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All Shook Up is a jukebox musical
Jukebox musical

A jukebox musical is a Musical theatre or Musical film that uses previously released popular songs as its musical score. Usually the songs have in common a connection with a particular popular musician or group — either because they were written by, or for, the artists in question, or were at least covered by them....
 featuring the music of the classic rock
Rock and roll

Rock and roll is a form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Its roots lay mainly in rhythm and blues, Country music, folk music, gospel music, and jazz....
 star Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley was an United Statesn singer, actor, and musician. A cultural icon, he is commonly known simply as "Elvis", and is also sometimes referred to as "List of honorific titles in popular music" or "The King"....
, with a book by Joe DiPietro
Joe DiPietro

Joe DiPietro is an United States playwright and author. Born in Teaneck, New Jersey, grew up in Oradell. Son of the banker Lou, and Jean DiPietro....
. The story is based on the plot of William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was an English people poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's preeminent dramatist....
's Twelfth Night.

The musical had a developmental staging at the Goodspeed Musicals
Goodspeed Musicals

Goodspeed Musicals, a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and advancement of musical theater and the creation of new works, was formed in 1959 to restore the Goodspeed Opera House, located in East Haddam, Connecticut, to its original Victorian era appearance....
 May 13-June 6 2004, with most of the Broadway cast, except for Manley Pope in the lead role of Chad. Christopher Ashley directed, with choreography by Jody Moccia. The musical then had a tryout in Chicago from December 19 2004, through January 23, 2005.






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All Shook Up is a jukebox musical
Jukebox musical

A jukebox musical is a Musical theatre or Musical film that uses previously released popular songs as its musical score. Usually the songs have in common a connection with a particular popular musician or group — either because they were written by, or for, the artists in question, or were at least covered by them....
 featuring the music of the classic rock
Rock and roll

Rock and roll is a form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Its roots lay mainly in rhythm and blues, Country music, folk music, gospel music, and jazz....
 star Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley was an United Statesn singer, actor, and musician. A cultural icon, he is commonly known simply as "Elvis", and is also sometimes referred to as "List of honorific titles in popular music" or "The King"....
, with a book by Joe DiPietro
Joe DiPietro

Joe DiPietro is an United States playwright and author. Born in Teaneck, New Jersey, grew up in Oradell. Son of the banker Lou, and Jean DiPietro....
. The story is based on the plot of William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was an English people poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's preeminent dramatist....
's Twelfth Night.

The musical had a developmental staging at the Goodspeed Musicals
Goodspeed Musicals

Goodspeed Musicals, a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and advancement of musical theater and the creation of new works, was formed in 1959 to restore the Goodspeed Opera House, located in East Haddam, Connecticut, to its original Victorian era appearance....
 May 13-June 6 2004, with most of the Broadway cast, except for Manley Pope in the lead role of Chad. Christopher Ashley directed, with choreography by Jody Moccia. The musical then had a tryout in Chicago from December 19 2004, through January 23, 2005. After the tryout, changes were made to the finale and to add "a more specific instrumental and vocal voice" for Chad. The musical opened on Broadway
Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
 at the Palace Theatre
Palace Theatre

Palace Theatre may refer to:...
 on March 24, 2005 and closed on September 25 2005 after 213 performances and 33 previews. Directed by Christopher Ashley, with choreography by Ken Roberson, the original Broadway cast included Cheyenne Jackson
Cheyenne Jackson

Cheyenne Jackson is an American actor and singer....
 (Chad), Jenn Gambatese (Natalie Haller/"Ed"), and Jonathan Hadary
Jonathan Hadary

Jonathan Hadary is an United States actor.Born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Bethesda, Maryland, Hadary made his New York City stage debut in the 1976 Playwrights Horizons staging of Albert Innaurato's Gemini ....
 (Jim Haller).

Plot

It's the summer of 1955, and Natalie is a young woman in a small town in the American Midwest with dreams of hitting the road. Chad, a black-jacketed, rock-and-roll-loving motorcyclist stops at the town's garage because his bike needs repair.

Chad is a charismatic rebel, and Natalie, the mechanic, immediately falls for him. She overhears him saying that he's had "a lot" of women but only travels with men. So Natalie covers her hair with a hat and puts motor oil on her face to approximate a beard, becoming "Ed", Chad's sidekick. Eventually Chad falls in love with "Ed"/Natalie, and, during a 24 hour period, brings rock and roll
Rock and roll

Rock and roll is a form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Its roots lay mainly in rhythm and blues, Country music, folk music, gospel music, and jazz....
 to the town and changes it forever.

