His guitarist realizes what Stacee did and knocks him out. After their tryst, Stacee tells Dennis to dismiss Sherrie before the concert begins. While Stacee and Sherrie are copulating, Drew opens for Stacee and Arsenal, not knowing a record producer is in the audience. Sherrie is immediately smitten with him, and believing she means nothing to Drew, has sex with Stacee in the men's room ('I Want to Know What Love Is'). Stacee Jaxx arrives at the Bourbon and gives an interview about his life (' Wanted Dead or Alive'). There, he suggests that the two are merely friends to calm their nerves, disappointing both of them and ruining the date.

After obtaining the opening slot for Arsenal, Drew invites Sherrie to have a picnic in the hills overlooking Los Angeles (' Waiting For a Girl Like You').

Also, Drew, auditioning to open for Arsenal, finds the lyrics he has been searching for and realizes that they have come from his feelings for Sherrie (' More Than Words/Heaven/To Be with You').

Later, after arguing with her parents during a phone call, Sherrie begins to discover feelings for Drew, who supports her dream. Regina begins protesting Hertz and Franz's redevelopment plans (' We're Not Gonna Take It'). As Drew struggles to write new lyrics, Sherrie urges him to go after his dreams (' I Wanna Rock'). He calls Stacee and convinces him to play the band's last show in the club where he had begun. When Dennis learns that part of the plan involves demolishing The Bourbon Room, he believes the club can generate more money by having rock star Stacee Jaxx and his band Arsenal, who recently announced their break-up, perform their last show at the Bourbon (' Too Much Time on My Hands'). Drew convinces Dennis to hire Sherrie as a waitress.Ī pair of German developers, Hertz Klinemann and his son Franz, persuade the city's mayor to abandon the 'sex, drugs and rock-n-roll' lifestyle of the Sunset Strip and introduce 'clean living' into the area, much to the anger of the City Planner, Regina (' We Built This City'). He falls instantly for a girl, Sherrie Christian, who just arrived from Paola, Kansas, hoping to make it big in acting (' Sister Christian'). Lonny Barnett, who serves as the show's narrator, sets up the story: In 1987, an aspiring rocker named Drew Boley works as a busboy in the Hollywood bar/club called the Bourbon Room, owned by Dennis Dupree and assisted by Lonny (' Just Like Paradise/ Nothin' But a Good Time'). Since debuting on the Great White Way in 2009, it has spawned replica productions worldwide in Japan, Australia and the United Kingdom among others, as well as several touring productions. The original Broadway production ran for 2,328 performances, closing on Janutied as the 32nd- longest running show in Broadway history. Despite the musical's title, the Def Leppard song of the same name is not included in the musical. It was written by Chris D'Arienzo, directed by Kristin Hanggi and choreographed by Kelly Devine with music supervision, arrangements and orchestrations by Ethan Popp.ĭuring the show, the performers frequently break the ' fourth wall', directly addressing the audience and seemingly forgetting (or perhaps reminding the audience) that they are actors in a musical.

The musical features songs from Styx, Journey, Bon Jovi, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Steve Perry, Poison and Europe, among other well-known rock bands. Rock of Ages is a jukebox musical built around classic rock songs from the 1980s, especially from the famous glam metal bands of that decade.

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