"All Shook Up" - Runaway Stage Productions

Left: Final tableaux.

Great, energetic show! Very clever sets and props (only shortfall may be lighting).

Once again, Pam Kay Lourentzos' choreography shines! Her energetic style is perfectly-suited to the show's energy.

The show resembles "Mamma Mia" in that it is built around a catalog of songs - in this case, Elvis Presley songs (as opposed to Mamma Mia's catalog of ABBA songs).

Fine performances by Kay Hight and Joshua James. Megan Sandoval is excellent as well, as are Andrea St. Clair and Anne-Marie Pringle.

Apparently there was a cast reshuffling at one point. Brought late into the cast, Michael R.J. Campbell nevertheless plays a winning Jim Haller.


Left: Bows. Jim Haller (Michael R.J. Campbell), Miss Sandra (Andrea St. Clair), Dennis (Kyle Young), Natalie Haller (Kay Hight), Chad (Joshua James), Lorraine (Megan Sandoval), Dean Hyde (James Sgambati).

Left: Bows. Miss Sandra (Andrea St. Clair), Dennis (Kyle Young), Natalie Haller (Kay Hight), Chad (Joshua James), Lorraine (Megan Sandoval).

Left: Chad (Joshua James).

Left: Miss Sandra (Andrea St. Clair).

According to Andrea, "All Shook Up" is based on Shakespeare's "Twelth Night" (with a dash of "Footloose" tossed in there as well).