However, before this takes place, there's a lot of he-loves-her-she-loves-him action going on. Chad falls for the town's lovely museum hostess, Miss Sandra. Unfortunately, so does Natalie's father, Jim. Miss Sandra falls in love with Natalie, who is disguised as Ed at the time. Meanwhile, the sassy bar owner, Sylvia, falls in love with Jim, and Sylvia's daughter, Lorraine, is having a Romeo and Juliet style relationship with the boy she's forbidden to be with, Dean, son of the town mayor. Mayor Matilda is trying to stop all the romantic action going on in the town, with the help of her sidekick, Sheriff Earl. And then, of course, there is Dennis, Natalie's best friend who has secretly been in love with her since, well, forever.

Near the end, Natalie, still in her Ed disguise, kisses Chad, which leaves the roving roustabout to think he has feelings for... a man?! Finally, Earl professes his love for Matilda, Dean and Lorraine are allowed to be together, Jim realizes its actually Sylvia that he's loved, Dennis and Sandra share a moment where they both realize a love for Shakespeare, and subsequently, a love for each other, and Chad accepts Natalie. The last scene is a triple wedding (Jim and Sylvia, Matilda and Earl, Dennis and Sandra), with flower girl/bridesmaid Lorraine, and Natalie riding off on her motorbike, with Chad on the back.

Song list


Act I
  • Overture
  • Love Me Tender
    Love Me Tender

    Love Me Tender is the title of:* Love Me Tender , starring Elvis Presley* Love Me Tender , a song by Elvis Presley, to tune of the American Civil War song "Aura Lee"...
  • Heartbreak Hotel
    Heartbreak Hotel

    "Heartbreak Hotel" is a rock and roll song performed by Elvis Presley, with Bill Black , Scotty Moore , D.J. Fontana , Floyd Cramer and Elvis on rhythm guitar as the main supporting musicians....
     - Barflies (Music and lyrics by Presley, Mae Boren Axton and Tommy Durden)
  • Roustabout
    Roustabout

    A roustabout is a Manual labour typically performing temporary, unskilled work. The term has traditionally been used to refer to traveling-circus workers or oil rig workers....
     - Chad (Music and lyrics by Florence Kaye, Bernie Baum and Bill Giant)
  • One Night With You
    One Night with You

    "One Night with You" is a single by US5, taken from their album, In Control ....
     - Natalie (Music and lyrics by Pearl King and Dave Bartholomew)
  • C'mon Everybody
    C'mon Everybody

    "C'mon Everybody" is a 1958 song by Eddie Cochran and Jerry Capehart, originally released as single b-side. Thirty years later, in 1988, the track was re-issued in the UK , and became a #14 hit in the UK Singles Chart....
     - Chad, Natalie, Dennis, and Company (Music and lyrics by Joy Byers)
  • Follow That Dream
    Follow that Dream

    Follow That Dream is a 1962 in film musical film starring Elvis Presley. The movie was based on the novel Pioneer, Go Home! by Richard P....
     - Chad and Natalie (Lyrics by Fred Wise, music by Ben Weisman)
  • Teddy Bear
    Teddy bear

    The teddy bear is a stuffed toy bear. It is an enduring, traditional form of a stuffed animal, often serving the purpose of comforting children....
    /Hound Dog
    Hound dog

    Hound dog may refer to:* Hound, a type of dog that assists hunters by tracking or chasing prey.* Hound Dog , a song popularized by Elvis Presley but originally recorded by Big Mama Thornton in 1952 as a blues song....
      - Chad, Miss Sandra, Dennis and Natalie (Music and lyrics by Kal Mann and Bernie Lowe)
  • That's All Right - Sylvia, Lorraine, Chad, Dennis and Barflies (Music and lyrics by Arthur Crudup)
  • It's Now or Never
    It's Now or Never

    It's Now or Never was a UK Gameshow shown on ITV. Originally planned for a run of two episodes, only the first was aired before cancellation, it receiving just 1.7 million viewers in its Saturday night prime time slot....
     - Dean, Lorraine and Company (Music and lyrics by Aaron Schroeder and Wally Gold)
  • Love Me Tender
    Love Me Tender (song)

    "Love Me Tender" is a song sung by Elvis Presley, to the tune of "Aura Lee" , a sentimental American Civil War ballad with music by George R. Poulton and words by W.W....
    --Natalie Heller and Dennis (Music and Lyrics By Elvis Presley and Vera Matson)
  • Blue Suede Shoes
    Blue Suede Shoes

    "Blue Suede Shoes" is a rock and roll Standard written and first recorded by Carl Perkins in 1955. The 12-bar blues is considered one of the first rock and roll records and incorporated elements of blues, country music and pop music of the time....
     - Ed and Chad (Music and lyrics by Carl L. Perkins)
  • Don't Be Cruel
    Don't Be Cruel

