Smokey Joe's Cafe 1995 - Articles Page 1.8

Ages: 6+
Opened: March 2, 1995
Closing: January 16, 2000

Smokey Joe's Cafe - 1995 - Broadway History , Info & More

Virginia Theatre
245 W. 52nd St. New York, NY 10019

Smokey Joe's Café is the hottest joint in town. This Tony Award-winning tribute to legendary songwriters Leiber and Stoller is a fast-paced nostalgic trip through 39 of rock-and-roll's greatest hits from "Stand by Me" and "Fools Fall in Love" to "Spanish Harlem" and "Yakety Yak." Award-winning Director Robert Barry Fleming returns to Center REP where he previously helmed such REP hits as Ain't Misbehavin', All Shook Up, and She Loves Me.

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VIDEO: Watch Brenda Braxton & Friends on Stars in the House- Live at 8pm!
by Nicole Rosky - Oct 26, 2020


Stars in the House continues tonight (8pm) with Act 2... Now What?  Black Broadway Men with guest Host Brenda Braxton.

VIDEO: Watch Brenda Braxton & Friends on Stars in the House
by Nicole Rosky - Oct 19, 2020


Stars in the House continues tonight (8pm) with Guest Host Brenda Braxton and friends!Stars in the House continues tonight (8pm) with Act 2... Now What?  Career Transitions!  Guest host Brenda Braxton welcomes Danny Lo Buono and Natasha Rennalls Neary.

VIDEO: Watch Brenda Braxton, Tamara Tunie & More on Stars in the House
by Nicole Rosky - Oct 12, 2020


Stars in the House continues tonight (8pm) with Love & Southern Discomfort!  Guest host Brenda Braxton welcomes Bobby Daye, Tamara Tunie, Monica L Patton and Ramona Keller.

VIDEO: Watch Brenda Braxton & Friends on Stars in the House
by Nicole Rosky - Oct 5, 2020


Stars in the House continues tonight (8pm) with Guest Host Brenda Braxton and friends!

VIDEO: Watch Brenda Braxton & Friends on Stars in the House
by Nicole Rosky - Sep 28, 2020


Stars in the House continues tonight (8pm) with Guest Host Brenda Braxton and friends!

VIDEO: Watch Brenda Braxton & Friends on Stars in the House
by Nicole Rosky - Sep 21, 2020


Stars in the House continues tonight (8pm) with Guest Host Brenda Braxton and friends!

VIDEO: Watch a SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE Reunion on Stars in the House
by Nicole Rosky - Sep 1, 2020


Stars in the House continues tonight (8pm) with a SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE Reunion with Brenda Braxton and more!

VIDEO: Watch Brenda Braxton's Birthday Bash on STARS IN THE HOUSE
by Nicole Rosky - Aug 7, 2020


Stars in the House continues today (8pm) with Brenda Braxton's Birthday Bash!  Guest Host Brenda Braxton is joined by Donna Marie Asbury and Amra-Faye Wright and surprise special guests.

VIDEO: Watch Brenda Braxton & Friends on STARS IN THE HOUSE
by Nicole Rosky - Jul 27, 2020


Stars in the House continues today (8pm) with guest host Brenda Braxton and friends!

The Riant Theatre Kicks Off 2020 STRAWBERRY ONE-ACT FESTIVAL With Encore Run Of Best Plays From Its Repertory
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 22, 2020


The Riant Theatre (Van Dirk Fisher, Artistic Director) -- the AUDELCO Award-Winning nonprofit, which provides a nurturing environment for playwrights and theatre creatives of diverse cultural backgrounds to develop new plays, presents some of the Best Plays From The Strawberry One-Act Festival at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Peter Norton Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95th St, NYC. Tickets are $40 General Admission; $35 for Seniors and Students with I.D. Box Office: 212-864-5400 or online at www.SymphonySpace.org (Youtube Promo https://youtu.be/PTCS2ugfRL0)

The Riant Theatre to Honor Vivan Reed, Alton Fitzgerald White and Kamilah Forbes with Special Pioneer of the Arts Awards
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 6, 2020


The Riant Theatre (Van Dirk Fisher, Artistic Director), a nonprofit theatre supporting playwrights and theatremakers of diverse cultural backgrounds, is holding the Launch Party for its annual Strawberry One-Act and Theatre Festival on Sunday, February 9, 2020 at 4:30pm at the Thalia Studios at Peter Norton Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95th St, NYC. The evening will begin with a reception with food, drinks and a screening of the Video Diaries Project: a series of short films about the artists in the festival.

Joe's Pub Releases Upcoming Schedule
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 8, 2019


Literary cabaret House of Speakeasy is back at Joe's Pub with Nina Burleigh, James Geary, Maggie Paxson & Monique Truong, while This Alien Nation, a celebration of immigrant stories, returns with Julio Torres, Mohammad Ewaz, Seuketu Mehta and Fariha Róisín.

Broadway Theatre Project Announces Michael Cerveris and More as Additional Faculty For Summer Intensive
by Stephi Wild - May 29, 2019


Now entering its 28th year, Broadway Theatre Project (BTP), a program described by Playbill as "The world's most prestigious musical theatre arts education program for high school and college students" announces additional award-winning, highly-accomplished visiting faculty for the 2019 summer intensive.

