WEST PALM BEACH, FL: Five Guys Named Moe, Marcie Gorman and MNM Theatre Company’s production ofplaywright Clarke Peters exciting, exhilarating, and exuberantly loving tribute to Jazz legend Louis Jordan and his music opens tonight at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. The production will run through September 24th in the venue’s Rinker Playhouse.
Five Guys Named Moe showcases Jordan’s hits wrapped into one ‘smooth, jumpin’, jivin’ life lesson’, for Nomax, who’s down on his luck and stuck with the blues, until Five Guys Named Moe: Big Moe, Little Moe, Eat Moe, No Moe, and Four Eyed Moe mysteriously emerge out of nowhere in Nomax’s apartment, with dance and songs like “Caldonia,” “Azure Te,” “Choo Choo Ch’Boogie,” and many more to help him get his life back on track.
Tickets for Five Guys Named Moe are on sale now and can be purchased online at mnmtheatre.org, kravis.org, or by calling 561-832-7469 or 800-572-8471. Tickets range in price from $45 to $55. For information regarding group rates call 561-651-4438 or 561-651-4304. To speak with someone involved in the production, or to arrange for tickets, please contact Carol Kassie at carol@carolkassie.com / 561-445-9244.
Photo credit: Amy Pasquantonio
Five Guys Named Moe September 8 – 24, 2023 Book by Clarke Peters Music and lyrics by Louis Jordan Performances: Friday & Saturday at 7 pm Saturday & Sunday at 1:30 pm
Ticket prices: $45/$50/$55 Student Rush tickets – ½ price if purchased 1 hour before curtain. A valid student ID must be presented. For tickets: mnmtheatre.org or kravis.org / 561-832-7469 For Group Sales: 561-651-4438 or 561-651-4304. All performances in The Rinker Playhouse at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts 701 Okeechobee Blvd. West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Doriyan Caty, TJ Pursley, Don Seward, Michael Wallace, Leo Jasper Davis
Doriyan Caty, TJ Pursley, Don Seward, Michael Wallace, Leo Jasper Davis (2)
BOCA RATON, FL: Rehearsals are now underway for Five Guys Named Moe, Marcie Gorman and MNM Theatre Company’s production ofplaywright Clarke Peters exciting, exhilarating, and exuberantly loving tribute to Jazz legend Louis Jordan and his music. The show will run from September 8th through September 24th in the Rinker Playhouse at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts.
Five Guys Named Moe showcases Jordan’s hits wrapped into one ‘smooth, jumpin’, jivin’ life lesson’ for Nomax who’s down on his luck and stuck with the blues, until Five Guys Named Moe: Big Moe, Little Moe, Eat Moe, No Moe, and Four Eyed Moe mysteriously emerge out of nowhere in Nomax’s apartment with dance and songs like “Caldonia,” “Azure Te,” “Choo Choo Ch’Boogie” and many more to help him get his life back on track.
Directed and choreographed by Dreyfoos School of the Arts alumnus Jacquez Linder-Long, with musical direction by Bobby Peaco, the show will star James White III as Nomax, Don Seward as No Moe, Doriyan Caty as Eat Moe, T.J. Pursley as Little Moe, Michael Wallace as Four-Eyed Moe, and Leo Jasper Davis as Big Moe. Desir Dumerjuste is the show’s swing.
Tickets for Five Guys Named Moe are on sale now and can be purchased online at mnmtheatre.org, kravis.org, or by calling. 561-832-7469 or 800-572-8471. Tickets range in price from $45 to $55. For information regarding group rates call 561-651-4438 or 561-651-4304.
To speak with someone involved in the production, or to arrange for tickets, please contact Carol Kassie at carol@carolkassie.com / 561-445-9244.
