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SUMMARY:Driving Miss Daisy
DESCRIPTION:$28 / $38 / $48 \nSponsored by Huntington Bank \n \nFeaturing the stars of TV’s “Walker Texas Ranger” and “Dallas.” Clarence Gilyard as Hoke and Charlene Tilton as Miss Daisy.\nWinner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Play\, Driving Miss Daisy is a warm-hearted\, humorous and affecting study of the unlikely relationship between an aging\, crotchety white Southern lady\, and a proud\, soft-spoken black man. \n“The play is sweet without being mawkish\, ameliorative\, without being sanctimonious.” —NY Times. \n“…a perfectly poised and shaped miniature on the odd-couple theme.” —NY Post. \n“Playwrights Horizons has a winner in this one…gives off a warm glow of humane affirmation.” —Variety. \n“DRIVING MISS DAISY is a total delight.” —NY Daily News. \nThe Neil Simon Festival presentation of this long-running Off-Broadway success and Academy Award-winning film\, produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service Inc.\, brings together two of TV’s most beloved co-stars: \nClarence Gilyard\, who played Chuck Norris’ Texas Ranger partner in the 1990s hit show Walker\, Texas Ranger and who co-starred with Andy Griffith in the 1980s crime drama Matlock. \nCharlene Tilton\, who played the role of Lucy Ewing for 11 years running on the TV phenomenon Dallas. In 2012\, Charlene joined the cast of TNT’s Dallas revival series\, and reprised her role as Lucy Ewing in multiple episodes. \nClarence and Charlene each have millions of fans. Charlene was such a big star on Dallas that she appeared on over 600 magazine covers worldwide during her tenure on the series. And\, Walker\, Texas Ranger is in syndication worldwide today; in the U.S.\, the show airs daily on TV Land\, and weekly on the INSP tv network. CBS also aired 3 network Walker Movies\, all highly rated and a 4th one is in the works.
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SUMMARY:Tim O’Brien with JD Hutchison & Realbilly Jive
DESCRIPTION:$25 / $30 / $35 \nPeoples Bank Theatre presents a special concert celebrating the album release for You and the World Outside by JD Hutchison on Howdy Skies Records\, produced by Tim O’Brien. \nTim O’Brien \n \nIt has been four years since Tim’s last solo recording. Between collaborations with Darrell Scott\, the recent Grammy-winning recording with Jerry Douglas’s Earls of Leicester and the rebooting of Hot Rize; he’s barely had time for a shower. Still\, somewhere in O’Brien’s vivid imagination\, the seeds of Pompadour began to sprout. The fruits of his recent wanderings\, music making and worldly observations have blossomed into eleven exquisitely varied\, true-to-life and above all musical tracks. \nEach of O’Brien’s solo albums has a distinctive identity. Many have specific themes\, including Red on Blonde\, an insightful collection of Bob Dylan compositions\, and his Grammy-winning celebration of Appalachian music and its Celtic roots\, Fiddler’s Green. So it is with Pompadour\, or at least most of it. “It’s kind of a breakup record\,” O’Brien says. “I separated from my wife four years ago and got divorced a year after that. So there’s a breakup\, an assessment and ultimately delight at the end.” \nWhat separates Pompadour from his previous thematic albums? O’Brien answers by looking back to his first nationally released album. “When I did Hard Year Blues\, a friend said\, ‘This is kind of like a Chinese menu; there are so many options here. What’s the theme?’ It was really eclectic. Now\, with Pompadour\, I’ve sort of melded things together\, like the flavors in a stew.” \nPompadour swirls together bits of bluegrass\, deep-roots Appalachian music\, field hollers\, old-school rock ‘n’ roll\, traditional jazz and even James Brownian funk. \nJD Hutchison \n \n  \nJ.D. Hutchison is a native of the Appalachian region of southeastern Ohio. He was born\, the second of four sons to John Williams and Emma Jane Harper Hutchison\, in a tiny three-room house located one mile west of the town square in the village of Barnesville. His was a musical family. His father was a well-known guitarist and fiddler in the community; he often appeared with his wife (J.D.’s mother) as a singing duo at public functions in the area. There seemed to be an unfailing congregation of local players nearby every week at someone-or-another’s house where a plentiful table would be at the ready and music would prevail until all were played out. These conditions imbued JD from early childhood with a strong affection and affinity for tradition-based string music.
