David Hasselhoff is starring in an off-off Broadway musical entitled Last Night a DJ Saved My Life. In it, the star of Baywatch, The Knight Rider and countless hilarious drunken YouTube videos plays a dad named Ross who happens to be Ibiza's top 80s DJ, at some point in the 90s. The play is from the creator of 1997's jukebox musical Boogie Nights and is touring the UK through February 2016.
According to the play's website, The Hoff's character is a "hilarious hedonist" who is oblivious to the fact that "a new decade has dawned, disco is out, a new club scene is in." Of course, the aging DJ has a hard time keeping up with his younger girlfriend, Mandy, played by Kim Toddy from the The Bill and Hollyoaks. To further complicate things for Ross, he is also reunited with his recently estranged daughter, Penny, played by Stephanie Webber from The Voice, who has grown into a wild child in the years since a messy divorce.
That all sounds like your typical bildungsroman until you throw Rik, an aspiring DJ who works for Ross, and an untested ecstasy pill into the mix. But don't worry; after belting out 80s and 90s jams like "Spice Up Your Life," "I Think We're Alone Now" and "Papa Don't Preach," everything eventually works out, like most musicals do: Not only does The Hoff drop "Rhythm is a Dancer" at some point, but there's also a Baywatch medley.
The curtain rose on the play's UK tour with a several-night run at the Blackpool Opera House last month, and, as Thump reports, the negative reviews have since been rolling in. While most who have seen it agree that the cast, set and crew are all vibrant and energetic, the musical "lacks imagination," in the words of The Stage.
Watch the play's trailer below.
