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“The Shirelles Will Be A Broadway Musical”

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The upcoming Broadway musical about the Shirelles, entitled “Baby, it’s you,” has chosen its cast for the upcoming run.

The Shirelles, a female group from Passaic, New Jersey, rose to global stardom beginning in 1958.

The broadway show will focus on Florence Greenberg, a Passaic housewife who listened to four of her daughter’s classmates sing at a Passaic High School talent night.

The musical will include 15 Broadway veterans in the cast, along with an energetic orchestra that will bring back to life the string of tuneful hits that made the female group from Passaic, New Jersey so famous.

Previews of the show will begin on March 26 at the Broadhurst Theater, and the show opens April 27.

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84 thoughts on ““The Shirelles Will Be A Broadway Musical””

    1. Hello….all of my mom’s sisters went to Passaic High School and went to school with ‘the shirelle’s’. So they use to play their music. 🙂

      One was also a neighbor and her daughter went to the local elementary school in our neighborhood.

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      6. Damn @ Trace, can’t we know where you ate this weekend? Throw us something….I’m THIRSTY for a restaurant post.

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      8. Hey @’EVERYONE’, Ladies and Gents

        @Yvonne, hopefully I will release something b4 the end of the year.

        Re: My Restaurant post, I’ve been frequenting this neighborhood spot weekly, so nothing to tell there. I will be going to a restaurant on Friday, so hopefully I’ll get to share…

        My ‘ceo family’ keep us laughing.. 🙂

        Tracy..

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      10. Um @ Tracy, not to put you out there but., I heard you were at your favorite spot in Montclair a week ago. Mm Hm.

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      12. Um @ Tracy, not to put you out there but., I heard you were at your favorite spot in Montclair a week ago. Mm Hm.
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        Whaddup @TRACY, you holding out on us????

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      13. LOL!!!! Not at all @Anthony…

        @Tabatha, yes I was at “THAI CHEF” in Montclair. But, but…I’ve already BLOGGED about that place and it’s no secret that’s “ONE of my favorite spots”

        @Starr, I have a minute b4 I’m out the door, so why not converse with my ‘ceo community/fam’?????

        Right ya’ll???? 🙂

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      14. Right ya’ll
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        Right..Right…

        @Tabatha, how did you know Tracy was at this restaurant, are you a stalker?

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      18. @Tabatha, how did you know Tracy was at this restaurant, are you a stalker?
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        LOL!!!! No I’m not stalking her! She turned me and my hubby onto that place more than a year ago…we ran into her and her….well neva mind, we ran into her when she was there a week ago. 🙂

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      19. we ran into her and her….well neva mind
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        @Tabatha, by all means FINISH your sentence BOO.

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      21. Now b4 you all start ganging up and ‘hatin’ on Tabatha, just leave what she half–said BE!!!!

        Hey Ms. Trace.

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      25. Whaddup Ms. Bell, please give us a restaurant post real soon. I miss looking at some mouth-watering food.

        Please and thank you!!!!!!

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      30. Re: My Restaurant post, I’ve been frequenting this neighborhood spot weekly, so nothing to tell there
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        Yeah but you blogged about this place b4 too., why not just tell.???

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      38. Can one of ya’ll, run thru here naked with a warning next time “BLOG QUEEN” comments. Thank you!

        *rolls eyes*

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      40. Hey @’EVERYONE’, Ladies and Gents
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        “Until the end of time, i’ll be here for you, you own my heart and mind, i truly adore you”

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      43. Re: My Restaurant post, I’ve been frequenting this neighborhood spot weekly, so nothing to tell there.
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        Where is this place? And what’s your hood? I wanna check it out!!!!

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      46. Look @ How you people just BONBARDED my conversation with Ms. Blog Queen. Damn!!!
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        @UncleEd, once she comments, it’s open game then.

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      50. Iknowsomethingyoudontknow laughter*
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        You know who Trace dined with right??? Ok @Tabatha, you got that!

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      53. Aight I’m out folks! It’s quittin’ time! See ya’ll later!

        “YABBA-DABBA-DOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

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      54. LMAO ♡❤♡❤♡❤♡❤ @ Look @ How you people just BONBARDED my conversation with Ms. Blog Queen. Damn!!!

        Get over it UNC.

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    2. I remember their songs like, ‘this is dedicated to the one i love’ and soldier boy. i’m impressed that you’re so well informed and up to date…wit cha pretty self.

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    5. Hey Ms. Bell….Good to see you in your own house…I hope you really do be reading what some of these ‘folks’ be spewing.

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      4. Carolyn handles ‘all things blogging’
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        No offense MAN, but my question was directed @Carolyn.

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      5. Laughing Out Loud!!!!! I will answer that question offline. 🙂

        However, yes I’m Tracy’s blog administrator.

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  4. I googled them and this is what I got!!!
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    The Shirelles were an American girl group in the early 1960s, and the first to have a number one single on the Billboard Hot 100. The members of the quartet were Shirley Owens (the main lead singer; later known as Shirley Alston, then Shirley Alston Reeves), Doris Coley (later known as Doris Kenner, then Doris Jackson; who sang lead on “Dedicated to the One I Love”, “Welcome Home Baby”, “Blue Holiday” and a number of B-sides and album cuts), Beverly Lee, and Addie ‘Micki’ Harris McPherson. The quartet formed in New Jersey in 1958, and went on to release a string of hits including “Baby It’s You” (written by Burt Bacharach/Mack David/Barney Williams), “Mama Said”, “Foolish Little Girl”, and the US #1 Pop hits “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” (Gerry Goffin/Carole King) and “Soldier Boy” (Florence Greenburg/Luther Dixon). Their “Sha La La” became an international hit when covered by the British group Manfred Mann, giving them a Top 5 hit in 1965, and the song “Boys” was covered by The Beatles. The Beatles also covered “Baby It’s You” on their album Please, Please Me in 1963. A year later, this same Burt Bacharach/Mack David song was also a Top 30 hit in the UK for Sheffield-born singer Dave Berry.

    The Shirelles were the first major female vocal group of the rock and roll era, preceding Motown as a crossover phenomenon with white audiences. Unlike The Chantels, who had had their first hit in 1957, they were successful in Britain, first and foremost with “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” (1960). In addition, they provided some of the earliest hits for important Brill Building songwriters like Gerry Goffin & Carole King, Burt Bacharach & Hal David, and Van McCoy.

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    3. You always do your homework girl!!
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      I don’t just READ Tracy’s post, I like to educate myself as well with the info she provides. 🙂

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  6. The Shirelle’s, The Supreme’s, The Marvelettes, Martha Vandell, all singing groups for the 60’s. Not my time but I heard em all be4.

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