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Actress Jana
Robbins hopes
to find time
during run
of Footloose'
to volunteer in
our community.

BY SUZANNE CHESSLER
Special to the Jewish News

ana Robbins has portrayed
Jewish mothers, most recently
in Richard Greenberg's
Hurrah at Last, but she comes
to the Fisher Theatre as a non-Jewish
mother in Footloose, a musical about
teen-age rebellion.
"Ethel McCormick is feisty, funny
and very much a force behind her
son," says Robbins, who will be in
town Oct. 26-Nov. 14. "My character
wants to see him persevere and be will-
ing to work toward what his goals are.
This musical is uplifting, and people
leave the theater wanting to dance.
Footloose, in its first national tour, is
the story of a free-spirited kid who
brings dancing back to a small town
where the minister has forbidden it.
The high-energy show follows the film
version, which starred Kevin Bacon
and John Lithgow.
The soundtrack — written by
Dean Pitchford in collaboration with
Kenny Loggins, Tom Snow, Sammy
Hagar, Jim Steinman and Eric
Carmen — featured six "Top Forty"
songs including "Let's Hear It for the
Boy," "Holding Out for a Hero,"
"Almost Paradise" and the title song,
"Footloose."
"The musical is great family fun
and has a lot of lively entertainment,"
says Robbins, who has been at the
Fisher in Man of La Mancha and Good
News, and in the city to make indus-

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Actress ana Robbins plays the mother
of the hero of Footloose.' •

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"It really circles around and focuses
on the kids more than the adults. I'm
singing one number in this show, a
duet with the minister's wife. The kids
sing numbers that are more or less
rock, and then all of a sudden is this
stunning, almost Sondheim-like bal-
lad, 'Learning to Be Silent.' It's about
maintaining relationships and know-
ing when not to speak."
Performing only one song in a show
is unusual for Robbins, who played
Mama Rose in Gypsy across the coun-
try and as the frequent fill-in for Tyne
Daly on Broadway, but it's not unusual
for her to take on a strong personality.
"Most of my television work has
placed me as a high-power attorney,
which is what I played on 'General
Hospital," says Robbins, who also
has been on "Jag," "Cheers" and
"Roseanne."
Robbins, who has been in the films
Haunted Heart with Olympia Dukakis
and Executive Target with Roy Schieder,
never wanted to do anything but per-
form. She took a cue from her mother,
who danced with Gene Kelly in their
small Pennsylvania hometown.
Robbins earned a bachelor's degree
in fine arts from Stephens College in
Missouri and won her first Broadway