THEATRE + COMEDY

The Texas Repertory Theatre Co., Houston’s Uptown Classic Theatre, closes its 6th Anniversary season with a sizzling musical event for summer, the rock-n-roll, rhythm & blues musical revue Smokey Joe’s Café, opening June 30th, and running through July 24th.

The legendary songwriting team of Lieber and Stoller virtually invented rock-n-roll, and now their songs provide the basis for an electrifying entertainment that shines a white-hot spotlight on a golden age of American music and culture. In an idealized setting based on the classic Wurlitzer jukeboxes of the era, the classic themes of love won, lost, and imagined blend with hilarious scenes and slice-of-life emotions to0 form this crowd-pleasing musical. Featuring nearly 40 of the greatest songs ever recorded, Smokey Joe’s Café isn’t just great pop music- it is thrilling and compelling musical theatre guaranteed to have audiences dancing in the aisles.

The Texas Repertory Theatre production of Smokey Joe’s features a cast of Houston’s finest vocalists, including Chioke Coreathers, Kenyatta Herring, Mark Jackson, Christina Stroup, Sophia Mendez, Aaron Phillips, Damon Price, Cole Ryden, and Blythe Kirkwood all under the direction of Las Vegas veteran Dan O’Brien. Texas Repertory Musical Director Luke Kirkwood leads the blazing hot orchestra.