All Shook Up (musical)

Infobox Musical
name=All Shook Up


caption=Promotional poster for original Broadway production of "All Shook Up"
music= various
lyrics= various
book=Joe DiPietro
basis= Twelfth Night; Inspired by the music of Elvis Presley
productions=2005 Broadway
2006 US tour
awards=

All Shook Up is a jukebox musical featuring the music of the classic rock star Elvis Presley, with a book by Joe DiPietro. The story is based on the plot of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

The musical had a developmental staging at the Goodspeed Musicals May 13-June 6 2004, with most of the Broadway cast, except for Manley Pope in the lead role of Chad. Christopher Ashley directed, with choreography by Jody Moccia. The musical then had a tryout in Chicago from December 19 2004, through January 23, 2005. After the tryout, changes were made to the finale and to add "a more specific instrumental and vocal voice" for Chad. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/85441.html playbill article, April 8 2004 and http://www.playbill.com/news/article/91296.html playbill article, February 20 2005] The musical opened on Broadway at the Palace Theatre on March 24, 2005 and closed on September 25 2005 after 213 performances and 33 previews. Directed by Christopher Ashley, with choreography by Ken Roberson, the original Broadway cast included Cheyenne Jackson (Chad), Jenn Gambatese (Natalie Haller/"Ed"), and Jonathan Hadary (Jim Haller).

Plot

It's the summer of 1955, and Natalie is a young woman in a small town in the American Midwest with dreams of hitting the road. Chad, a black-jacketed, rock-and-roll-loving motorcyclist stops at the town's garage because his bike needs repair.

Chad is a charismatic rebel, and Natalie, the mechanic, immediately falls for him. She overhears him saying that he's had "a lot" of women but only travels with men. So Natalie covers her hair with a hat and puts motor oil on her face to approximate a beard, becoming "Ed", Chad's sidekick. Eventually Chad falls in love with "Ed"/Natalie, and, during a 24 hour period, brings rock and roll to the town and changes it forever.

However, before this takes place, there's a lot of he-loves-her-she-loves-him action going on. Chad falls for the town's lovely museum hostess, Miss Sandra. Unfortunately, so does Natalie's father, Jim. Miss Sandra falls in love with Natalie, who is disguised as Ed at the time. Meanwhile, the sassy bar owner, Sylvia, falls in love with Jim, and Sylvia's daughter, Lorraine, is having a Romeo and Juliet style relationship with the boy she's forbidden to be with, Dean, son of the town mayor. Mayor Matilda is trying to stop all the romantic action going on in the town, with the help of her sidekick, Sheriff Earl. And then, of course, there is Dennis, Natalie's best friend who has secretly been in love with her since, well, forever.

Near the end, Natalie, still in her Ed disguise, kisses Chad, which leaves the roving roustabout to think he has feelings for... a man?! Finally, Earl professes his love for Matilda, Dean and Lorraine are allowed to be together, Jim realizes its actually Sylvia that he's loved, Dennis and Sandra share a moment where they both realize a love for Shakespeare, and subsequently, a love for each other, and Chad accepts Natalie. The last scene is a triple wedding (Jim and Sylvia, Matilda and Earl, Dennis and Sandra), with flower girl/bridesmaid Lorraine, and Natalie riding off on her motorbike, with Chad on the back.

ong list

;Act I
*Jailhouse Rock - Chad and Prisoners (Music and lyrics by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller)
*Heartbreak Hotel - Barflies (Music and lyrics by Presley, Mae Boren Axton and Tommy Durden)
*Roustabout - Chad (Music and lyrics by Florence Kaye, Bernie Baum and Bill Giant)
*One Night With You - Natalie (Music and lyrics by Pearl King and Dave Bartholomew)
*C'mon Everybody - Chad, Natalie, Dennis, and Company (Music and lyrics by Joy Byers)
*Follow That Dream - Chad and Natalie (Lyrics by Fred Wise, music by Ben Weisman)
*Teddy Bear/Hound Dog - Chad, Miss Sandra, Dennis and Natalie (Music and lyrics by Kal Mann and Bernie Lowe)
*That's All Right - Sylvia, Lorraine, Chad, Dennis and Barflies (Music and lyrics by Arthur Crudup)
*It's Now or Never - Dean, Lorraine and Company (Music and lyrics by Aaron Schroeder and Wally Gold)
*Love Me Tender--Natalie Heller and Dennis (Music and Lyrics By Elvis Presley and Vera Matson)
*Blue Suede Shoes - Ed and Chad (Music and lyrics by Carl L. Perkins)
*Don't Be Cruel - Chad and Jim (Music and lyrics by Presley and Otis Blackwell)
*Let Yourself Go - Miss Sandra and Statues (Music and lyrics by Joy Byers)
*Can't Help Falling in Love - Company (Music and lyrics by George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore)

;Act II
*All Shook Up - Company (Music and lyrics by Presley and Blackwell)
*It Hurts Me - Dennis and Company (Music and lyrics by Byers and Charles Daniels)
*A Little Less Conversation - Ed and Company (Music and lyrics by Mac Davis and Billy Strange)
*The Power of My Love - Chad, Jim Heller and Miss Sandra (Music and lyrics by Giant, Baum and Kaye)
*I Don't Want To - Chad (Lyrics by Janice Torre, music by Fred Spielman)
*(You're the) Devil in Disguise - Mayor Matilda Hyde and Ladies Church Council (Music and lyrics by Giant, Baum and Kaye)
*There's Always Me - Sylvia (Music and lyrics by Don Robertson)
*If I Can Dream - Chad, Lorraine, Dean and Company (Music and lyrics by W. Earl Brown)
*Can't Help Falling in Love (Reprise) - Earl, Jim, Sylvia and Matilda (Music and lyrics by George Weiss, Peretti and Creatore)
*Fools Fall in Love - Natalie and Company (Music and Lyrics By Leiber and Stoller)
*Burning Love - Chad, Natalie and Company (Music and lyrics by Dennis Linde)

Awards and nominations

*2005 Theatre World Award (Cheyenne Jackson) WINNER
*2005 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Set Design of a Musical (David Rockwell) (nominee)

Recording

The Original Broadway cast recording was released on May 31, 2005 by Bmg Marketing.

References

ee also

For other plays relating to Elvis Presley, see also Cooking with Elvis.

External links

* [http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=383114 Internet Broadway Database listing]
* [http://www.allshookup.com/home_content.html All Shook Up - official page]
* [http://www.stageagent.com/Shows/View/886 All Shook Up plot summary & character descriptions] at [http://www.stageagent.com StageAgent.com]
* [http://theater2.nytimes.com/2005/03/25/theater/reviews/25elvi.html?ex=1189656000&en=3a86e04098560556&ei=5070 New York Times review, March 25, 2005]
* [http://www.curtainup.com/allshookup.html Curtain Up review, March 19, 2005]