FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE

Workshop Theatre kicks off the season with Five Guys Named Moe

Workshop Theatre launches the 2014-2015 season with the jazzy and fun musical Five Guys Named Moe! The musical by Clarke Peters, featuring Louis Jordan’s greatest hits, marks the first show at The Market Space at 701 Whaley.

His woman left him, he’s broke, and it’s almost five o’clock in the mornin’. But don’t be worryin’ ’bout our hero, Nomax. Out of Nomax’s ’30s-style radio pop Five Guys Named Moe. They cajole, wheedle, comfort and jazz him with the whimsical hit songs of Louis Jordan, one of the most beloved songwriting talents of the twentieth century. With more than fifty top ten singles on the rhythm and blues charts, this great composer and saxophonist brought a popular new slant to jazz that paved the way for the rock-and-roll of the 1950’s.

Five Guys Named Moe is the directorial debut for Lou (Warth) Boeschen, who has musically directed numerous shows, including Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka. Music direction is by Roland Haynes Jr. with choreography by Joy Alexander.

The show features Workshop Theatre veterans Bobby Rogers as Four-Eyed Moe and Charlie Goodrich as Nomax, and newcomers Chadwick Pressley as Big Moe, Byron Dixon as No Moe, Shaquile Hester as Little Moe, and Joe Ali-Cassim as Eat Moe.

Ticket sales begin September 10 for members and September 12 for all others. Reserve your tickets online at workshoptheatre.com or by calling the Box Office at 803-799-6551.