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Chad, un rocker en blouson noir, amoureux de motos, s'arrête dans le garage de la ville parce qu'il doit réparer la sienne. Là Nathalie, la mécanicienne (sans doute une allusion à Natalie Wood), tombe sous le charme mais Chad la calme en lui disant qu'il a déjà eu une flopée de femmes mais qu'il ne prend la route qu'avec des hommes. Natalie cache ses cheveux sous un chapeau, se badigeonne le visage d'huile de moteur pour simuler une barbe, se transformant en "Ed". Finalement, Chad tombera amoureux de Ed.

"All Shook Up" est un jukebox musical reprenant la musique de la star mondiale du rock Elvis Presley, d'après un livret de Joe DiPietro. Le spectacle a ouvert à Broadway au Palace Theatre le 24 mars 2005 et a fermé le 25 septembre 2005 après 213 représentations.
Le musical, mis en scène par Christopher Ashley, s'inspire de la pièce de William Shakespeare "Twelfth Night" ("La Nuit des Rois). L'action se situe dans une petite ville du Midwest américain en 1955, durant l'été, et s'étend sur 24 heures. Elle raconte l'histoire de Natalie, une jeune fille qui rêve de prendre la route et de Chad, un rebelle charismatique qui a apporté le rock dans cette petite ville.

1 All Shook Up peut-être considéré comme un juke-box musical autour de la musique de Elvis Presley

The musical had a developmental staging at the Goodspeed Musicals May 13-June 6, 2004, with most of the Broadway cast, except for Manley Pope in the lead role of Chad. Christopher Ashley directed, with choreography by Jody Moccia. The musical had a tryout in Chicago from December 19, 2004, through January 24, 2005. After the tryout, changes were made to the finale and to add "a more specific instrumental and vocal voice" for Chad.

The musical premiered on Broadway at the Palace Theatre on March 2, 2005 and closed on September 25, 2005 after 213 performances and 33 previews. Directed by Christopher Ashley, with choreography by Ken Roberson, the original Broadway cast included Cheyenne Jackson (Chad), Jenn Gambatese (Natalie Haller/"Ed"), and Jonathan Hadary (Jim Haller).

It has been performed in the USA at regional theatres, colleges and high schools.

Acte I
"Jailhouse Rock" - Chad and Prisoners (Music and lyrics by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller)
"Heartbreak Hotel" - Henrietta, Dennis, Sylvia, Lorraine, Jim and Barflies (Music and lyrics by Presley, Mae Boren Axton and Tommy Durden)
"Roustabout" - Chad (Music and lyrics by Florence Kaye, Bernie Baum and Bill Giant)
"One Night With You" - Natalie (Music and lyrics by Pearl King and Dave Bartholomew)
"C'mon Everybody" - Chad, Natalie, Dennis, and Company (Music and lyrics by Joy Byers)
"Follow That Dream" - Chad and Natalie (Lyrics by Fred Wise, music by Ben Weisman)
"Teddy Bear/Hound Dog" - Chad, Miss Sandra, Dennis and Natalie (Music and lyrics by Kal Mann and Bernie Lowe/Leiber and toller)
"That's All Right" - Sylvia, Lorraine, Chad, Dennis, Dean and Barflies (Music and lyrics by Arthur Crudup)
"It's Now or Never" - Dean, Lorraine and Company (Music and lyrics by Aaron Schroeder and Wally Gold)
"Love Me Tender" - Natalie and Dennis (Music and Lyrics By Elvis Presley and Vera Matson)
"Blue Suede Shoes" - Ed and Chad (Music and lyrics by Carl Perkins)
"Don't Be Cruel" - Chad and Jim (Music and lyrics by Presley and Otis Blackwell)
"Let Yourself Go" - Miss Sandra and Statues (Music and lyrics by Joy Byers)
"Can't Help Falling In Love" - Company (Music and Lyrics by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, George David Weiss)

Acte II
Entr'acte
"All Shook Up" - Company (Music and lyrics by Presley and Blackwell)
"It Hurts Me" - Dennis and Company (Music and lyrics by Byers and Charlie Daniels)
"A Little Less Conversation" - Ed and Company (Music and lyrics by Mac Davis and Billy Strange)
"The Power of My Love" - Chad, Jim and Miss Sandra (Music and lyrics by Giant, Baum and Kaye)
"I Don't Want To" - Chad (Lyrics by Janice Torre, music by Fred Spielman)
"(You're the) Devil in Disguise" - Mayor Matilda and Ladies Church Council (Music and lyrics by Giant, Baum and Kaye)
"There's Always Me" - Sylvia (Music and lyrics by Don Robertson)
"If I Can Dream" - Chad, Lorraine, Dean and Company (Music and lyrics by W. Earl Brown)
"Can't Help Falling In Love" (Reprise) - Earl, Jim,Sylvia and Matilda
"Fools Fall in Love" - Natalie and Company (Music and Lyrics By Leiber and Stoller)
Burning Love - Company (Music and lyrics by Dennis Linde)

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Instrumentation
The original Broadway production had fifteen musicians, including the musical director and associate conductor. The original production was scored for two keyboards, two guitars, electric bass, drums, percussion, four woodwinds, three trumpets, and trombone. The first keyboard part was played by the conductor and the second keyboard part also doubled on organ. The first woodwind part doubled on piccolo, flute, clarinet, and alto sax; the second on flute, clarinet, and alto sax; the third on clarinet and tenor sax; the fourth on bass clarinet and baritone sax. There were also three trumpets where the first trumpet is the lead trumpet. The trumpets also doubled on flugelhorn.

The orchestration that is under the current license is based on the national tour version; there are only twelve musicians. The percussion part is removed, there are now three woodwind parts, and two trumpets. The rest remain the same. This time the first woodwind part doubles on flute and alto sax; the second on clarinet and tenor sax; the third on bass clarinet and baritone sax.