All Shook Up To Replace Millie at The Marquis
All Shook Up To Replace Millie at The Marquis
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#0All Shook Up To Replace Millie at The Marquis
Posted: 5/18/04 at 7:19pm
I can't begin to tell you how UNexcited am I am to see this.....
"All Shook Up, a new musical featuring the tunes of Elvis Presley, is set to be the next tenant at Broadway's Marquis Theatre, which Thoroughly Modern Millie will vacate on June 20. All Shook Up, currently running at Goodspeed Musicals' Norma Terris Theatre, will begin performances on the Great White Way on February 20, 2005 in preparation for a March 24, 2005 opening.
A comedy set in middle America in 1955, All Shook Up, which features a book by Joe DiPietro, is not a biographical revue. In the musical, one girl's wish and a surprise visit from a mysterious leather-jacketed, guitar-playing stranger will lead a small town to discover the magic of romance and the power of rock & roll. Songs in the show include "Heartbreak Hotel," "Love Me Tender," "Don't Be Cruel," "Can't Help Falling in Love" and "All Shook Up."
All Shook Up, directed by Christopher Ashley and choreographed by Jodi Moccia, is currently playing at Goodspeed through June 6. The cast there includes Jennifer Gambatese, Jonathan Hadary, Leah Hocking, Ashton Holmes, Nikki M. James, John Jellison, Alix Korey, Manley Pope, Mark Price and Sharon Wilkins.
After Goodspeed, All Shook Up will head to Chicago's Cadillac Palace Theatre, where it will run from December 21, 2004 through January 23, 2005. The show features scenic design by David Rockwell, costume design by David C. Woolard and lighting design by Kenneth Posner. "
All Shook Up
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GirlfriendFromCanada
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/7/03
#1re: All Shook Up To Replace Millie at The Marquis
Posted: 5/18/04 at 7:21pmMy family saw All Shook Up this weekend and really liked it a lot. I saw a segment about it on the news and it seems a lot like Footloose, but I guess I'll hold my judgement until I see it next week.
#2re: All Shook Up To Replace Millie at The Marquis
Posted: 5/18/04 at 7:25pmI CANT WAIT too see the pre-broadway tryout in chicago. Already got my tickets!! haha I think it looks good....kinda sounds like a mamma mia type show.
"Chicago is it's own incredible theater town right there smack down in the middle of the heartland. What a great city! I can see why Oprah likes to live there!" - Dee Hoty :-D
#3re: All Shook Up To Replace Millie at The Marquis
Posted: 5/18/04 at 7:26pmIt might be good...or at least entertaining but I'm not the biggest Elvis fan.
And hang on, when did you win the discus?
junglered
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#4re: All Shook Up To Replace Millie at The Marquis
Posted: 5/18/04 at 7:47pmI'm not real excited about this either, Margo, but there is probably a market for this type of show on Broadway. A lot of folks loved Elvis's music. In fact, I have good memories of seeing Elvis in concert the year before he died. Mom and Dad were kind enough to drag me along to see him in 1976. Elvis had put on a few lbs. and was starting to slip a bit musically, but he still had tons of middle aged women swooning and throwing bouquets of flowers at him. I'm happy to give "All Shook Up" a chance.
#5re: All Shook Up To Replace Millie at The Marquis
Posted: 5/18/04 at 8:02pmWhy did they have to choose Elvis? At the same time, read my last post on this issue. What really is originality? Think about it...
Hank
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#6re: All Shook Up To Replace Millie at The Marquis
Posted: 5/18/04 at 8:03pm
June 20 to Feb 20 seems like a long time to keep The Marquis dark.
As much as I hate to see Millie close, I see their grosses, and, well, it seems like it's time to move on,
and allthough I'm not that much of an Elvis fan, I've gotta admit a fascination, (I did visit Graceland).
No hard feelings here, best wishes, and break a leg "All Shook Up"!
#7re: All Shook Up To Replace Millie at The Marquis
Posted: 5/18/04 at 8:06pmMILLIE should've moved to a smaller theatre a long time ago. They doomed it by keeping it in such a large house. Granted, making it a good show, would've helped to. It was fun, Sutton Foster was great, but it needed something more, a message, like URINETOWN, or AVENUE Q, or WICKED.
