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Pal Joey
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Roundabout Theatre Company presents:

Pal Joey

Pal Joey Tickets and Information


Studio 54
254 West 54th Street
New York, NY 10019
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This show is currently closed
Opened on December 18, 2008
Closed on March 1, 2009

Running Time: 2 hr. 30 min. (includes 1 intermission)

Ticket Information: This show is currently closed.

Tickets by Phone: 212-719-1300

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Synopsis


Roundabout Theatre Company presents a new Broadway production of Pal Joey, featuring music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart. This production features a new book by Richard Greenberg, based on the original book by John O'Hara, with music direction by Paul Gemignani, and choreography by Graciela Daniele. Joe Mantello directs.

Set in Chicago in the late 1930s, Pal Joey is the story of Joey Evans, a brash, scheming song and dance man with dreams of owning his own nightclub. Joey abandons his wholesome girlfriend Linda English, to charm a rich, married older woman, Vera Simpson, in the hope that she'll set him up in business.

The score includes such classic songs as "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered," "I Could Write a Book," "You Mustn't Kick It Around," and "Zip," among others. The new production also features "I'm Talking to My Pal," a song that had been dropped from the score during its out-of-town tryout, and will be heard on Broadway for the first time.

User Reviews


Read what our TM Insiders had to say about Pal Joey!

Review: Pal Joey is Terrible by lvanwagner

A boring, miscast mess. Even the beautiful music doesnt save it.

rating: no rating  ·  posted on 1/27/2009 at 1:48 PM

Review: Pal Joey by babblingwally

I went in thinking it was going to be really good, but I was disappointed. I wouldnt call it bad, but it definitely wasnt good. I was expecting it to be more like the movie, which it wasnt at all. I found Joey to be a very unlikeable character and I was waiting the whole show to hear "The Lady is a Tramp" and they didnt do it.

rating: no rating  ·  posted on 1/17/2009 at 12:26 PM

Review: Thank God for Martha Plimpton! by mfattore

Pal Joey is a show that seems timely in these hard times. The score is still really smart, and the situation still applies to the upward bounding human condition. Stockard Channing makes a miracle. Using her star quality and fabulous figure to great effect, her star quality and acting chops overcome the fact that she simply cant sing not even a little. BUT ---What a sad state of affairs. She is playing all her scenes essentially alone. It is amazing to me, that in all of NYC, there was no one better than promoted understudy, Matt Risch. How he ever got the nod even for that position is a wonder. He is totally inept as an actor, is the weakest ensemble dancer, and has no singing voice at all. The surprise of the evening is Martha Plimpton as Gladys Bumps. Of the principals, she is absolutely the best singer out there, which is astonishing considering no one thinks of her as a singer at all. Zip is hilarious-- dont leave until she sings this number early in Act 2.

rating: no rating  ·  posted on 1/3/2009 at 9:52 AM

Review: Pal Joey is disappointing by SteveP

We saw Pal Joey in previews with Christian Hoff who did a great job. Martha Plimpton equally steals the show. However, Stockard Channing, a great actress appeared to be going through the motions. Her voice is very limited. Overall, the production is adequate but lacks the full excitement needed.

rating: no rating  ·  posted on 12/28/2008 at 9:20 AM
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