PhotosSneak Peek at the New York Return of Smokey Joe’s Café Off-BroadwayThe revival will begin performances at Stage 42 July 6.
By
Hannah Vine
June 27, 2018
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Broadway’s longest-running musical revue Smokey Joe’s Café returns to the New York stage this summer. The revival, from the show’s original producers Steven Baruch, Marc Routh, Richard Frankel, and Tom Viertel, will play Off-Broadway’s Stage 42 beginning July 6 with an official opening night July 22.
The cast features Dwayne Cooper (Motown, Hairspray), Emma Degerstedt (Desperate Measures Off-Broadway), John Edwards (Jersey Boys), Dionne D. Figgins (Hot Feet, Memphis), Nicole Vanessa Ortiz (Spamilton Off-Broadway), Kyle Taylor Parker (Kinky Boots, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), Jelani Remy (Disney’s The Lion King), Max Sangerman (Blue Man Group Off-Broadway), and Alysha Umphress (On The Town, American Idiot).
Tony nominee Joshua Bergasse directs and choreographs the production, which first played Maine’s Ogunquit Playhouse May 16–June 9.
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Sneak Peek at the New York Return of Smokey Joe’s Café Off-Broadway
Sneak Peek at the New York Return of Smokey Joe’s Café Off-Broadway
The revival will begin performances at Stage 42 beginning July 6.
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Jelani Remy, Dwayne Cooper, Kyle Taylor Parker, and John Edwards
Jelani Remy and Dwayne Cooper
Joshua Bergasse
Kyle Taylor Parker, Jelani Remy, John Edwards, and Dwayne Cooper
Kyle Taylor Parker, Jelani Remy, John Edwards, and Dwayne Cooper
Jelani Remy, Kyle Taylor Parker, Dwayne Cooper, and John Edwards
Jelani Remy, Kyle Taylor Parker, John Edwards, and Dwayne Cooper
Jelani Remy, Kyle Taylor Parker, Dwayne Cooper, and John Edwards
Jelani Remy, Kyle Taylor Parker, John Edwards, and Dwayne Cooper
Kyle Taylor Parker and Nicole Vanessa Ortiz
Kyle Taylor Parker and Nicole Vanessa Ortiz
Nicole Vanessa Ortiz
Max Sangerman
Max Sangerman
Max Sangerman
Alysha Umphress, Dionne D. Figgins, Nicole Vanessa Ortiz, and Emma Degerstedt
Alysha Umphress, Dionne D. Figgins, and Emma Degerstedt
Alysha Umphress, Dionne D. Figgins, Nicole Vanessa Ortiz, and Emma Degerstedt
The creative team features set designer Beowulf Boritt, costume designer Alejo Vietti, lighting designer Jeff Croiter, and music director Sonny Paladino.
The play centers on an explosive family gathering where four estranged Korean American sisters reunite to perform a ritual honoring their father's passing.
