Smokey Joe's Café- The Songs of Leiber and Stoller
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Apr 7, 2010
Closed May 2, 2010
Opened Apr 7, 2010
Closed May 2, 2010
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http://www.papermill.org
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1950's America is glorified in this rock 'n' roll, pop, rhythm and blues musical. "Love Potion #9," "Hound Dog," "Jailhouse Rock," and "Spanish Harlem" are featured among nearly 40 of the greatest songs ever recorded that will electrify your emotions. Leiber and Stoller illuminate a golden age of American culture with classic themes of love won, lost and imagined. Smokey Joe's Café isn't just great pop music - it's compelling musical theater.
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It's hard to deny the feel-good spirit and nostalgic appeal of
Smokey Joe's Cafe, the popular revue of hit songs from the 1950s and 1960s by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, which is receiving a lively production at New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse, under the direction of Mark S. Hoebee.
Jonathan Spencer's sparse set frames the stage as a jukebox, with a "High Fidelity 200 Selections" sign at top. The seven-piece band is situated at the back of the stage on a rolling platform. To add a bit more intimacy to the cavernous Paper Mill space, an additional catwalk has been added at the edge of the stage, where the cast often stands and sings directly to the front rows.
After starting out slowl[...]