Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?
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Book John R. Powers | | |
| Basis | Powers' novel Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? | |
| Productions | 1979 Chicago 1982 Broadway | |
Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? is a novel published in 1975 by author John R. Powers. It was subsequently adapted into a Broadway musical and a screenplay.
Film in development
Director and author
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and He's Just Not That Into You
), drafted a screenplay for a non-musical film version of the book in late 2005.
Theater
The show has become a highly popular choice of
choreographed by Thommie Walsh (Broadway). In addition to Russ Thacker as Eddie and Maureen Moore as Becky, the cast included Don Stitt, Vicki Lewis and Jason Graae
.
Musical
The 1950s era story from the original books by John R. Powers was also turned into a
senior prom and beyond. Along the way it touches on such topics as first confessions, puppy love, patron saints, teacher's pets, sex education
classes, and the importance of not wearing patent leather shoes as they could reflect up under the school uniform's plaid pleated skirts. One of the central plot elements running through the musical is that Eddie Ryan is infatuated with a chubby girl, Becky Bakowski. She becomes his best friend, and he later falls in love with her when she matures into a beautiful young woman. Unfortunately, she has decided to become a nun. Many years later Eddie returns to his old elementary school to inquire about Becky only to find she has left the order and is teaching in a small school in Indiana. At the end of the musical they are reunited.
An
original cast recording
was released by Bay Cities Records.
The licensing agent for all performances is Samuel French, Inc., which calculates over 250 performances are given each year in North America.
Song list
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