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'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]
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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
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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.
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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'
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Variety; Los Angeles Vol. 268, Iss. 11, (Oct 25, 1972): 33.
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