All Shook Up (musical)

All Shook Up
Promotional poster for original Broadway production of All Shook Up
MusicVarious
LyricsVarious
BookJoe DiPietro
BasisInspired by the music of Elvis Presley and the works of William Shakespeare
Productions2004 Chicago
2005 Broadway
2006 United States tour
2009 Netherlands
2014 Seoul
2015 UK Tour
2016 Seoul

All Shook Up is an American jukebox musical with music from the Elvis Presley songbook and with a book by Joe DiPietro.

The show concerns the repressed residents of an unnamed American town in the Midwest during the summer of 1955 who experience an awakening when a leather-clad guitar-strumming roustabout rolls into town. The story takes inspiration from the comedies of William Shakespeare, particularly Twelfth Night, As You Like It, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Much Ado About Nothing. It explores themes such as authoritarianism, segregation, and homosexuality.

The musical premiered on Broadway in 2005.

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