Stand by Me

Savoy-teatteri
Ensi-ilta 4.2.2003
approx. 2 h
40 euros

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PERFORMERS

Aki Sirkesalo
Caron Barnes
Sami Saari
Nina Tapio
Sasu Moilanen
Marjo Leinonen
Mikko Vihma /
Charles Salter
Marika Tuhkala
Gary Revel Jr

Conductor
Lasse Hirvi

Choreographer-director
Tuomo Luhtanen
Artistic design
Jukka Virtanen
Set design
Oskari Torvinen
Costumes
Sari Salmela
Lights
Kari Leppälä
Sound
Mauri Siirala

ORCHESTRA

Conductor, piano
Lasse Hirvi
Guitar
Ilkka “Luumu” Kaikkonen/
Jari “Heinä” Nieminen
Bass Pekka Korhonen/ Hannu Rantanen
Keyboards
Rob Dominis/
Timo Vesajoki
Drums Sami Kuoppamäki/ Harri Ala-Kojola
Percussion
Jartsa Karvonen/
Juha Tanninen
Saxophones, flute
Jouko Nyqvist/
Antti Snellman

“The group of nine singers is smooth and strong like a railway. Everyone throws themselves in front of the audience with all their heart and soul, and it is not easy to distinguish established stars from newcomers.”
Ilta-Sanomat / Juhapekka Tukiainen 5.2.2003

“Gary Revell Jr. is a miracle package, a great singer, a great dancer and full of luminosity to share with others. See his Jailhouse rock. Even Elvis is turning pale.”
Helsingin Sanomat / Jukka Kajava 6.2.2003

“Nina Tapio’s interpretations of angels have been heard on the stage of the theatre before. This time, the tear tries to force itself into the corner of the eye in the song Reply to my emotions .
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King Creole is sung handsomely a capella. Poison Ivy is Another Woman and in it Aki Sirkesalo, Sasu Moilanen, Gary Revel and Sami Saari play with their voices deliciously.”
Hämeen Sanomat / Pirkko Puukko 6.2.2003

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Stand By Me conquers the Savoy Stand By Me, the Best of Leiber and Stoller. Helsinki City Theatre’s premiere at the Savoy Theatre 4.2. Directed by Tuomo Luhtanen.

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Timeless cavalcade of hits SHOW MUSICALStand By Me Music: Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller. Conductor and arrangements: Lasse Hirvi. Choreography and direction: Tuomo Luhtanen. Artistic planning: Jukka Virtanen. Set design: Oskari Torvinen. Costumes: Sari Salmela. Lighting: Kari Leppälä. Sound: Mauri Siirala. Cast: Caron Barnes, Marjo Leinonen, Sasu Moilanen, Nina Tapio, Gary Revel jr, Charles Salter/Mikko Vihma, Sami Saari, Aki Sirkesalo, Marika Tuhkala. Helsinki City Theatre. Premiere at the Savoy Theatre 4.2. You take a hefty dose of blues, a slightly smaller dose of rockabilly, mix in a reasonable amount of rhythm & blues and spice it up with a handful of country & western and a splash of swing. What do you get then? Well, nothing less than rock & roll. But of course, the boys Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller had no idea about that when they were involved in creating the genre in the early 50s. They were just trying to make “good rhythm and blues”. Of course, our white boys could not dream of what a commercial hit the “black” music they concocted would one day become. Today we know better. Rock & roll didn’t just come to stay, it came to permeate a lot of all the “light music” that was created thereafter, the pair horses Leiber & Stoller became the foremost songwriters before Lennon & McCartney – according to many even after them – and their immortal earrings came to be performed by such not entirely unknown talents as e.g. Elvis, The Coasters, Drifters, Ben E. King and the Beatles.

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