Emmy Winner and Tony Nominee Joshua Bergasse to Direct and Choreograph SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE at the Ordway
by Rebecca Russo - Dec 7, 2018


The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts raised the curtain with a sneak peek of its 2019-2020 Broadway Series by announcing the all-new incarnation of the Grammy Award-winning, Tony Award-nominated, Broadway hit Smokey Joe's Cafe: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller.

Riverside Theatre Stages SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE
by Julie Musbach - Oct 3, 2018


Riverside Theatre presents one of Broadway's longest-running jukebox musicals, Smokey Joe's Cafe. Sponsored by Linda & Mel Teetz and Riverside Theatre's Patron Producers Group, Smokey Joe's Cafe performs on the Stark Stage from October 23 - November 11, 2018.

Sally Struthers, Hal Linden, Ed Dixon & Mark Jacoby Star in Ogunquit Playhouse's GRUMPY OLD MEN
by Julie Musbach - Jul 25, 2018


Fasten your seat belt, it's going to be a grumpy ride! The Ogunquit Playhouse is proud to produce the U.S. premiere of the new musical-comedy, Grumpy Old Men the Musical on stage from August 8 to September 1 - just in time to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the hit film that starred Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau and Ann-Margret. This hilarious new show was penned by Dan Remmes, with music by Neil Berg and lyrics by Nick Meglin. Director for the Ogunquit production of Grumpy Old Men the Musical is Matt Lenz.

BWW Review: Joshua Bergasse Creates a Sensational New Style For the Leiber and Stoller Smash SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE
by Michael Dale - Jul 23, 2018


When the smash hit revue SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE, celebrating the pop classics of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, opened on Broadway in 1995, director Jerry Zaks staged each beloved number with snazzy show-biz slickness and glitz, suggesting the ways they might have been performed by the artists who introduced them when in concert or on television variety shows.

SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE Returns To New York This Summer
by Stephi Wild - Mar 8, 2018


The original producers of Smokey Joe's Cafe: The Songs of Leiber & Stoller, Broadway's longest running musical revue, announced today that the show will return to New York this summer following a limited engagement at Maine's Ogunquit Playhouse. Preview performances will begin at New York's Stage 42 (422 West 42nd Street) on July 6 and opening night is set for July 22. Tickets will go on sale on Monday, March 12 through telecharge.com and the box office will open on June 25. Casting is to be announced.

VIDEO: On This Day, March 2- SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE Brings Leiber & Stoller to Broadway!
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 2, 2018


Smokey's Joe's Cafe celebrates the pop hits written by the team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller during the 1950s and 60s.

BWW Review: SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE is Energetic, Must-See Fun at TexArts
by Lacey Cannon Gonzales - Feb 22, 2018


SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE is a fun, energetic, must-see production with a powerhouse cast and performances. Whether you are already a fan of Leiber and Stoller's classic hits or are just looking a great show, this rollicking revue makes the drive to Lakeway well worth the trip.

Will SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE Land Off-Broadway in 2018?
by Nicole Rosky - Jan 26, 2018


According to an Equity casting notice, Smokey Joe's Cafe might be heading back to New York City. Historic Maine theatre Ogunquit Playhouse will feature the revue this May-June, and afterwards, the production will get an off Broadway run at Stage 42.

Immersive SOUTHERN GOTHIC Invites Audience Into 1960s Cocktail Party
by Julie Musbach - Jan 8, 2018


Windy City Playhouse announces an expansion in programming with a world-premiere immersive theatrical production, 'Southern Gothic,' premiering February 7, 2017 in an open-ended engagement.

Immersive SOUTHERN GOTHIC Invites Audience Into 1960s Cocktail Party
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 14, 2017


Windy City Playhouse announces an expansion in programming with a world-premiere immersive theatrical production, Southern Gothic, premiering February 7, 2017 in an open-ended engagement. Written by Leslie Liautaud and directed by David H. Bell, Southern Gothic gives audiences the opportunity to be a fly on the wall at a cocktail party in Ashford, Georgia in the 1960s where four couples gather together to celebrate a birthday.

Windy City Playhouse to Debut Immersive Production SOUTHERN GOTHIC
by BWW News Desk - Sep 12, 2017


Windy City Playhouse announces an expansion in programming with a world-premiere immersive theatrical production, 'Southern Gothic,' premiering February 7, 2018 and running through April 1, 2018 as a stand-alone production following the 2017 season.

Critic's Choice: What's Playing in Tennessee? Nashville Theater Calendar for July 12, 2017
by Jeffrey Ellis - Jul 12, 2017


Feeling the urge to let your imagination run wild, your spirit to soar or to just leave the world in which you live and go on an adventure? Sounds like a trip to the theater is in order! Luckily, companies all over the Volunteer State have been hard at work, creating new productions to transform and to transport, shows that will entertain you this summer. That's where THE NASHVILLE THEATER CALENDAR comes in handy: Peruse our listings every week to find out what shows you should see!

Smokey Joe's Cafe FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What productions of Smokey Joe's Cafe have there been?
Smokey Joe's Cafe has had 4 productions including Broadway which opened in 1995, Broadway which opened in 1995, West End which opened in 1996 and Off-Broadway which opened in 2018.
What Tony Awards has Smokey Joe's Cafe been nominated for?
Best Musical , , Best Choreography for Joey McKneely , Best Direction of a Musical for Jerry ZaksBest Lighting Design for Frederic H. Mayerson and Best Lighting Design for Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre/Gordon Davidson.
What awards has Smokey Joe's Cafe been nominated for?
Smokey Joe's Cafe has been nominated for the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Broadway Musical.

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