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Arena Stage’s production of Chez Joey played its final performance on March 22, 2026. Watch the cast, which featured Myles Frost (Broadway: MJ the Musical) as Joey Evans, taking their final bows! A reworked version of Pal Joey, the production featured fresh arrangements of the legendary catalog of Great American Songbook duo Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart and a new book by Oscar-nominated screenwriter Richard LaGravenese (The Fisher King).
Choreography was by Tony winner Savion Glover (Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk), and co-direction by actor, director, and producer Tony Goldwyn (’s Scandal) and Glover. The production also featured Awa Sal Secka (The Public Theater’s Goddess) as Linda English and Samantha Massell (Broadway: Fiddler on the Roof) as Vera Simpson.
Chez Joey also starred Angela Hall (Broadway: Black and Blue) as Lucille Wallace, and Kevin Cahoon (Broadway: Shucked) as Melvin Snyder. They are joined by Lamont Brown, Crystal J Freeman, Charis Michelle Gullage, Ndaya Dream Hoskins, Marcus John, Josh Johnson, Addi Loving, Kalen Robinson, Brooke Taylor, and Alana S. Thomas.
Understudies are Crystal J Freeman (u/s Lucille), Marcus John (u/s Joey), Justin Michael Duval (u/s Melvin), Jordan Taylor (u/s Linda), and Karen Vincent (u/s Vera). Jailyn Wilkerson is a swing.
Set against the heat and hustle of the 1940s Chicago club scene, Chez Joey reexamines the question of sex and love and ambition and cost through a bold contemporary lens. Cue Joey Evans: an irresistible, slick-talking, velvet-voiced nightclub performer with dreams bigger than the bandstand. But in a city where the right connections mean everything, he finds himself caught between Linda, the bright-eyed chorus girl, and Vera, the wealthy baroness who can bankroll his big break—for a price. With no-nonsense club owner Lucille and vaudeville performer-turned-Chicago-social-insider Melvin watching his every move, Joey’s got one choice to make: play it straight or risk it all for a shot at the spotlight.
