Yep, Andover’s favorite son is headed home.
Just before he signs off as “Tonight Show” host, Leno will do some stand-up in the Witch City.
(If it’s anything like his act from his benefit last year, in Lowell, Mass., it’s definitely worth seeing folks.)
Leno is coming to Salem State as a favor to his old friend Lennie Sogoloff, who ran the legendary Lennies-On-The-Turnpike, a jazz club on Route 1 in Peabody. Sogoloff gave him him his “big break” in 1972.
All of the profits from Leno’s appearance will go to a college scholarship in memory of Sogoloff’s late wife, Barbara. The comedian is not charging a fee.
For more on the story, from the Trib’s sister paper, The Salem News, here.
