This is not a joke. Les Freres Corbusier (not pictured) are doing a Dance Dance Revolution musical in New York, which opens December 3rd. Get your tickets here and then come let us know how it was.

If you need some convincing, here's the official synopsis:

In a futuristic Orwellian society where dancing is illegal, a group of local street toughs harbor no hope of overthrowing the fascist no-fun government until a mysterious dance prophet named Moonbeam Funk arrives.

Loosely inspired by the wildly-popular video game, Dance Dance Revolution is like Footloose set in the future - but kind of scarier, and with 40 really attractive, barely-clothed young actors and buckets of free beer.

You know there's gonna be some dance-fightin...

I emailed the PR rep from Konami to ask if this was some sort of officially sanctioned musical, or if it's something the theater company can do freely under the aegis of satire. The PR guy didn't reply, which is probably answer enough. Also, I'm pretty sure they're lying about the free beer. I've done plenty of bad theater. Promising free beer is the oldest trick in the book!