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If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
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Wikipedia article
'If You Give a Dance You Gotta Pay the Band' is a 1972 American TV movie. It was the first program shown under the umbrella 'ABC Theater'.TV VIEW; THE NETWORKS HAVEN'T QUITE FORSAKEN QUALITY DRAMA: [REVIEW]
O'Connor, John J. New York Times, Late Edition (East Coast); New York, N.Y. [New York, N.Y]03 Feb 1985: A.25.TV: Flirtations With Reality . . . in Various Aspects: ' Stereotypes' Draw a Protest by Viewers A Slice-of-Life Drama Rings True in Details
By JOHN J. O'CONNOR. New York Times ]27 Dec 1972: 79.
The production (at the time referred to as a "dramatic special" or "teleplay" rather than a made-for-TV movie) was the first screen credit for Laurence Fishburne and led to him getting a role later on in the soap opera 'One Life to Live'.
The teleplay first aired on ABC at 8:30pm ET on Tuesday, December 19, 1972 and was rerun on Wednesday, June 6, 1973 at 9:00pm ET. In TV listings of the era, the title was generally given as 'If You Give a Dance You Gotta Pay the Band' without a comma.
Plot
The story of ghetto boy and girl trying to raise money for the girl to visit her father in prison. It was shot on videotape in November 1972.SET FIRST PLAY FOR NEW 'ABC THEATRE'
Variety; Los Angeles Vol. 268, Iss. 11, (Oct 25, 1972): 33.
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