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SUMMARY:Steven Wright
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS GO ON SALE JUNE 30 at 10 a.m.\n$25 / $35 / $45\nMember ticket sales start June 22.\nSeat Sponsor tickets on sale now. \n \n“I was born. When I was 23 I started telling jokes. Then I started going on television and doing films. That’s still what I’m doing. The end.” \nWith a biography that’s reflective of his distinctly lethargic voice\, slow delivery\, and one-liners\, Steven Wright is an iconic comedian\, actor\, and writer. He has appeared in films such as Desperately Seeking Susan\, Canadian Bacon\, and Coffee and Cigarettes\, and also lent his voice to a collection of films including Reservoir Dogs as the voice of DJ K-Billy. Wright has been a regular guest with Conan O’Brien and Jimmy Kimmel among others\, and continues to tour internationally.
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SUMMARY:The Bob Thompson Band
DESCRIPTION:$15 / $18 / $22 \nWith special guest opener Jess Baldwin. \nPeoples Bank Theatre presents The Bob Thompson Band live in concert\, with special guest Jess Baldwin. Since 1991 Bob Thompson has been the pianist\, and a regularly featured artist on West Virginia’s NPR syndicated radio show\, Mountain Stage. For the past twenty-three years he has also been co-producer and host of Joy to the World\, a holiday jazz show\, broadcast on public radio stations nationwide\, and heard internationally on the Voice of America. In October 2015\, Bob Thompson was inducted into the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame. \nBob makes his home in Charleston\, West Virginia\, and has enjoyed a long and active career as a performer\, composer\, arranger\, and educator. For decades he has played at festivals and concerts around the country\, and has also taken his music to Europe\, Africa\, and South America. \nBob Thompson’s resume includes guest appearances on Marian Mcpartland’s Piano Jazz\, on National Public Radio\, and Bet on Jazz with Ramsey Lewis. His recordings on Intima records\, and Ichiban international\, received high recognition on the jazz charts\, with several reaching the top ten. His recent recordings\, Bob Thompson “Live” on Mountain Stage\, and Smile\, with the Bob Thompson Unit\, are on his own label\, colortones.com. \nBob’s current group\, the Bob Thompson Band\, has a new recording\, “Look beyond the Rain\,” released January 8\, 2016 on Blue Canoe Records. In addition to Bob the band features saxophonist Doug Payne\, guitarist Ryan Kennedy\, John Inghram on bass\, and Tim Courts on drums. \n“This is my musical family\, we all live in Charleston and have been playing together for a long time. We are trying to play music that makes people feel good. We want to spread a little love during these troubled times. Making this record was a lot of fun. It was also great to reunite with my friend\, and producer during my years with Ichiban\, Buzz Amato.” \nAfter hearing Thompson live or on any of his numerous recordings — you might be surprised to learn how hard Thompson tried to avoid the keyboard as a kid. Although there was always a piano in his home in Jamaica\, New York\, Bob had little interest in learning how to play it. \n“When I was in junior high school\, I had a piano teacher who came to my house to give me lessons. He thought I had some talent. So one summer\, he told my mom he’d teach me for free\, Thompson recalls. “I said I wasn’t interested. I didn’t want to spend the summer taking piano lessons.” Instead\, Thompson picked up the trumpet\, playing in various school bands. And when he arrived on the campus of West Virginia State College\, he wanted to join the student jazz band. Only one problem: they already had a fine trumpet player. \n“He was great\, and the trumpet spot was closed.  