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Stomp and Shout ('an Work it all Out)
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jun 1, 2008
Closed Jun 21, 2008
Running Time:
2hr. 0min.
(includes 1 intermission)

WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Stomp and Shout ('an Work it all Out) follows the 31-month long FBI investigation into the lyrics of the 1960s pop song "Louie Louie." As two agents probe the case, each step brings them deeper into a tangled web of government officials, Cuban Nationals, musicians, drug dealers, and America's youth. While one detective's obsession grows, the other finds the line between his personal and professional lives blurring. Filled with spirit and song, Stomp and Shout ('an Work it all Out) is an examination of a moment in American history when popular culture, politics, and the American ideal collided.

Appropriate For Ages: 12+

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:



The 45th Street Theatre - Upstairs

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The theater is on the 2nd Fl.

WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

There's amusing poetry in the fact that a producing company calling itself Babel Theatre Project is presenting James Carmichael's http://www.theatermania.com/content/show.cfm/show/131853Stomp and Shout (an' Work it All Out), at the 45th Street Theatre, a new play play about "Louie Louie," the controversial 1963 recording by the Kingsmen that was delivered so unintelligibly by the lead singer that rumors about the ditty's obscene lyrics quickly snowballed among the country's teens. What's unfortunately the case is that while every word in the play is understandable -- especially as delivered by an industrious 12-member cast -- it's still difficult to figure out what in blazes the playwright[...]


Reviewed by David Finkle on Jun 3, 2008

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