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The Cross-Country, High Energy Musical Revue
Created by Roger Bean
Take a dollop of Grease, mix in some Pump Boys and Dinettes and add a generous dose of Forever Plaid and you've got the high-octane fun of Route 66. Beginning with the sounds of 1950s Chicago and traveling along the "Main Street of America" to the California coast with the surf music of the 1960s, this exciting musical revue features 34 of the greatest "Rock 'n' Road" hits of the 20th century! Songs include "Dead Man's Curve," "King of the Road," "Little Old Lady from Pasadena," "Beep Beep," "Six Days on the Road," "Little GTO," "Fun, Fun, Fun," and many more. Get your kicks with this smash hit musical revue!
The Story
Act I
Route 66 begins in Chicago and travels along the famed "Main Street of America" to the coast of California. A large car radio delivers us to each new destination along our journey with DJs and vintage radio ads building excitement along the way.
In the beginning, we hear a radio DJ welcome us to Chicago while four service station attendants burst into the "Texaco Star Theme." Each actor introduces himself to the audience in a string of hits (Let's Go for a Ride, Bring My Cadillac Back, Hot Rod Queen, Every Woman I Know). The station bells ring and it's time to head out onto the open road with "Route 66."
In St. Louis, two men sing about "The Mother Road" while two others remember good times in their hometown (Used to Be) and a trucker has more than the road on his mind in the hilarious audience-pleaser "Girl on the Billboard." Joplin brings us another trucker (Six Days on the Road) and a pair of sportsters unable to keep up with an old geezer (Beep Beep). With "T-U-L-S-A Straight Ahead," on our way to Oklahoma City, we meet a bus driver picking up travelers, a trucker with a unique outlook on life (Rolaids, Doan's Pills and Preparation H) and a lonesome cowboy singing about those "Oklahoma Hills."
Amarillo brings us a lawman who's a little too big for his own britches (Long Tall Texan), a humorous look at a lovely "Truck Stop Cutie" and the exciting Act One Finale—clogging and spooning to the audience favorite "Truck Drivin’ Man."
Act II
In the beginning, we hear a radio DJ welcome us to Chicago while four service station attendants burst into the "Texaco Star Theme." Each actor introduces himself to the audience in a string of hits (Let's Go for a Ride, Bring My Cadillac Back, Hot Rod Queen, Every Woman I Know). The station bells ring and it's time to head out onto the open road with "Route 66."
In St. Louis, two men sing about "The Mother Road" while two others remember good times in their hometown (Used to Be) and a trucker has more than the road on his mind in the hilarious audience-pleaser "Girl on the Billboard." Joplin brings us another trucker (Six Days on the Road) and a pair of sportsters unable to keep up with an old geezer (Beep Beep). With "T-U-L-S-A Straight Ahead," on our way to Oklahoma City, we meet a bus driver picking up travelers, a trucker with a unique outlook on life (Rolaids, Doan's Pills and Preparation H) and a lonesome cowboy singing about those "Oklahoma Hills."
Amarillo brings us a lawman who's a little too big for his own britches (Long Tall Texan), a humorous look at a lovely "Truck Stop Cutie" and the exciting Act One Finale—clogging and spooning to the audience favorite "Truck Drivin’ Man."
Act II
We continue the journey with Willie Nelson's "On the Road Again," followed by a quick "Gallop to Gallup" with a load of unruly cows. Winona finds us in the middle of nowhere with the haunting "The Long Red Line." In Flagstaff, we see our roadsters once again as they try to outdrive a "Diesel On My Tail." In Kingman, two stoned hippies explain their philosophy on drug running (Don’t Haul Bricks On 66), only to be caught shortly thereafter in Barstow by the "Highway Patrol." San Bernardino brings us a wonderful a cappella rendition of Roger Miller's "King of the Road" in which the audience is encouraged to sing along.
The California sound of the '60s bursts upon us as we reach the outskirts of Los Angeles in "The Little Old Lady from Pasadena" and "Dead Man's Curve." In our final race toward the coast, we meet our crew at the Santa Monica Speedway in a medley of racing hits (SS 396, Move Out Little Mustang, Hey Little Cobra, Little GTO). The Finale brings it all full circle with a wonderful new rendition of "Route 66."
But the evening's not complete without the exciting and energetic Encore that brings audiences to their feet (Fun, Fun, Fun/I Get Around.)
The California sound of the '60s bursts upon us as we reach the outskirts of Los Angeles in "The Little Old Lady from Pasadena" and "Dead Man's Curve." In our final race toward the coast, we meet our crew at the Santa Monica Speedway in a medley of racing hits (SS 396, Move Out Little Mustang, Hey Little Cobra, Little GTO). The Finale brings it all full circle with a wonderful new rendition of "Route 66."
But the evening's not complete without the exciting and energetic Encore that brings audiences to their feet (Fun, Fun, Fun/I Get Around.)
