The Doo Wop Project features five charismatic and engaging Broadway stars from smash hit shows.
Love the classic sounds of Frankie Valli, The Drifters and The Del Vikings? Ever wonder what Adele, Jason Mraz and Garth Brooks would sound like in the Doo Wop era?
The Doo Wop Project, a group of talented, charismatic and engaging Broadway stars from smash hit shows like “Jersey Boys,” “Motown: The Musical,” “Beautiful” and “A Bronx Tale,” will answer that question.
The group opens the 2024-25 DFT Communications Pops Series at SUNY Fredonia with a concert on Saturday, Sept. 14 at 7:30 p.m. in Harry A. King Concert Hall.
Tickets are available online 24/7 online. They may also be purchased on Monday, Wednesday or Friday by phone at (716) 673-3501 or in person at the Fredonia Ticket Office in the Williams Center.
Backed by an all-star band, the five talented vocalists will perform Doo Wop classics and modern pop hits recreated in the Doo Wop style. The group made a quick impression on Michael C. Rockefeller Arts Center Director Jefferson Westwood.
“After I watched a video of the Doo Wop Project’s PBS fundraising video, I was sold,” Mr. Westwood said. “It was clear why they are one of the busiest touring groups of their kind in the country today.”
The Doo Wop Project begins at the beginning, tracing the inception of group singing developed by inner city African Americans performing tight harmonies on a street corner to the biggest hits on the radio today.
The journey starts with foundational tunes from groups like the Crests, Belmonts and Flamingos through their influences on the sounds of Smokey Robinson, The Temptations, and The Four Seasons all the way to “DooWopified” versions of modern tunes from Michael Jackson, Jason Mraz and Maroon 5.
The Doo Wop Project brings unparalleled authenticity of sound and vocal excellence to recreate — and in some cases entirely reimagine — some of the greatest music in American pop and rock history.
Westwood is hopeful The Doo Wop Project will make the same impression on the audience as the group did on him.
“My basic goal is to have people say ‘that was a lot of fun’ and that audience members will ask me to have the group back,” he said. “That is a really good measure of how well a particular group did.”
The event is sponsored by WDOE and 96 KIX Country as part of the 2024-25 Lake Shore Savings Season at Rockefeller Arts Center.
