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Article: Celebrating Songcraft Of Leiber and Stoller
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- June 5, 1994
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`Baby, That's Rock 'n' Roll: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller'
June 26-Aug. 7; previews June 15-25
Royal George Theatre
Center, 1641 N. Halsted
Tickets, $22.50-$38.50
(312) 988-9000
A Jerry Leiber-Mike Stoller song is like a picture postcard from
the big city. The language is shaped from street-wise soul, and the
music beats to an urban pulse. Back in the early days of rock 'n'
roll, Leiber and Stoller created metropolitan vistas in compositions
such as "Spanish Harlem," "On Broadway" and "Riot in Cell Block No.
9."
The Leiber-Stoller songbook is a natural for theater. Their
songs take listeners to places they've never been. Attenuated drama
exists between the streetlights and ...