So I started playing piano\, just so I could be in the band and learn about the music from him\,” Thompson says. It was a switch that stuck. And Thompson left the trumpet behind to hone his keyboard skills. \nWhile a student at West Virginia State College\, Thompson formed the modern jazz interpreters\, a piano trio who appeared at the Notre Dame Jazz Festival in 1964. Shortly thereafter\, Thompson received a valuable lesson from another performer\, Chicago saxophonist Bunky Green\, who joined the band on a State Department tour to Algiers. \n“He’s the person that really inspired me to spend my life playing music\,” Thompson says. “He used to tell me\, ‘When you sit down to your instrument\, play as though it might be the last time.” ‘so don’t fool around\, don’t jive. Go ahead and say what you’ve got to say’.” \nThat’s advice which Thompson has followed throughout his professional career\, which began with the jazz interpreters\, and then later on his own in the 1970s. Through the 80s\, Thompson released a series of widely acclaimed solo albums\, recording first for his own Rainbow Records and then on Capitol’s Intima jazz label. \n“Violinist John Blake encouraged me to record my own compositions. He was a big inspiration.” Blake produced the recordings “7 in 7 out” and “brother’s keeper” with guests like bassist Gerald Veasley\, guitarist Kevin Eubanks\, and drummer Omar Hakim. Hakim also produced Thompson’s 1986 album “say what you want.” The albums are tasteful\, thoughtful\, contemporary jazz. These recordings garnered strong airplay on radio stations nationwide. \nMeanwhile\, Thompson moved to Atlanta-based Ichiban international records to release the albums Love Dance (1992)\, The Magic in Your Heart (1993)\, Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit (1996) and Lady First. Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit\, which is a collection of spirituals performed in Thompson’s unique contemporary jazz style\, was re-released in 2003 on DM Records. \nBob Thompson has had a long relationship with Mountain Stage\, an eclectic\, Charleston-based weekly music broadcast on national public radio that’s featured everyone from R.E.M. to K.D. Lang\, the Neville Brothers\, and Joshua Redman. Having been a frequent guest on the show since its inception in 1983\, Bob was always a big Mountain Stage fan. In 1991 he was invited to become a regularly featured performer on the show\, and pianist in the house band. “I’ve just fallen in love with Mountain Stage\,” says Thompson\, “it’s also gotten my music out to a more diverse audience.” \nIn between concerts and festival gigs\, Thompson can still be found playing clubs in Charleston — something he says keeps him close to his musical roots. \n“When I’m on a big stage\, I just treat it like I’m in a bar somewhere\,” he says. “The kind of connection with the audience I like happens a lot when we’re playing in a small club\, and that carries over when we get into a larger venue.” \nMusic education is also very important to Thompson. He continues teaching a few private students and doing occasional workshops at colleges and public schools. “I love teaching because it gives me an opportunity to pass along the help that so many have given me along the way. I am always thankful for this opportunity to do something in life that I truly love.” \nAbout Jess Baldwin \n \nJess Baldwin’s voice has been described as “world class\,” “effortless\,” and “pure beauty.” She performed on Mountain Stage in 2013 with John A. Walsh’s The Fields of Gettysburg\, won Best Cover Song in the 2015 Ohio Music Awards\, and was a quarterfinalist in the 2015 American Traditions Competition. She brings souvenirs from diverse vocal worlds into her jazz quintet. Among cover songs by modern artists like Alan Hampton\, the Portico Quartet\, and Esperanza Spalding\, she peppers her own playful\, yet contemplative jazz arrangements of pop-rock artists like Björk and Weezer\, country artists like Gillian Welch\, and classical composers like Barber and Bach. She is joined by an all-star cast of regional musicians: guitarist Ryan Kennedy\, pianist Sean Parsons\, bassist Andy McVey\, and drummer Andy Hall.
