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Association of Theatre Critics <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">As
jukebox musicals go, “Five Guys Named Moe” – which premiered on Broadway in 1992
and is currently on stage at the Cleveland Play House – is a fair
to </SPAN><SPAN
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #2c353c; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">The
pretense:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It’s very late at
night.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Drunk, broke and abandoned
by his girlfriend Lorraine, Nomax is inexplicitly visited by five well-dressed,
well-manicured guys named Moe, who step out of his vintage radio to teach him a
few lessons of the heart.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: #2c353c; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">The
purpose: This is a musical revue of the greatest hits of Louis Jordan – the
“King of the Jukebox” – whose lively R& B rhythms and novelty numbers
provided the soundtrack for young adults during the 1940s and 1950s.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The limited dialogue sketches out a
paper-thin storyline but, mostly, it just serves as translucent connective
tissue to transition from one song to the next.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">The
production:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>World class.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>What this show lacks in conception and
construction it more than makes up for in execution. </SPAN></P>
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read more of this review, go to: <A
href="http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/features/article_832f0b3a-a7c5-11e4-814e-d78e6e0d039d.html">http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/features/article_832f0b3a-a7c5-11e4-814e-d78e6e0d039d.html</A></SPAN></FONT></P>
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