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Smokey Joe's Cafe - The Songs of Leiber and Stoller

Leiber and Stoller, as much as anyone, virtually invented rock 'n' roll, and now their songs provide the basis for an electrifying entertainment that illuminates a golden age of American culture.

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Description

  • Full Length Musical
  • Revue

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult, Appropriate for all audiences
  • Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, High School/Secondary, Professional Theatre, College Theatre / Student, Church / Religious Groups

  • Accolades:
  • Nominee! 7 Tony Awards including Best Musical (1995)
Leiber and Stoller, as much as anyone, virtually invented rock 'n' roll, and now their songs provide the basis for an electrifying entertainment that illuminates a golden age of American culture.

In an idealized '50's setting, the classic themes of love won, lost and imagined blend with hilarious set-pieces and slice-of-life emotions. Featuring nearly 40 of the greatest songs ever recorded, SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE isn't just great pop music - it's compelling musical theatre.
REVIEWS:

"Wildly infectious!"

New York Daily News

"To the baby-boom generation, the songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller are as sacrosanct as George Gershwin is to their parents."

The New York Times

"Blissful!"

WABC-TV

"Smokin'!"

Star Ledger
Premiere Production: In 1995, Smokey Joe's Cafe opened on Broadway at the Virginia Theatre and ran for 2,036 performances.

Characters

  • Casting: 5M, 4F
  • Casting Attributes: Roles for Multicultural Casting
  • Casting Notes: Can easily be expanded.
    For the purposes of this script, the characters are identified by names of the actors who created the roles in the original Broadway production. In subsequent productions they should be identified by the names of the actors playing the roles.

  • KEN - the smoothie who, along with Victor, Adrian, and Fred, makes up a quartet modeled on The Drifters
    ADRIAN - the slow one of the quartet
    FREDERICK - the implacable bass of the quartet
    VICTOR - the preening bad-boy who gets most of the comedy
    MICHAEL - genuinely suave and impressive, evokes the memory of Elvis
    BRENDA - a combination of savvy, wit, brains and beauty
    B.J. - inspired by the titanic rhythm and blues shouter Big Mama Thornton
    PATTIE - the throaty voice of experience
    DeLEE - suggests the innocence of teenage girls, but with a wild streak

    • Available Material

    Name Price
    Perusal Material Shipped immediately. This is optional. Order Now

    1 x Libretto-Vocal Book
    1 x Piano/Conductor Score

    		$24.00
    Pre-Production Pack Shipped upon receipt of a signed License Agreement and full payment of all invoices. This is optional.

    1 x Libretto-Vocal Book
    1 x Piano/Conductor Score

    		$75.00
    Rehearsal Material Shipped a minimum of 3 months before the last performance. This must be hired as a condition of the License to produce this show.

    10 x Libretto-Vocal Books
    2 x Piano/Conductor Scores

    		$550.00 +$135.00/pm
    Orchestral Material Shipped a minimum of 1 month before the last performance. This is optional.

    1 x Bass
    1 x Piano-Conductor Score
    1 x Saxophone (Tenor and Baritone)
    1 x Synthesizer
    1 x Drums
    1 x Guitar
    1 x Percussion (Suspended Cymbal, Bell Tree, Vibraslap, Slapstick, Tambourine, Cabasa, Mark Tree, Congas, Train Whistle, Wood Block, Ice Bell, Cowbell, Guiro, Bongos, Bells, Xylophone, Tam-Tam, Ratchet, Maracas (2), KAT with the following patches: Timpani, Wall of Tambs, Hand Claps, Pogo Stick, Bass Drum, Castanets, Marimba, Woodblock Click)

    		$350.00 +$135.00/pm
    Lib/Vocal Book 10 Pack Shipped with (or after) Rehearsal Material. This is optional.

    10 x Libretto-Vocal Books

    		$50.00 +$50.00/pm

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