Featuring the music of Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

Performed June 19 - July 13, 2003 at SMT Downtown

CREATIVE TEAM

Donna Drake, Director/Choreographer
Bob McDowell, Musical Director
Ken Goldstein, Scenic Designer
Stacey Galloway, Costumer Designer
Annmarie Duggan, Lighting Designer
Jason Hoffman, Sound Designer
Frank Ramirez*, Production Stage Manager
Jerry Lapidus, Company Manager
Tippen Davidson, Producer
Julia Truilo, Managing Director

CAST

Benjamin Sterling Cannon* - Adrian
LaVon Fisher* - B.J.
Carly Hughes - Brenda
Briana Davis - DeLee
Arbender J. Robinson* - Ken
Sean Campos - Michael
Jenn Fraser - Pattie
Vonzel Reynolds - Victor
Nicholas Ward* - Fred

*Members of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the U.S.

Sign Language of Sequence created by Melanie Mulder

SYNOPSIS

Smokey Joe's Cafe mixes immortal hits with soulful choreography, with dance taken up a notch by director/choreographer Donna Drake. Leiber and Stoller's collaboration includes such unforgettable and ground-breaking hits as Stand By Me, Hound Dog, On Broadway, Jailhouse Rock, and Poison Ivy, which audiences will hear at Smokey Joe's Cafe along with over 30 others. Their songs established the careers of Elvis Presley, the Coasters, and the Drifters amongst others. This musical, called an "exuberant, colorful celebration" by Time Magazine, captures an American era of milkshakes shared across a table and jukeboxes filled with the new sound of Rock 'n Roll.

Presented through special arrangement with The Rodgers & Hammerstein Theater Library, 1633 Broadway, New York, NY 10019.