All Shook Up to Close on September 25

All Shook Up, the musical with a book by Joe DiPietro that features the songs of Elvis Presley, will close on Sunday, September 25, having played 33 previews and 213 regular performances.

Directed by Christopher Ashley, the show stars Cheyenne Jackson, Jenn Gambatese, Jonathan Hadary, Leah Hocking, Curtis Holbrook, Nikki M. James, John Jellison, Alix Korey, Mark Price, and Sharon Wilkins. A national tour is being planned along with several international productions, according to the producers.

In his review of the show for TheaterMania.com, David Finkle wrote: “Sometimes [the music is] knock-your-socks-off effective, as when the entire cast is marched to the footlights by director Christopher Ashley and choreographers Ken Roberson and Sergio Trujillo to perform ‘Can’t Help Falling in Love,’ ‘Burning Love,’ and ‘Heartbreak Hotel.’ Some of the solos are potent, such as ‘Roustabout’ and ‘There’s Always Me.’ And ‘Jailhouse Rock,’ deliberately staged to be reminiscent of its look in the movie of the same name, is a song-and-dance powerhouse. Almost as often, though, the numbers are shoe-horned into the plot — ‘Blue Suede Shoes,’ for instance — and/or they’re slightly altered or repeatedly interrupted. Presley fans who are partial to ‘Don’t Be Cruel’ and ‘Hound Dog,’ which brightened the summer of ’56 for many teens, won’t be pleased with the off-hand treatment that those room-rumblers get here.”