Theatre Royal Glasgow: In adapting Saturday Night Fever for the stage, Robert Stigwood and Bill Oakes refused the easy option of creating a mere jukebox musical: throughout the show, the harsh themes of the film - drugs, racism, social exclusion and sexism - are frequently referenced. The iconic songs associated with the film are used to drive the plot and the finale does not flinch from some of the bleak implication…
SOURCE: The Stage at 07:05AM on December 18, 2014