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#8re: All Shook Up To Replace Millie at The Marquis
Posted: 5/18/04 at 8:10pmI thought I heard that Patrick Stewart was coming back to do A CHRISTMAS CAROL again. They did it at the Marquis a few years ago. Any chance they would put it there for the holidays?
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#9re: All Shook Up To Replace Millie at The Marquis
Posted: 5/18/04 at 9:52pm
Another jukebox show. C'mon, where are the new composers?
-Plum, who sadly hasn't a creative bone in her body
JakeB
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#10re: All Shook Up To Replace Millie at The Marquis
Posted: 5/19/04 at 1:34pmI'm with Plum. This is a waste of a good, central location. How many more shows like this will open on Broadway? We Will Rock You is already on its way, though if it stays the same way it shouldn't last more than a week after opening.
GirlfriendFromCanada
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/7/03
#11re: All Shook Up To Replace Millie at The Marquis
Posted: 5/19/04 at 1:50pmWell, is it really a waste of a good location if there aren't any other shows to go in there? There's almost always a few empty houses, and I wouldn't say any show was a waste of a theater until shows were not allowed to open on Broadway because there was no place to put them. Which really is not the case. I see your point in that the Marquis is a big theater, and in a good spot, but All Shook Up moving in there is really not preventing any other shows from opening.
#12re: All Shook Up To Replace Millie at The Marquis
Posted: 5/19/04 at 1:59pm
Well... Mamma Mia! has been making tons of cash at the Winter Garden, and is paying hundreds of people still.
'All Shook Up' has sparked an interest in some folks who would never normally be interested in a Broadway show. I welcome them to the Great White Way.
(Two very old and very frequently seen arguments, I know... but very valid.)
Hamlet's father.
#13re: All Shook Up To Replace Millie at The Marquis
Posted: 5/19/04 at 2:01pm
I am also not a big Elvis fan, but this could be a fun show. Yes I'd like to see something more original, but I hate more is to see dark theaters.
B
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#14re: All Shook Up To Replace Millie at The Marquis
Posted: 5/19/04 at 2:03pm
I am sure there will be some "speciality" shows in the meantime...unless there are some huge theater renovations needed.
Maybe Linda Eder can do another Christmas Show? (hint hint)
#15re: All Shook Up To Replace Millie at The Marquis
Posted: 5/19/04 at 3:00pmAn Elvis musical was bound to happen. It might be pretty good, just as long as the songs fit into the storyline.
"They hear drums. We hear music."
#16re: All Shook Up To Replace Millie at The Marquis
Posted: 5/19/04 at 3:38pm
Hmmmm... IMO, not quite worthy of replacing Millie...
Isn't this the one with Manley Pope?
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#18re: All Shook Up To Replace Millie at The Marquis
Posted: 5/19/04 at 3:54pmWell then, I guess the shallow teenager in me will be responsible for a visit to the Marquis next year. He's gorgeous.
JakeB
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#19re: All Shook Up To Replace Millie at The Marquis
Posted: 5/19/04 at 3:56pm
Exactly, it shouldn't be replacing something like Millie. As a theatregoer, I hate these shows. Yes, I understand that these are commercial hits, and yes, I would invest in them, but no, I do not welcome them in any way.
I will never forget the night I sat through We Will Rock You - the biggest pile of crap in the West Ebd - and desperately wished that the sell out crowd would flock to the struggling Ragtime, a superior and excellent show. Sadly Ragtime closed not long after. We Will Rock You continues to thrive.
basketcase
Featured Actor Joined: 4/19/04
#20re: All Shook Up To Replace Millie at The Marquis
Posted: 5/19/04 at 4:47pmObviously there's a market for it, so why do we all care so much? We're not all going to love every single show that comes to Broadway, that's the amazing thing, there's something for everyone. Sure this genre isn't my thing, but I'm sure it appeals to some people. It is a shame that Millie couldn't just move to another theatre, but quit whining, maybe All Shook Up will turn out to be decent.
#21re: All Shook Up To Replace Millie at The Marquis
Posted: 5/19/04 at 4:49pmYIKES, CRIKEY, AND HARRUMPH!
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!
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