[NEohioPAL]Smokey Joes Cafe reviews... 7 performances left

Fri Aug 2 15:35:07 PDT 2002

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LAST TWO WEEKS SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE RUNS THROUGH AUGUST 11th AT BECK CENTER.call 
for tickets.{216} 521-2540

12 STANDING OVATIONS AND COUNTING!

Jacqueline Gerber 
Special to The Plain Dealer 07/15/02
THE SONGS ARE THE STAR OF THE MUSICAL
And if Friday night's opening of "Smokey Joe's Cafe" is any predictor of 
success, the Beck Center might want to keep a contractor around to nail the 
roof back on every night, there is much thats right about Martin Cespedes 
direction of the 1995 Tony-nomonated show.First it moves,Second,Cespedes cast 
of nine features solid singers who can bring out the stories in the 
tunes,Third, the band cooks...

Roy Berko
(Member, American Theatre Critics Association)
THE TIMES NEWSPAPERS
Lorain County Times--Westlaker Times--Lakewood News
Times--Olmsted-Fairview Times  

REMARKABLE SMOKEY JOES CAFE AT BECK CENTER
Start with an outstanding score, add a very talented
cast, sprinkle with functional sets, spice with a
great band, and place the mixture in the hands of a
talented director and choreographer.  The results?
Beck Center's remarkable SMOKEY JOES CAFE!!!

Art Thomas 
Westlife 7/24/02
BECK CENTER ROCKS WITH SMOKEY JOES CAFE"
Director Martin Cespedes has not only a mastery of the shows material,but 
also of the cast.he has displayed the nine talented singers and dancers both 
as dynamite soloist,and also as seamless team members in various group 
pieces...

Kieth A Joseph 
Cleveland Scene Magazine 7/24-30/02
The production,exquisitely paced by director-choreographer Martin Cespedes,
periodically blazes into the stratosphare like a spectacular fireworks 
display...
in a real theater city,this felicitous surprise would be transferred downtown 
for an open ended run.it would be a perfect tonic for an overdose of 
fluff.....

James Damico 
Cleveland Freetimes 7/17-23/02
BABY THAT IS ROCK & ROLL..
Beck Centers dead on the money mounting of the 1995 revue is clearly the 
areas best show of the year,even given  a couple of stiff competitors -that i 
was getting all revved up to lobby the boss for a stop the presses extra to 
make the proclamation, some enterprising producer would be smart to grab up 
this production intact,make the adjustments needed,and stick it into any 
convenient playhouse square venue,where it run at least as long as it took 
Elvis to finally vacate the premises.......

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 12 STANDING OVATIONS AND COUNTING!
 
 Jacqueline Gerber 
 Special to The Plain Dealer 07/15/02
 THE SONGS ARE THE STAR OF THE MUSICAL
 And if Friday night's opening of "Smokey Joe's Cafe" is any predictor of success, the Beck Center might want to keep a contractor around to nail the roof back on every night, there is much thats right about Martin Cespedes direction of the 1995 Tony-nomonated show.First it moves,Second,Cespedes cast of nine features solid singers who can bring out the stories in the tunes,Third, the band cooks...
 
 
 Roy Berko
 (Member, American Theatre Critics Association)
 THE TIMES NEWSPAPERS
 Lorain County Times--Westlaker Times--Lakewood News
 Times--Olmsted-Fairview Times  
 
 REMARKABLE SMOKEY JOES CAFE AT BECK CENTER
 Start with an outstanding score, add a very talented
 cast, sprinkle with functional sets, spice with a
 great band, and place the mixture in the hands of a
 talented director and choreographer.  The results?
 Beck Center's remarkable SMOKEY JOES CAFE!!!
 
 
 Art Thomas 
 Westlife 7/24/02
 BECK CENTER ROCKS WITH SMOKEY JOES CAFE"
 Director Martin Cespedes has not only a mastery of the shows material,but also of the cast.he has displayed the nine talented singers and dancers both as dynamite soloist,and also as seamless team members in various group pieces...
 
 
 Kieth A Joseph 
 Cleveland Scene Magazine 7/24-30/02
 The production,exquisitely paced by director-choreographer Martin Cespedes,
 periodically blazes into the stratosphare like a spectacular fireworks display...
 in a real theater city,this felicitous surprise would be transferred downtown for an open ended run.it would be a perfect tonic for an overdose of fluff.....
 
 James Damico 
 Cleveland Freetimes 7/17-23/02
 BABY THAT IS ROCK & ROLL..
 Beck Centers dead on the money mounting of the 1995 revue is clearly the areas best show of the year,even given  a couple of stiff competitors -that i was getting all revved up to lobby the boss for a stop the presses extra to make the proclamation, some enterprising producer would be smart to grab up this production intact,make the adjustments needed,and stick it into any convenient playhouse square venue,where it run at least as long as it took Elvis to finally vacate the premises.......</HTML>

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