Palace Theater, 1564 Broadway, at 47th street
New York, NY
March 25, 2005 Friday
Director: Christopher Ashley
Set Designer: David Rockwell
Costume: David C. Woolard
Lighting: Donald Holder
Sound: Brian Ronan
Running Time: 2hours,10 minutes
New York, NY
March 25, 2005 Friday
Director: Christopher Ashley
Set Designer: David Rockwell
Costume: David C. Woolard
Lighting: Donald Holder
Sound: Brian Ronan
Running Time: 2hours,10 minutes
Certainly, compared with its sickly cousin, "Good Vibrations" (that's the Beach Boys musical at the Eugene O'Neill Theater), "All Shook Up" looks like Jose Canseco at his steroid-plumped peak. Everyone in the show sings more or less on-key. The dance numbers, though short and fitful, are fully synchronized. And several of the performers have something approaching distinctive personalities.
Ben Brantley
Well, a critic can dream, can't he? In truth, "All Shook Up," the Elvis Presley-inspired show that is pumping its plastic pelvis at the Palace Theater, is unlikely to evoke anything close to such extreme, last-straw responses from its audiences. Within its unimaginative but ever-expanding subgenre - the prefab musical that takes its score from Top 40 hits of the past - this production actually rates as slicker and more skillful than most.
Ben Brantley
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