*Leader of the Pack* at Lake City Playhouse

from Jan. 14-31
Thursdays-Saturdays at 7:30 pm; Sunday matinees at 2 pm
Tickets: $16; $13, seniors and students; $10, children (12 and younger)

Celebrate the swingin' '60s lifestyle of Ellie Greenwich, who wrote doo-wop tunes like the title song and "Chapel of Love," "Da Do Ron Ron," "Be My Baby," "Hanky Panky," "And Then He Kissed Me" and "Do Wah Diddy."

Lake City Playhouse, 1320 E. Garden Ave., CdA
(208) 667-1323 or lcplayhouse@gmail.com

[ photo: The Ronettes (who worked with Greenwich and Phil Spector); from NowPublic ("Crowd-powered media") ]

audition for *Leader of the Pack*

on Monday-Tuesday, Nov. 9-10, at 6:30 pm

Harding Family Center, 411 N. 15th St., Coeur d'Alene

Callbacks on Nov. 11-12

Bring resume, photo and list of conflicts; be prepared to sing

Needed: four men; 10 women; extras

director: Marina Kalani

For the Lake City Playhouse production, Jan. 14-31

Leader of the Pack surveys the life and ('60s) times of Ellie Greenwich (who died on Aug. 26 at the age of 68 — the 1984 off-Broadway jukebox musical follows Ellie's life in Brooklyn and Queens, with characters based on Phil Spector and on Ellie's husband and songwriting partner, Jeff Barry)

Songs include the title tune, "Chapel of Love," "Da Do Ron Ron," "Be My Baby," "Hanky Panky," "Do Wah Diddy," and "And Then He Kissed Me."

[photo: from spectropop.com]