Smokey Joe's Cafe: Direct from Broadway (2000)

Original title

Smokey Joe's Cafe: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller

Directed by

Don Roy King

Genre

musical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 45m

Rating

4.6 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a filmed recording of the Broadway musical revue Smokey Joe's Cafe. It features the final cast performing the show live on stage at the Virginia Theatre.

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What happens

Smokey Joe's Cafe: Direct from Broadway is a 2000 film of the Broadway production of the musical revue Smokey Joe's Cafe as captured live in performance on Broadway featuring the show's final Broadway cast. The show was captured at Broadway's Virginia Theatre in New York City during the show's final Broadway performance utilizing multiple high-definition cameras by Broadway Worldwide. The film was released September 10, 2000, on cable and satellite pay-per-view channels in the U.S., Canada, and Latin America. The program was released on DVD and VHS November 6, 2001 by GoodTimes Video, with a DVD re-release January 16, 2007 by Image Entertainment. HBO bought the program in December 2002 for a two-year contract on the network. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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