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I often think of jukebox musicals as a bunch of tunes looking for a plot, so I was in for a surprise with All Shook Up on stage now at Broadway Palm. This is billed as inspired by and featuring the songs of Elvis Presley<\/a>. I was expecting a lot of hip gyrations, and I got those, thanks to the flexible pelvis of Austin Wicke<\/a> as Chad.<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfad NEW! Ft. Myers\/Naples Theatre Newsletter<\/p>\n But I also got a Shakespeare-inspired romp full of mistaken identities and starry-eyed people in love with the wrong person.<\/p>\n Wicke rolls into \u201ca small you-never-heard-of-town somewhere in the Midwest\u201d that is governed under Mamie Eisenhower moral standards by Mayor Matilda, played with imposing presence by Shannon Connolly.<\/p>\n Appalled at the hijinks Wicke has touched off, Connolly has fun with \u201cDevil in Disguise\u201d surrounded by a bevy of very unusual Church Ladies. Costume Designer<\/a> John P. White has captured their aesthetic perfectly. The mayor\u2019s sidekick Frank Hughes<\/a> as Sheriff Earl is a silent foil until he isn\u2019t.<\/p>\n Two other numbers stood out for me. \u201cIt Hurts Me\u201d is sung by Ross Coughlin<\/a> as an adorably nerdy Dennis who is pining for Darcy Reimler as Natalie who is pining for Wicke. (I told you it was complicated.)<\/p>\n And Jasmine Lacy Young as bar owner Sylvia, another Shakespearean reference, brings down the house with \u201cThere\u2019s Always Me.\u201d<\/p>\n The only thing missing in this production is a signature tap dance number by Director and Choreographer Amy Marie McCleary. I guess blue suede shoes never came with taps.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t want to spoil it, but the show ends as every good Shakespearean comedy should. IYKYK.<\/p>\n All Shook Up runs through May 16. For tickets, call 239.278.4422.<\/p>\n Reader Reviews<\/p>\n To post a comment, you must register<\/a> and login<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udfad NEW! Ft. Myers\/Naples Theatre Newsletter Get all the top news & discounts for Ft. Myers\/Naples & beyond.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-227930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}