Doo wop is often thought of as a vocal tradition rooted on the East Coast, but back in the 1950s, Chicago had a number of influential doo-wop groups, including the Magnificents, the Eldorados, the ...

You’d pretty much have to be dead not to like “Doo Wop Shoo Bop,” the Black Ensemble’s harmonic, frenetic, unrelenting salute to the music of the 1950s. How can you resist a show that’s pretty much a ...

Doo-wop has always been shortchanged by rock history. Consider, for example, the neglect of the Flamingos. This Chicago group, which made some of the most beautiful records of the doo-wop era and ...

You don’t have to die to go to musical heaven. You can go whenever Jackie Taylor revives her 1995 hit, a strut-your-stuff tribute to the singers and girl and guy groups of the 1950s who pioneered rock ...

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If you can ignore the eye-rollingly clunky narrative, frustratingly underwritten characters, and lazy plot developments, Black Ensemble Theater’s From Doo Wop to Hip Hop is a terrific show. As a ...

Billy Joel had "The Tonight Show" audience enthralled. The music legend sang a capella doo-wop with Jimmy Fallon and delivered his first performance on a late-night show in 14 years. But before the ...

Chicago the Musical – The longest running American musical in Broadway history is coming to Anchorage. Whether you know every word to “Cell Block Tango” or you’ve never seen a musical before, the ...

The decade between 1952 and the early 1960s was the peak period for the style of music we now call doo wop, after which it got dissolved into soul music, girl groups, and within pop music in general.

Doo Wop SHoo Bop, Black Ensemble Theater. This musical revue’s starry prom-night setting is perfect for reliving the days of towering bouffants, crinoline skirts, and shoes that point into 45-degree ...