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Joe Lopes is doo wop royalty. So when this classic crooner takes to the stage of the Zeiterion Theatre on Saturday, audience members will know that they are being entertained by a living legend.

It may be overly ambitious to bring four singers together and expect them to match the smooth and close harmonies of the doo-wop groups of the 1950s in just three weeks of rehearsals. The four male ...