For The Shedd's inaugural early summer musical, we're pleased to present a concert version of Rodgers and Hart's extraordinary 1940 anti-hero musical, Pal Joey. Based on John O'Hara's 1940 epistolary novel of the same name (who also wrote the show's libretto), Pal Joey tells the story of a small time nightclub emcee...a slice of low-life Chicago in the 1940s set to some of the best songs of the decade, headed up by Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered and I Could Write A Book and including such intriguing specialty numbers as Zip.
Our concert version of the musical will boast just about everything but the set -- book, cast, costumes, an on-stage orchestra and great songs and dance! Starring Shedd favorites Bill Hulings and Siri Vik as the archtypal Joey Evans and Vera Simpson, Pal Joey will be a must-see part of your early summer!
Joey is an opportunistic cad, but he always seems to land on his feet. He elbows his way into a job at a seedy Chicago nightclub and is soon juggling the affections of a naive chorus girl and a wealthy society dame who just happens to be married. Once Joey has charmed the socialite into setting him up in his own joint, he ditches the chorine and is riding high, playing the big-time operator. When a punk threatens to spill the whole business to the socialite's husband, she decides that she's bored with Joey anyway, dumping him and the club. Having had a taste of his own medicine, you'd think Joey would head back to the sweet kid who really loves him. Wrong. Some things never change, but you know what? He's still on his feet.
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