This press release was updated on June 25, 2004 with a change of venue. The show was originally announced as opening at the Marquis Theatre. It will now be at the Palace Theatre.

New Musical Comedy Heading to Broadway’s Palace Theatre Opening March 24, 2005

Opening at Broadway’s Palace Theatre March 24, 2005 Following a Five-Week Pre-Broadway Chicago Engagement at the Cadillac Palace

ALL SHOOK UP, a new musical comedy inspired by and featuring the songs of Elvis Presley, will begin previews February 20, 2005, and open March 24, 2005, at Broadway's at Broadway’s Palace Theatre (1564 Broadway at 47th Street). Directed by Christopher Ashley, with a book by Joe DiPietro, choreography by Jodi Moccia, and musical direction and arrangements by Stephen Oremus, ALL SHOOK UP will receive its world premiere in Chicago in a five-week, pre-Broadway engagement at Chicago’s Cadillac Palace Theatre, December 21, 2004 through January 23, 2005. A new musical comedy set in 1955, ALL SHOOK UP is not a biographical revue. Somewhere in middle America one girl’s wish and a surprise visit from a mysterious leather-jacketed, guitar-playing stranger will lead a small town to discover the magic of romance and the power of rock & roll. This irresistible new musical features 24 legendary Elvis classics including Heartbreak Hotel, Love Me Tender, Dont Be Cruel, Cant Help Falling in Love, and All Shook Up. ALL SHOOK UP will feature scenic design by David Rockwell, costume design by David C. Woolard and lighting design by Donald Holder. ALL SHOOK UP is currently receiving a developmental production at Goodspeed’s Norma Terris Theatre through June 6, 2004, prior to its Chicago world premiere. ALL SHOOK UP is produced by Jonathan Pollard, Bernie Kukoff, Clear Channel Entertainment, Harbor Entertainment, Stanley Buchthal and Miramax Films, in association with Eric Falkenstein, Nina Essman/Nancy Nagel Gibbs, Karen Jason and Barney Rosenzweig. Biographies: ELVIS PRESLEY is regarded as one of the most important figures of twentieth century popular culture. His musical influences were the pop and country music of the time, the gospel music he heard in church and at the all-night gospel sings he frequently attended, and the black R&B he absorbed on historic Beale Street as a Memphis teenager. In 1954, he began his singing career with the legendary Sun Records label in Memphis. In late 1955, his recording contract was sold to RCA Victor. By 1956, he was an international sensation. With a sound and style that uniquely combined his diverse musical influences and blurred and challenged the social and racial barriers of the time, he ushered in a whole new era of American music and popular culture. He starred in 33 successful films, made history with his television appearances and specials, and knew great acclaim through his many, often record-breaking, live concert performances on tour and in Las Vegas. Globally, he has sold over one billion records, more than any other artist. His American sales have earned him gold, platinum or multi-platinum awards for 148 different albums and singles, far more than any other artist. Among his many awards and accolades were 14 Grammy nominations (3 wins) from the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, which he received at age 36. Elvis died at his Memphis home, Graceland, on August 16, 1977.

CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY (Director). His Broadway credits include The Rocky Horror Show (Tony nomination) and Voices in the Dark. Most recently he directed Wonder of The World for Manhattan Theatre Club, Rude Entertainment for the Drama Department, and newyorkers for Manhattan Theatre Club. His other New York credits include What You Get and What You Expect and The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told for New York Theatre Workshop, The Country Club and As Thousands Cheer for the Drama Department, Communicating Doors at the Variety Arts, Li'l Abner for Encores!, JeffreyE Award) and Barbec at the Minetta Lane, Bunny Bunny at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, Blown Sideways Through Life (off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane), Fires in the Mirror at the Public Theater (Lucille Lortel Award) and The Naked Truth at the WPA. He also directed the film versions of Jeffrey (Orion Classics) and Blown Sideways Through Life for American Playhouse. He is a member of the Drama Dept.

JOE DiPIETRO (Book). His plays and musicals include I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, The Thing About Men, Over the River and Through the Woods, The Kiss at City Hall, The Art of Murder (Edgar Award, Best Mystery, 2000), the upcoming "new" Gershwin musical Heaven on Earth, Memphis (with composer David Bryan), O. Henry's Lovers (with composer Michael Valenti) and Rodgers & Hammerstein's Allegro (Signature Theatre).

JODI MOCCIA (Choreographer). Her recent credits include Adult Entertainment (Off-B'way); Company, Kennedy Center (Sondheim Festival); The Rhythm Club, Signature Theatre (Helen Hayes Award nom.); and the 2003 Miss Saigon tour. She was the associate choreographer on Gypsy, Sweet Smell of Success, Putting It Together, Sunset Boulevard and Miss Saigon and she’s performed with the Alvin Ailey Dance Company and in the musicals Dancin' and Leader of the Pack.

STEPHEN OREMUS (Musical director/ arrangements) Broadway: Wicked (Musical director/ arrangements – Original cast recording), Avenue Q (Music director/ arrangements/ orchestrations – Original cast recording). Off–Broadway: Jonathan Larson's tick, tick... BOOM! (assoc. producer - original cast recording). Vocal arranger and music supervisor for Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Music of Stevie Wonder (w/Chaka Khan, Melissa Manchester and Peabo Bryson) at the Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas. Music director for Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party at MTC (original cast recording) and for the national tour of Rent. Regionally: Into the Woods (Ordway), Dorian (world premiere, Goodspeed), A Little Night Music, Jesus Christ Superstar, Nite Club Confidential, The Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular in Myrtle Beach and Nashville. He is a graduate of Berklee College of Music, Boston.