Shows · All Shook Up
All Shook Up
Opened 2005
213 performances
Musical, Modern
In a small Midwestern town in the 1950s, a mysterious leather-jacketed roustabout named Chad rides in on his motorcycle and shakes up the repressed community with his music and rebellious attitude. Loosely inspired by Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, the story follows multiple townspeople — including mechanic Natalie, who disguises herself as a man to get close to Chad — as they discover love, identity, and self-expression through the power of rock and roll.
- Music
- Elvis Presley (jukebox)
- Lyrics
- Various
- Book
- Joe DiPietro
Productions1 on Broadway
Recordings 1 recording
Licensing 1 entry
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All Shook Up is an American jukebox musical with music from the Elvis Presley songbook and with a book by Joe DiPietro. The show concerns the repressed residents of an unnamed American town in the Midwest during the summer of 1955 who experience an awakening when a leather-clad guitar-strumming roustabout rolls into town. The story takes inspiration from the comedies of William Shakespeare, particularly Twelfth Night, As You Like It, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Much Ado About Nothing. It explores themes such as authoritarianism, segregation, and homosexuality. The musical premiered on Broadway in 2005.
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