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Five Guys Named Moe September 8 – 24, 2023 Book by Clarke Peters Music and lyrics by Louis Jordan Performances: Friday & Saturday at 7 pm Saturday & Sunday at 1:30 pm Ticket prices: $45/$50/$55 For tickets: mnmtheatre.org or kravis.org / 561-832-7469 For Group Sales: 561-651-4438 or 561-651-4304. All performances in The Rinker Playhouse at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts 701 Okeechobee Blvd. West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Desir Dumerjuste, Michael Wallace, Leo Davis, Don Seward, T.J. Pursley, Doriyan Caty, James White III, Jacquez Linder-Long
Doriyan Caty, Michael Wallace, Leo Davis, Don Seward, T.J. Pursley, James White III, Jacquez Linder-Long
Jacquez Linder-Long
TJ Pursley
Michael Wallace
Leo Jasper Davis
James White III
Doriyan Caty
Don Seward
Desir Dumerjuste
Clarke Peters
Louis Jordan (1950)
Doriyan Caty, Michael Wallace, Leo Davis, Don Seward, T.J. Pursley, James White III
Doriyan Caty, Michael Wallace, Leo Davis, Don Seward, T.J. Pursley, James White III, Jacquez Linder-Long
WEST PALM BEACH, FL: MNM Theatre Company will present Five Guys Named Moe,playwright Clarke Peters exciting, exhilarating, and exuberantly loving tribute to Jazz legend Louis Jordan and his music from September 8th through September 24th in the Rinker Playhouse at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts.
The September 8th opening date will also mark the official launch of MNM’s updated website and the introduction of the company’s brand-new logo.
Five Guys Named Moe is based on a 1943 musical short of the same name by Louis Jordan himself. It had its UK debut in 1990 at Theatre Royal Stratford East, running for over four years in the West End, and then premiering on Broadway in 1992, where it was nominated for two Tony Awards. It was revived in 2010 at the Edinburgh Festival, starring the show’s playwright Clarke Peters and returned later in 2010 to the theatre in which it originally premiered. The musical won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Entertainment.
Nomax has run out of money and his girlfriend has left him. He needs comfort, support, and advice. Emerging from his 1930s-style radio are Five Guys Named Moe: Big Moe, Four-Eyed Moe, Eat Moe, No Moe, and Little Moe, who harmonize, croon, wail, tap, and joke… and provide Nomax with just what he needs, all in the form of Louis Jordan’s hit songs and music.
The show’s director, Jacquez Linder-Long is a former Moe himself. “I’m very excited to be presenting this show from the ‘other side of the table’ this time around,” he says. “It means a lot to me because Louis Jordan and the Tymphany 5’s hits are what my grandmother Merdis Moore and I had echoing through my home as a child. It is a big part of where my style and love for storytelling comes from.”
Linder-Long is a Dreyfoos School of the Arts graduate, and a former student of MNM Theatre Company’s Producing Artistic Director and CEO Marcie Gorman, so being able to direct the show for MNM is particularly significant. “To me MNM means “chance””, he says. “I came to Marcie Gorman and her company with my vision and from day one we have been working to make that vision into reality – to present to audiences a show of African American Legacy and culture through timeless music, song, and dance.”
Linder-Long, who will not only direct, but will also choreograph the show, has cast James White III as No Max, Don Seward as No Moe, Doriyan Caty as Eat Moe, T.J. Pursley as Little Moe, Michael Wallace as Four-Eyed Moe, and Leo Jasper Davis as Big Moe. Desir Dumerjuste is the show’s swing.
Five GuysNamed Moe’s Musical Director Bobby Peaco has assembled a top-notch band for the production, including Palm Beach Post columnist Frank Cerabino (saxophone), Julie Jacobs (drums), and Rupert Ziawinski (bass).
Jazz Madison will serve as Five Guys’ Assistant Director, and Annaya Osborne is the Assistant Choreographer. Harold Petion is the Production Stage Manager, and Belicia Linder-Long will create the costumes for the production. Lighting Design is by Karalyn Fitzgerald, Sound Design is by Justin Thompson, and the show’s Set Designer is Jordon Armstrong.
As a bandleader in the 1940’s Louis Jordan pioneered a wildly popular blend of jazz and blues. The swinging shuffle rhythms played by singer/saxophonist Jordan and his Tympany Five became known as “jump blues” or “jumpin’ jive,” and served as a forerunner of rhythm and blues and rock ‘n’ roll. At the height of his career he scored 18 number-one hit records – four of his songs are in the Grammy Hall of Fame which honors recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance. Jordan performed songs that appealed to millions of Black and White listeners. Able to “straddle the fence” between these two audiences, Jordan emerged as one of the first successful crossover artists of American popular music.