    "Don't Be Cruel" was originally the A side of RCA single 47-6604, with "Hound Dog " on the B-side, although both sides became chart-toppers, RCA reissuing the single in later decades as double A-side....
     - Chad and Jim (Music and lyrics by Presley and Otis Blackwell)
  • Let Yourself Go
    Let Yourself Go

    Let Yourself Go may refer to:...
     - Miss Sandra and Statues (Music and lyrics by Joy Byers)
  • Can't Help Falling in Love
    Can't Help Falling in Love

    "Can't Help Falling in Love", by George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore, is a pop music song based on "Plaisir d'amour" by Jean Paul Egide Martini....
     - Company (Music and lyrics by George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore)


Act II
  • All Shook Up
    All Shook Up

    "All Shook Up" is one of the many hit songs of Elvis Presley. It reached the top of all three U.S. charts , staying there for eight weeks in 1957, from April 13 through May 27....
     - Company (Music and lyrics by Presley and Blackwell)
  • It Hurts Me
    It Hurts Me

    Written by Joy Byers and Charles E. Daniels, this powerful ballad was a new song when recorded by Elvis Presley on January 12, 1964.This non-movie song became the B-side of a Presley movie single, "Kissin' Cousins"....
     - Dennis and Company (Music and lyrics by Byers and Charles Daniels)
  • A Little Less Conversation
    A Little Less Conversation

    "A Little Less Conversation" is a song originally recorded by Elvis Presley for the movie Live a Little, Love a Little in 1968. It was released by RCA Victor as a single, but the release was only a moderate success, indicative of the diminishing returns of Presley's movie recordings at that time....
     - Ed and Company (Music and lyrics by Mac Davis and Billy Strange)
  • The Power of My Love - Chad, Jim Heller and Miss Sandra (Music and lyrics by Giant, Baum and Kaye)
  • I Don't Want To
    I Don't Want To

    "I Don't Want To" is a song by United States contemporary R&B singer Toni Braxton, released as the third single from her second studio album, Secrets ....
     - Chad (Lyrics by Janice Torre, music by Fred Spielman)
  • (You're the) Devil in Disguise
    (You're The) Devil in Disguise

    Devil in Disguise is a UK number 1 single by Elvis Presley. It peaked at number 3 in the US on the Billboard singles chart and number 9 on the Billboard Rhythm and Blues singles chart....
     - Mayor Matilda Hyde and Ladies Church Council (Music and lyrics by Giant, Baum and Kaye)
  • There's Always Me - Sylvia (Music and lyrics by Don Robertson)
  • If I Can Dream - Chad, Lorraine, Dean and Company (Music and lyrics by W. Earl Brown)
  • Can't Help Falling in Love
    Can't Help Falling in Love

    "Can't Help Falling in Love", by George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore, is a pop music song based on "Plaisir d'amour" by Jean Paul Egide Martini....
     (Reprise) - Earl, Jim, Sylvia and Matilda (Music and lyrics by George Weiss, Peretti and Creatore)
  • Fools Fall in Love - Natalie and Company (Music and Lyrics By Leiber and Stoller)
  • Burning Love - Chad, Natalie and Company (Music and lyrics by Dennis Linde)


Awards and nominations

  • 2005 Theatre World Award
    Theatre World Award

    The Theatre World Award, first awarded for the 1945-46 season, is an United States honor presented annually to actors and actresses in recognition of an outstanding New York City stage debut performance, either on Broadway theatre or off-Broadway....
     (Cheyenne Jackson
    Cheyenne Jackson

    Cheyenne Jackson is an American actor and singer....
    ) WINNER
  • 2005 Drama Desk Award
    Drama Desk Award

    The Drama Desk Award, created in 1955, is an award which recognizes theatres produced on Broadway theatre, off-Broadway, off-off-Broadway, and for legitimate not-for-profit theaters....
     Outstanding Set Design of a Musical (David Rockwell
    David Rockwell

    David Rockwell is an United States architect and designer, who is the founder and CEO of Rockwell Group, based in New York with satellite offices in Madrid and Dubai....
    ) (nominee)


Recording

The Original Broadway cast recording was released on May 31, 2005 by Bmg Marketing.

See also

For other plays relating to Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley was an United Statesn singer, actor, and musician. A cultural icon, he is commonly known simply as "Elvis", and is also sometimes referred to as "List of honorific titles in popular music" or "The King"....
, see also Cooking with Elvis
Cooking with Elvis

Cooking with Elvis is dark comedy by playwright Lee Hall which was first performed in 1999 in Edinburgh.The farce was adapted from a play the author wrote for the award winning BBC Radio God's Country series and premiered in 1999 in Edinburgh....
.

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