A New Production of 'Smokey Joe's Cafe'

Midday on WNYC | Aug 1, 2018

John Edwards, Dionne D. Figgins, and Nicole Vanessa Ortiz discuss starring in Smokey Joe’s Cafe: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller. The show broke records as Broadway’s longest running musical revue and is now reinvented for the 21st century in a new production at Stage 42 (422 West 42 Street) directed by Joshua Bergasse.

This segment is guest hosted by Duarte Geraldino.

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