Stage to PageCheck Out Smokey Joe's Café Opening Night Off-BroadwayDirected and choreographed by Joshua Bergasse, the Tony-nominated revue officially opened July 22.
By
Hannah Vine
July 23, 2018
Dwayne Cooper, Alysha Umphress, Kyle Taylor Parker, Dionne D. Figgins, John Edwards, Nicole Vanessa Ortiz, Jelani Remy, Emma Degerstedt, and Max Sangerman
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Smokey Joe’s Cafe: The Songs of Leiber & Stoller, which played a May 16–June 9 engagement at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Maine, officially opened at Off-Broadway's Stage 42 (422 W. 42nd St.) July 22 following previews that began July 6.
Directed and choreographed by Joshua Bergasse, the cast features Dwayne Cooper (Motown, Hairspray), Emma Degerstedt (Desperate Measures Off-Broadway), John Edwards (Jersey Boys), Dionne D. Figgins (Hot Feet, Memphis), Nicole Vanessa Ortiz (Spamilton Off-Broadway), Kyle Taylor Parker (Kinky Boots, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), Jelani Remy (Disney’s The Lion King), Max Sangerman (Blue Man Group Off-Broadway), and Alysha Umphress (On The Town, American Idiot).
The new production also features scenic design by Beowulf Boritt, costume design by Alejo Vietti, lighting design by Jeff Croiter, sound design by Peter Fitzgerald, original vocal arrangements by Chapman Roberts, and orchestrations by Steve Margoshes and Sonny Paladino. Music supervision and new arrangements are also by Paladino. Casting is by Tara Rubin Casting.
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Check Out the Opening Night for Smokey Joe's Café Off-Broadway
Check Out the Opening Night for Smokey Joe's Café Off-Broadway
Directed and choreographed by Joshua Bergasse, the Tony-nominated revue officially opened July 22.
Dwayne Cooper, Alysha Umphress, Kyle Taylor Parker, Dionne D. Figgins, John Edwards, Nicole Vanessa Ortiz, Jelani Remy, Emma Degerstedt, and Max Sangerman
Dwayne Cooper, Alysha Umphress, Kyle Taylor Parker, Dionne D. Figgins, John Edwards, Nicole Vanessa Ortiz, Jelani Remy, Emma Degerstedt, and Max Sangerman
Dwayne Cooper, Alysha Umphress, Kyle Taylor Parker, Dionne D. Figgins, John Edwards, Nicole Vanessa Ortiz, Jelani Remy, Emma Degerstedt, and Max Sangerman
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Nicole Vanessa Ortiz
Nicole Vanessa Ortiz
Dwayne Cooper, Alysha Umphress, Kyle Taylor Parker, Dionne D. Figgins, John Edwards, Nicole Vanessa Ortiz, Jelani Remy, Emma Degerstedt, and Max Sangerman
Dwayne Cooper, Alysha Umphress, Kyle Taylor Parker, Dionne D. Figgins, John Edwards, Nicole Vanessa Ortiz, Jelani Remy, Emma Degerstedt, and Max Sangerman
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Joshua Bergasse and cast
Joshua Bergasse, Mike Stoller, and Cast
Brenda Braxton and Lindsay Roberts
Lindsay Roberts
Shavey Brown and Lindsay Roberts
Shavey Brown
Dionne D. Figgins
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Dan Domenech
Antoinette Comer
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Kyle Taylor Parker
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Dan Domenech, Antoinette Comer, Alison Solomon, Bronwyn Tarboton, and Shavey Brown
Bronwyn Tarboton
Emma Degerstedt
John Arthur Greene and Emma Degerstedt
Max Sangerman
Alysha Umphress
Nicole Vanessa Ortiz, Dionne D. Figgins, Emma Degerstedt, and Alysha Umphress
Nicole Vanessa Ortiz
Dionne D. Figgins and Emma Degerstedt
John Edwards, Jelani Remy, Ken Ard, and Kyle Taylor Parker
Jelani Remy
John Edwards
Cast
Alison Solomon, Mike Stoller, Joshua Bergasse, and cast
Surrounded by period accurate 19th-century holiday decorations lit via candlelight, the 70-minute production is based on Dickens' own script of the classic.
