FOOTLOOSE is definately one of my guilty pleasures. The music in it is so much fun! I have danced alone in my room on many occasions with the FOOTLOOSE cd blaring! I saw the National Tour with Joe Machota as Ren and he did a really good job.
I think they should have a "Guilty Pleasures" category at the Tony Awards. Or maybe a "Best Evening Of Pure Fun" or something like that. So then these "mindless" shows won't be judged against evenings of amazing theatre (or whatever the Tony board considers to be "amazing theatre") and nobody will be upset.
"Johnny cheated. Frankie killed him. Johnny cheated so Frankie killed him. Shot and killed him. Don't blame her - I'd have done it, too."