judge determined to close all Parisian dance halls.

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1954   West End London Production
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1955   US Tour National Tour
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1959   Off-Broadway Off-Broadway Revival
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1962   Off-Broadway City Center Revival
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1988   International Tour
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