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The Ivoryton Playhouse in Essex is staging “Smokey Joe’s Cafe: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller” through July 31. Shown is actors Elvie Ellis.
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ESSEX — On June 30, the Ivoryton Playhouse, at 103 Main St., will feature the “glorious sounds” of the 1950s and ’60s with “Smokey Joe’s Cafe: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller.” This Grammy Award-winning and Tony nominated “smash” made history as Broadway’s longest-running musical revue.
Featuring 40 of the greatest songs of the past century, including “show-stopping” classics such as “On Broadway,” “Stand by Me,” “Jailhouse Rock,” “Hound Dog,” “Love Potion No. 9,” “Spanish Harlem,” “Yakety Yak,” and “Charlie Brown,” it celebrates the music of legendary songwriting duo, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, according to a news release.
Their “generation-defining” songs provided hit after hit for icons like Elvis Presley, Ben E. King, the Coasters, and the Drifters, the statement said.
In the 1950s, the rhythm and blues of the Black entertainment world, up to then restricted to Black clubs, was increasing its audience-share in areas previously reserved for traditional pop music, and the phenomenon now known as “crossover” became apparent, the playhouse said.
Leiber and Stoller were “trailblazers” in this genre when, in 1957, they wrote and produced the hit by The Coasters, “Young Blood” / “Searchin’.” In all, Leiber and Stoller wrote or co-wrote over 70 chart hits. They were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1985 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.
The show runs through July 31. Performances are Wednesday and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m.; Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30 p.m., and Friday and Saturday at 8.
Masks are optional with proof of vaccination and required for those without a vaccination card.
The patio bar is open from 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday nights before the show.
Tickets are $55 for adults, $50 for seniors, and $25 for students. To purchase, visit ivorytonplayhouse.org or call 860-767-7318.
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