Broadway hits State
ical includes classic chart-topping hits
By Zach Geiger
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
The Downtown State Theatre is trav
eling back through time this month as
Pennsylvania Center Stage presents
the Broadway musical "Smokey Joe's
Cafe."
The show features 36 of Jerry Leiber
and Mike Stoller's hit songs from the
1950's and 1960's including memo
rable classics such as "Yakety Yak,"
- Love Potion #9, - - Jailhouse Rock."
"On Broadway" "Stand By Me, - and
- I'm a Woman." said J. D. Daw, Class of
"It's the music that brings them in
Daw said.
Hearing the music is a fun experi
ence for both young and old audience
members because kids will recognize
the larger hits, and older audience
members will remember the music and
think back to a favorite memory, pro
duction stage manager Kevin Paulsen
said.
"Out of the 36 songs there's maybe
two I didn't hear before. - Paulsen (sen-
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What: Pennsylvania Center Stage
presents "Smokey Joe's Café"
Where: Penn State Downtown
Theatre Center, 146 S. Allen St.
When: Through July 31
Details: Tickets start at $24 and are
available at Eisenhower Box Office,
Bryce Jordan Center and Penn State
Tickets Downtown
for-stage management) said. "You can
hear the music and remember an
important time from your life."
The play is experienced like a memo
ry or flashback the way that director
Amy Anders Corcoran. Class of 2010,
personally interpreted the award-win
ning show, Daw said.
"It's the story of this neighborhood
separating and coming back together,"
Paulsen said. "It's like a class reunion."
That sense of the group returning to
its home neighborhood is the theme
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that ties the story and the music
together with the show, Daw said.
Both Daw and Paulsen agreed that
the musical selection and the excep
tional talent of the cast are the driving
forces behind the production.
"The cast is sensational." Daw said
"Everyone involved is Penn State."
Each of the nine-person cast and the
crew of "Smokey Joe's Cafe" is associ
ated with Penn State somehow, includ
ing performer Steve Broadnax. an
associate theatre professor. Daw said.
Corcoran has previously directed
- Smokey Joe's Café" and was invited
back to direct this summer's show.
The showings coincide during the
25th anniversary of Pennsylvania
Center Stage. Daw said.
"Last time f"Smokey Joe's Cafe"l
was low-budget, but it was fantastic,"
Daw said. "This opportunity is a full
blown, professional project."
So far ticket sales for the first three
preview shows are close to selling out,
Paulsen said.
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New exhibit comes
to Palmer Museum
The newest addition to the Palmer Museum of Art fea
tures an eclectic showcase of culture from classic litera
ture to paintings in "A Room of Their Own: The
Bloomsbury Artists in American Collections."
Christopher Reed, an associate professor of English and
visual culture and guest co-curator of the exhibition, said
the exhibition aims to encompass the whole visual culture
of the Bloomsbury group through a showcase.
The Bloomsbury group was named for a town surround
ing the University of London. which was centered around
artists like Vanessa Bell and Roger Fry among others.
according to a Palmer Museum press release.
'At the beginning of the 20th century Bloomsbury's
members were trying to imagine what it would mean to
live in a modern way," Reed said. - A lot of that imagining
took place by way of imagining new and modern environ
ments places for people to be modern in."
Reed said the exhibition highlights how important
Bloomsbury is to Americans.
`All the works in the show come from North American...
collections, from museums and libraries as well as from
private houses," Reed said.
The Palmer Museum of Art has added pieces to the
show, including books and letters from the Rare Books and
Manuscripts collection of Penn State's Special Collections
Library and others from local collectors, he said.
The exhibition will be open through September 26.
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