Smokey Joe's Cafe...

I love, LOVE this show! I have had the dvd for awhile, and none of it ever gets old! This is such a brilliant show! Some of my favorite songs are:
Kansas City
Fools Fall in Love (reprise)
Your the Boss
Iam a Woman and
I Who Have Nothing.

How do you guys like this musical, and what are your favorite songs?

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My highschool did the show a few years back, which was a challenge because it's a bit racially challenged (Southern school, what can I say... I think the music is great, but i'm not a revue person. I need a plot. There are some amazing songs in the show, though, and its really great to see people remember the songs they grew up with and get really into it.

Your high schooldid it? How cool! I would love if we did it, but that would never happen. Who did you play?

And, yes shira please do see it, seeing it is quite a good show.

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Yeah, that's the problem with some revues -- if you don't realize what it is, you'll sit there frustrated!

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When we did it (and I mention again, we were an almost all-white highschool in TN) I did most of the BJ stuff. We got rights to work with the show a bit and create a bit of a storyline, so some of the songs were cut and some other Leiber/Stohler songs were added in (such as the actual song Smokey Joe's Cafe, which was cut in the Broadway show). We also expanded the cast and made some big group numbers out of songs like Jailhouse Rock and Stand By Me. Since my school was all-girls and the all-boys school from across the river came over to do shows, we had waaaay too many girls in the cast, so Woman ended up being a BIG number. It was fun, but I really missed doing a show with a written book.

I love this show too. We did a medley from it at my school in '03 and it was soooooo much fun. I love Don Juan. especially the stool she uses. haha

Smokey Joes Cafe was always alot of fun. I always enjoyed LOVE ME/DON'T.

I also love that final rendetion. It is touching. But I believe the song is called "Folls Fall in Love" (reprise)

And I also love the song "Falling".

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Really, I disagree...It was very well recieved as a bigger show.

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