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Smokey Joe's Cafe: Songs of Leiber & Stoller | 
 enlarge | Director: Don Roy King
Actors: Ken Ard, Adrian Bailey, Matt Bogart, Brenda Braxton, Victor Trent Cook
Studio: Image Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.99
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Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 8872
Format: Cast Recording, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 105 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: ID3627WRDVD
UPC: 014381362725
EAN: 0014381362725
ASIN: B000JJSKZ4
Theatrical Release Date: May 30, 1995
Release Date: January 16, 2007
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Product Description
The final performance of Smokey Joe's Cafe: The Songs of Leiber and Stollers the longest-running musical revue in Broadway history was recorded live at Broadway's Virginia Theatre featuring the original Tony Award-nominated cast in a non-stop celebration of more than 40 songs that provided the soundtrack to the lives of a generation of Americans. Incredibly they were all the work of a single songwriting team Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller whose extraordinary list of hits includings "Jailhouse Rock" "Hound Dog" "Treat Me Nice" "Stand by Me" "Spanish Harlem" and appropriately "On Broadway."System Requirements:Running Time: 102 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: MUSICALS/MUSICALS Rating: NR UPC: 014381362725 Manufacturer No: ID3627WRDVD
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You know that rock & roll has staying power when it can survive even the homogenization that comes from being performed on Broadway. So it is with this live performance of a Broadway revue that celebrated the music of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, one of the finest songwriting teams ever to have hits with Elvis Presley, Ben E. King, the Drifters, the Coasters, and everyone else who mattered in the early days of rock. Everything from "Hound Dog" to "Charlie Brown," from "I'm a Woman" to "On Broadway" is included in this video recording of the Broadway hit. But despite energetic performances by a cast of five men and four women, there's little of the raw and plenty of the preprocessed in a show that wouldn't be out of place in a Las Vegas showroom. They're still great songs--and even these slick performances can't diminish that. --Marshall Fine
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Awesome show and tape! November 29, 2008
Jay Irwin (North Hollywood, CA)
What can you say? Great music, amazing cast, well-recorded - the only thing better is to see Smokey Joe's Cafe live at El Portal Theatre in the San Fernando Valley - original cast memebers DeLee Lively and Robert Torti will be in it with TC Carson from Living Single, Sharon Catherine Blanks (formerly Sharon Brown) from Dreamgirls, Rent, and Joseph... on Broadway, Jackie Sieden from Jersey Boys and Hairspray, and more...[...]
Love that Lieber and Stoller March 3, 2008
J. Bresin (Phoenix, AZ USA)
I was lucky enough to see the show on Broadway back in 1999 and had a great time enjoying the music I had grown up with once again. This is a high energy musical review of two of our most prolific American song writing teams. There music has spanned several generations and been recorded by some of the greats: from Big Mama Thornton to Elvis, to Ben E King.
If your looking for a truly fun few hours of entertainment, This is an ideal pick.
a great night with smokey joe dvd February 23, 2008
Roger D. Lauzon (fall river,ma.)
buy the smokey joes dvd it a great nite on broadway have all the coasters and drifters songs done in a great broadway style buy this dvd you'll love it. great choreagraphy and songs.
Glad we found it on DVD December 17, 2007
P. S. Skidmore (Texas)
My husband and I love Smokey Joe's Cafe and we are so glad we found it on DVD. It really takes you back.
 Fun,fun,fun September 20, 2007
Richard S. Cohen (Grants Pass, OR USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Bought the DVD having just seen a live performance at the Cabaret Theater in Ashland, Oregon. Wanted to be able to recreate the experience. The DVD is great, with good video and excellent audio. As always, the live performance can't be duplicated, but the DVD is a very good way to relive the experience, and keep the memories alive when the organic memory weakens.
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