All Shook Up, last season's hit musical set to the classic songs of Elvis Presley, will launch a 30-city First National tour starting September 12th at Milwaukee's Marcus Center for the Performing Arts.
The show will be headed by new-comer Joe Mandragona, along with Jenny Fellner (Mamma Mia!, Princesses) and Susan Anton (Hairspray in Las Vegas, The Will Rogers Follies).
All Shook Up "tells the romantic tale of how a young girl's dream comes true when a guitar-playin' roustabout rides into a square state and turns the town upside down with his hip-swivelin', lip-curlin'and sexy song singin,' state press notes. The book is by Joe DiPietro (I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change), with direction by Tony Award-nominee Christopher Ashley (The Rocky Horror Show), and features such classics as "Heartbreak Hotel", "Burning Love", "Jailhouse Rock", "Blue Suede Shoes," "It's Now or Never," and "Don't Be Cruel." Sergio Trujillo, who is currently represented on Broadway with the hit musical Jersey Boys, will choreograph the tour
The full cast and their roles are as follows: Susan Anton (Miss Susan), David Benoit (Sheriff Earl), Wally Dunn (Jim Haller), Jenny Fellner (Natalie Haller), Beth Glover (Mayor Matilda Hyde), Valisia Lekae Little (Lorraine), Joe Mandragona (Chad), Dennis Moench (Dennis), Brian Sears (Dean Hyde), Natasha Yvette Williams (Sylvia) along with ensemble members Alicia Albright, Nick Cearley, Abbie Cooper, Randy Davis, Josh Franklin, Erin Greiner, William Hammonds, Tiffany Janene Howard, Matthew Kiernan, Mary Jo McConnell, Kevin McGlynn, Jermaine Rembert, Betsy Struxness, Kyle Vaughn, Aurelia Williams and Carla Woods.
Producers Richard Martini, Allen Spivak, Albert Nocciolino and Magic Arts & Entertainment will reunite the original Broadway design team, including set designer David Rockwell, costumes designer David C. Woolard and lighting designer Donald Holder for the 2006-07 tour.
A partial list of the tour cities and play dates are as follows:
9/12-9/17, 2006--Marcus Center for the Performing Arts in Milwaukee, WI
9/19-9/24--Clowes Memorial Hall in Indianapolis, IN
9/26-10/8--Opera House in Boston, MA
10/10-10/15--Fox Cities Performing Arts Center in Appleton, WI
10/17-10/22--Kentucky Center for the Arts in Louisville, KY
10/24-10/29--Bob Carr Performing Arts Center in Orlando , FL
10/31-11/5--Majestic Theatre in San Antonio, TX
11/7-11/19--Hobby Center in Houston, TX
11/21-12/3--Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
12/12-12/17--Paramount Theatre in Seattle, WA
12/19-12/31--Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre in Denver, CO
1/2-1/7/2007--Music Hall in Tucson, AZ
1/16-1/21--Wharton Center for the Performing Arts, East Lansing, MI
1/23-2/4--California Musical Theatre's Community Center Theatre in Sacramento, CA
2/13-2/18--Live Nation's Palace Theatre in Columbus, OH
2/20-2/25--Live Nation's Merriam Theatre in Philadelphia, PA
2/27- 3/11--Live Nation's Aronoff Center for Performing Arts in Cincinnati, OH 3/13-3/18-- Memphis Development Foundation's Orpheum Theatre in Memphis, TN
3/20-3/25--BTI Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh, NC
3/27-3/29--Lied Center for the Performing Arts in Lincoln, NE
3/30-4/1--Orpheum Theatre in Omaha, NE
4/10-4/15--Palace Theatre in Cleveland, OH
4/24-4/29--Fox Theatre in Atlanta, GA
5/1-5/6--Casa Manana in Ft. Worth, TX
5/8-5/13--Historic Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis, MN
5/29-6/10--Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa, CA
6/12-6/17--Gammage Memorial Auditorium in Tempe, AZ
6/19-6/24--American Musical Theatre of San Jose in San Jose, CA
6/26-7/1--Civic Theatre in San Diego, CA
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