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SUMMARY:Ladysmith Black Mambazo
DESCRIPTION:Presented with support from the Ohio Arts Council and Glenwood Retirement Community. \n \n \n \nWe first re-opened the doors of this old theatre just six months ago. While we anticipated people would be excited to see it open and to have theatre like this in Marietta and the Mid Ohio Valley once again\, your support and enthusiasm has far exceeded our expectations. We want to thank you with an invitation to join us for a FREE performance by four-time Grammy Award winner Ladysmith Black Mambazo on July 17 as we kick off the second half of our Spotlight Series. All you have to do is RSVP via our website or the box office (740-371-5152). \nPeoples Bank Theatre presents international music sensation Ladysmith Black Mambazo live in concert. In 2014 Ladysmith Black Mambazo\, the South African a cappella group formed by Joseph Shabalala during the 1960’s\, was awarded their fourth Grammy Award for the CD Singing For Peace Around The World.  Not just a CD title but a statement of the group’s career mission. It was Nelson Mandela who designated Ladysmith Black Mambazo “South Africa’s Cultural  Ambassadors to the world.” It’s a title Ladysmith Black Mambazo holds quite dearly to their hearts. Nelson Mandela passed away just over a year ago and the group dedicated the Grammy Award to him. They have been celebrating Mandela’s message of peace at every concert they perform. \nLadysmith Black Mambazo returns to the USA in 2016 for their annual celebration of South African culture and history. In each concert they sing songs of Peace\, Love & Harmony to the world as they have since their very beginnings. \nLadysmith Black Mambazo was founded in the early 1960s by Joseph Shabalala\, then a young farm boy turned factory worker. Ladysmith is the name of Joseph’s hometown\, a small farming area between Durban and Johannesburg; Black being a reference to the oxen\, the strongest of all farm animals; and Mambazo\, the Zulu word for chopping axe\, a symbol of the group’s ability to “chop down” any singing rival who might challenge them. Their ability won so many awards that by the end of the 1960’s they were banned from competitions\, although they were welcomed to participate as entertainers. \nA radio broadcast in 1970 opened the door to their first record contract – the beginning of an ambitious discography that currently includes more than fifty recordings\, fifteen Grammy Award nominations and those four Grammy Award statues. They are currently recording a follow up CD to the recent Grammy winner\, titled Songs of Peace & Love for Kids & Parents Around The World. It is very important to the group that their message of peace be passed from generation to generation. By recording songs of peace that parents can teach their children\, the group hopes to continue the message for decades to come. Their philosophy in the studio is as much about preservation of musical heritage as it is about entertainment. \nApartheid\, the South African social system forced upon the country’s black majority to keep the white minority government in power\, was a dividing force in many ways. The musicians and artists of South Africa took two paths of resistance. Some sang songs with powerful messages of revolution against the horrors of apartheid. Others\, like Ladysmith Black Mambazo\, followed a path of peaceful protest. Joseph Shabalala\, following the ways of protest that Martin Luther King Jr used in the USA\, wrote songs of hope and a better tomorrow. When Nelson Mandela was released from prison\, in 1990\, he named Ladysmith Black Mambazo’s singing as one of the powerful messages of peace he listened to while in jail. In fact\, when Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 he brought Ladysmith Black Mambazo with him to Oslo Norway to receive his award. \nThe group sings from a traditional music called isicathamiya (is-cot-a-ME-Ya)\, which developed in the mines of South Africa\, where black workers were taken by rail to work far away from their homes and their families. Poorly housed and paid worse\, the mine workers would entertain themselves after a six-day week by singing songs into the wee hours on Sunday morning. When the miners returned to the homelands\, this musical tradition returned with them. \nDuring the 1970’s Ladysmith Black Mambazo established themselves as the most successful singing group in South Africa. In the mid-1980s\, Paul Simon visited South Africa and incorporated the group’s rich tenor/alto/bass harmonies into his famous Graceland album – a landmark recording that was considered seminal in introducing world music to mainstream audiences. \nIn addition to their work with Paul Simon\, Ladysmith Black Mambazo has recorded with numerous artists\, including Stevie Wonder\, Dolly Parton\, Sarah McLachlan\, Josh Groban\, Emmylou Harris\, Melissa Etheridge\, and many others. They have provided film soundtrack singing for Disney’s The Lion King\, Part II as well as Eddie Murphy’s Coming To America\, Marlon Brando’s A Dry White Season\, James Earl Jones’ Cry The Beloved Country and Clint Eastwood’s Invictus. A film documentary titled On Tip Toe: Gentle Steps to Freedom\, the Story of Ladysmith Black Mambazo\, was nominated for an Academy Award. They have even appeared on Broadway where they were nominated for a Tony Award. \nLadysmith Black Mambazo carries a message of Peace\, Love and Harmony as they travel the world year after year. They bring this message\, in song and dance\, to every theater they perform in. We hope you will join them as they sing their message.