Clarke Peters (Playwright) is an actor, singer and writer. He earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Book of a Musical for Five Guys Named Moe. As an actor, he has appeared on Broadway in The Iceman Cometh (Theatre World Award) and as Billy Flynn in the revival of Chicago. Clarke’s London credits include Guys and Dolls, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, The Passion and Dispatches at the Royal National Theatre. His West End credits include Blues in the Night, Porgy and Bess, The Witches of Eastwick, and Chicago. In regional theater he has appeared in Driving Miss Daisy, The Wiz, Bubbling Brown Sugar, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Carmen Jones and The Amen Corner. Clarke is familiar to television viewers for his roles on The Wire, Treme and The Divide. His film credits include Mona Lisa, Notting Hill, Marley & Me, Endgame, John Wick, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Harriet, and Da 5 Bloods. As a director, his credits include Blues for Mr. Charlie, Fascinating Aida, King and Martin Luther.
Five Guys Named Moe will run from September 8 – 24 in the Rinker Playhouse at the Kravis Center for the Performing arts in West Palm Beach.
Tickets for Five Guys Named Moe range in price from $45 to $55 and are on sale now at www.kravis.org. Group rates are also available.
For more information about Five Guys Named Moe and/MNM Theatre Company, please visit www.mnmtheatre.org, or contact Carol Kassie at carol@carolkassie.com / 561-445-9244.
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Five Guys Named Moe September 8 – 24, 2023 Book by Clarke Peters Music and lyrics by Louis Jordan Performances: Friday & Saturday at 7 pm Saturday & Sunday at 1:30 pm Ticket prices: $45/$50/$55 For tickets: mnmtheatre.org / kravis.org / 561-832-7469 For Group Sales: 561-651-4438 or 561-651-4304. All performances in The Rinker Playhouse at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts 701 Okeechobee Blvd. West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Five Guys Named Moe
at the Broward Stage Door Theatre
December 10 – January 18 A jazzy, sexy tribute to legendary composer and saxophonist Louis Jordan
December 1, 2014,
Coral Springs, Florida Rolling Stone Magazine ranked pioneering musician, songwriter and bandleader Louis Jordan number 59 on its list of 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Known as ‘The King of Jukebox’, and ‘The Grandfather of Rock ‘n Roll’, Jordan’s music appealed to everyone – regularly topping music charts – mainstream, top ten, and pop – from the 1930s swing era into the 1950’s rock and roll revolution In Five Guys Named Moe playwright Clarke Peters has fashioned an exciting, exhilarating, and exuberantly loving tribute to Jordan and his music. The production will run at the Broward Stage Door Theatre from December 10th through January 18th.
Nomax, has run out of money and his girlfriend has left him. He needs comfort, support, and advice. Emerging from his 1930s-style radio are Five Guys Named Moe: Big Moe, Four-Eyed Moe, Eat Moe, No Moe, and Little Moe, who harmonize, croon, wail, tap, and joke… and provide Nomax with just what he needs, all in the form of Louis Jordan’s hit songs and music.
Five Guys Named Moe is based on a 1943 musical short of the same name by Louis Jordan himself. It had its UK debut in 1990 at Theatre Royal Stratford East, running for over four years in the West End, and then premiering on Broadway in 1992, where it was nominated for two Tony Awards. It was revived in 2010 at the Edinburgh Festival, starring the show’s playwright Clarke Peters and returned later in 2010 to the theatre in which it originally premiered. The musical won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Entertainment.
Director Christopher Patterson will play No Moe in the production. Also starring are Brandon Hanks as Nomax, Daryl Stewart as Little Moe, Philip Bolton as Big Moe, Micah Mims as 4 Eyed Moe, and Don Seward as Eat Moe.
As a bandleader in the 1940’s, Louis Jordan (Music and Lyrics) pioneered a wildly popular blend of jazz and blues. The swinging shuffle rhythms played by singer/saxophonist Jordan and his Tympany Five got called “jump blues” or “jumpin’ jive,” and it served as a forerunner of rhythm and blues and rock ‘n’ roll. At the height of his career he scored 18 number-one hit records and four of his songs are in the Grammy Hall of Fame which honors recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance. Jordan performed songs that appealed to millions of black and white listeners. Able to “straddle the fence” between these two audiences, Jordan emerged as one of the first successful crossover artists of American popular music.
