Debbie Does Dallas

While we're on the subject, the porn industry started its own retro Debbie craze a few years back with Debbie Does Dallas: The Next Generation and Debbie Does Dallas ’99, both produced by glossy high-end studio Vivid.

Not to mention Debbie Does New Orleans, Debbie Does Wall Street (starring Nina Hartley), Debbie Does Iowa (Iowa?) and Debbie Does ’Em All.

The always fabulous Michael Musto attended the opening night party for the Debbie Does Dallas musical and talked to Sherie Rene Scott, who stars as "Debbie, the Chekhovian cheerleader." He also passes along rumors of a Valley of the Dolls movie remake in the works and offers some casting ideas. (Nov 2002)

Ryan Tuthill reviews the off-Broadway Debbie Does Dallas musical. "Edgy as Cats, but actually doesn't suck. . . . Debbie Does Dallas is nothing if not innocuous: it celebrates porn like Grease celebrated T-birds and letter sweaters." (Nov 2002)

With apologies to Debra, the New York Times gives the new off-Broadway musical version of Debbie Does Dallas a pretty good review. "There is nothing consequential or even particularly clever in the book, the music or the lyrics. Some of the dirty jokes are very witty; some are decidedly not. Some are obvious. (There are a lot of bananas, for example, and one big red candle.) Some are downright revolting, though granted that's a matter of personal taste. As for the onstage gymnastics, they are not subtle in their suggestiveness, but the only nudity, oddly enough, is male." (Oct 2002)

An off-Broadway musical version of Debbie Does Dallas, described here as "a cheerful, nudity-free retooling of the '70s hard-core classic," opens next week. (Oct 2002)