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Elvis People
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jun 21, 2007
Closed Jun 23, 2007
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

9 out of 10 of us are Elvis People: Could you be one?

In 1956, Elvis Presley shocked America on the Ed Sullivan show. Rock n' Roll hit the mainstream; the sexual revolution exploded; and America changed. Elvis People, by Doug Grissom, is the funny and touching story of the 84% of us affected by the undisputed "King."

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:



New World Stages
340 W 50th St
New York, NY 10019


WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

Not much more than two years since the Elvis Presley-infused All Shook Up failed to shake up audiences noticeably, Doug Grissom has decided to prove The King still reigns with Elvis People, now at New World Stages for a very brief run through June 23 (barring a marked increase in sales).

Grissom, whose premise is the entire planet changed course when Elvis walked into Sam Phillips' Sun Records studios that fateful 1954 day in Memphis, hopes to make his point through a series of documentary-style revue sketches. He's come up with a viable notion, but sustaining it through a series of strained and infrequently amusing or involving skits doesn't help the cause enormously. Nor does a mawkish[...]


Reviewed by David Finkle on Jun 22, 2007

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