Clarke Peters (Playwright) is an actor, singer and writer. He earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Book of a Musical for Five Guys Named Moe. As an actor, he has appeared on Broadway in The Iceman Cometh (Theatre World Award) and as Billy Flynn in the revival of Chicago. Clarke’s London credits include Guys and Dolls, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, The Passion and Dispatches at the Royal National Theatre. His West End credits include Blues in the Night, Porgy and Bess, The Witches of Eastwick, and Chicago. In regional theater he has appeared in Driving Miss Daisy, The Wiz, Bubbling Brown Sugar, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Carmen Jones and The Amen Corner. Clarke is familiar to television viewers for his roles on The Wire, Treme and The Divide. His film credits include Mona Lisa, Notting Hill, Marley & Me, K-Pax and Freedomland. As a director, his credits include Blues for Mr. Charlie, Fascinating Aida, King and Martin Luther.
Five Guys Named Moe will run from December 10 – January 18 at The Broward Stage Door Theatre in Coral Springs. The theatre is located at 8036 Sample Road, in Coral Springs.
Tickets for Five Guys Named Moe are $38 – $42; $16 student tickets are also available. Tickets may be purchased at the Broward Stage Door Theatre box office at 954-344-7765 or on line at www.stagedoortheatre.com
For more information about Five Guys Named Moe and/or The Broward Stage Door Theatre, please visit www.stagedoortheatre.com.
Five Guys Named Moe December 10 – January 18 Tickets: $38 – $44 Phone: 954-344-7765 Showtimes:
Wednesday, Saturday, & Sunday at 2 pm,
Friday & Saturday at 8 pm
December 31st – 4 pm & 9 pm
The Broward Stage Door Theatre 8036 W Sample Rd Coral Springs, Fl 33065 www.stagedoortheatre.com Facebook link
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Five Gus Named Moe
Song List:
Act I
“Early in the Morning” (Music and Lyrics by Jordan, Leo Hickman, and Dallas Bartley)
“Five Guys Named Moe” (Music and Lyrics by Larry Wynn and Jerry Bresler)
“Beware Brother Beware” (Music and Lyrics by Morry Lasco, Dick Adams, and Fleecie Moore)
“I Like ’em Fat Like That” (Music and Lyrics by Claude Demetrius and Jordan)
“Messy Bessy” (Music and Lyrics by Jon Hendricks)
“Pettin’ and Pokin'” (Music and Lyrics by Lora Lee)
“Life Is So Peculiar” (Music and Lyrics by Johnny Burke and Jimmy Van Heusen)
“I Know What I’ve Got” (Music and Lyrics by Sid Robin and Jordan)
“Azure Te” (Music and Lyrics by Bill Davis and Don Wolf)
“Safe, Sane and Single” (Music and Lyrics by Jordan, Johnny Lange, and Hy Heath)
“Push Ka Pi Shi Pie” (Music and Lyrics by Jordan, Joe Willoughby, Walt Merrick)
Act II
“Saturday Night Fish Fry” (Music and Lyrics by Ellis Walsh and Jordan)
“What’s the Use of Getting Sober” (Music and lyrics by Busby Meyers)
“If I Had Any Sense (I’d Go Back Home)” (Music and Lyrics by R. McCoy)
“Dad Gum Your Hide Boy” (Music and Lyrics by Browley Bri)
“Let the Good Times Roll” (Music and Lyrics by Fleecie Moore and Sam Theard)
“Reet, Petite and Gone” (Music and Lyrics by Spencer Lee and Jordan)
“Caldonia” (Music and Lyrics by Fleecie Moore)
“Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens” (Music and Lyrics by Joan Whitney and Alex Kramer)
“Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying” (Music and Lyrics by Jo Greene)
“Choo, Choo, Ch’boogie” (Music and Lyrics by Vaughn Horton, Denver Darling, and Milton Gabler)
“Look Out Sister” (Music and Lyrics by Sid Robin and Jordan)
“Hurry Home” (Music and Lyrics by Joseph Meyer, Buddy Bernier, and Robert Emmerich)
“Is You Is or Is You Ain’t Ma’ Baby” (Music and Lyrics by Billy Austin and Jordan)
Carol Kassie 