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OnStage Playhouse Concludes Season with SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE: THE SONGS OF LEIBER & STOLLER

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OnStage Playhouse Concludes Season with SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE: THE SONGS OF LEIBER & STOLLER Image

OnStage Playhouse concludes its 2017-18 season with the Grammy and Tony Award-nominated smash that made history as Broadway's longest running musical revue and celebrates the best songs of the legendary songwriting duo, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. Their generation-defining songs climbed the Billboard charts and provided hit after hit for icons like Elvis Presley, Ben E. King, The Coasters and The Drifters. With themes of love won, lost and imagined, their songs touched global audiences with wit and slice-of-life emotions. Audiences will be treated to more than 30 show stopping tunes including classics like "On Broadway," "Yakety Yak," "Charlie Brown," "Jailhouse Rock," "Hound Dog," "Love Potion #9," "Spanish Harlem," and "Stand by Me."

DIRECTOR/CHOREOGRAPHER: Shirley Johnston

MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Michelle Gray

PRODUCER: Teri Brown

CAST: Dominique Dates, Reggie Hutchins, Shirley Johnston, Kyle Leatherbury, Belinda Pickens, Alexander Salazar-Dunbar, Raymond Stradford III, Jake Strohl and Emma Rose Tarr

PERFORMANCE DATES: May 4 - June 9, 2018

ALL TICKETS: $25.00 (group rates available)

RESERVATIONS: 619-422-RSVP (7787) or www.onstageplayhouse.org

Pay in advance online tickets are $25.00, with group rates available. Curtain times are Thursdays through Saturdays at 8:00pm, and Sundays at 2:00pm.

OnStage Playhouse is located on historic Third Avenue in downtown Chula Vista, within walking distance of several breweries and restaurants for pre- and post-show dining. Parking is easily available on nearby streets or in several City lots. Smokey Joe's Café is suitable for all ages. Smokey Joe's Café is presented by special arrangement with R&H Theatricals: www.rnh.com.

Theater Fans' Choice Awards
2026 Theater Fans' Choice Awards - Live Stats
Best Original Score - Top 3
1. The Rescues , The Rescues - The Lost Boys
41.7% of votes
2. Jim Barne, Kit Buchan - Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
28.2% of votes
3. Cinco Paul - Schmigadoon!
22.8% of votes

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