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SUMMARY:The Complete History of Comedy (abridged)
DESCRIPTION:Rescheduled from January 23 \nThey’ve skewered history\, the Bible\, all the Great Books\, and the world’s most celebrated playwright. Now\, Reduced Shakespeare Company tackles the subject it was born to reduce. From the high-brow to the low\, The Complete History of Comedy (abridged) covers comedy through the ages\, from Aristophanes and Shakespeare and Moliere (Is Moliere funny? Why not?) to Vaudeville and Charlie Chaplin to The Daily Show and Anthony Weiner. \nThe Complete History of Comedy (abridged) answers the fundamental questions: \n\nWhich is the least funny nationality? Which is the funniest? Why did the former try to exterminate the latter?\nHow do critics describe everything in a way to make it sound unfunny? (“First of all\, the premise is weak. No one would ever believe that a baseball team would actually have a first baseman named “Who.”)\nWhy did the chicken cross the road? RSC dreams of a day when chickens can travel freely without their motives being questioned.\n\n“You knew they’d get this one right. Audacious\, often outrageous and bawdy\, the frantic pacing reminds you of an old-time burlesque or vaudeville revue.” – Boston Stages \nTickets to The Complete History of Comedy (abridged) are far more affordable than tickets to an amusement park\, but you’ll come away with the same feeling of nausea and motion sickness. From cavemen telling “Rock Rock” jokes to Chris Rock and everything in-between\, the bad boys of abridgment leave no joke untold as they deconstruct the entire history of comedy in 90 rollicking minutes. \n\n  \nAs one would expect in an examination of the History of Comedy\, this show contains occasional strong language and sexual innuendo.
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SUMMARY:Cashore Marionettes
DESCRIPTION:The Cashore Marionettes are unmatched in artistry\, grace and refinement of movement. The internationally acclaimed Cashore Marionettes redefine the art of puppetry. The moving and humorous performances have astounded audiences in Europe\, the Far East and across North America including stops at the Kennedy Center\, Annenberg Center\, Kravis Center\, and many others. \nThe program\, Simple Gifts\, is a series of touching portrayals and poignant scenes from everyday life set to stunning music by such composers as Vivaldi\, Strauss\, Beethoven and Copland. Through a combination of virtuoso manipulation\, beautiful music\, theatrical illusion\, and artistic insight\, the original vignettes presented in Simple Gifts provide an entertaining and sensitive vision of what it is to be human. The performance explores a range of emotions with characters and actions that are amazingly convincing. The marionettes are engineering marvels and the quality of movement is extraordinary. \nJoseph Cashore has received numerous awards for his artistry including a Pew Fellowship for Performance Art\, based upon his artistic accomplishment; a Henson Foundation Grant\, an award intended to help promote puppetry to adult audiences; and a Citation of Excellence from the UNIMA- USA\, the highest honor an American puppeteer can receive. The Cashore Marionettes are so well conceived and projected\, the movement so convincing\, the illusion so powerful\, that the result is a compelling and unforgettable theatrical experience.
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SUMMARY:Glenn Miller Orchestra
DESCRIPTION:…A legend lives on! \nPresented with support from Morrison Incorporated. \nThe legendary Glenn Miller was one of the most successful of all dance bandleaders back in the Swing Era of the 1930s and 40s. A matchless string of hit records\, the constant impact of radio broadcasts\, and the drawing power of concerts at theatres\, hotels and dance pavilions\, built and sustained the momentum of popularity. \nGlenn disbanded his musical organization in 1942\, at the height of its popularity\, to volunteer for the Army. There\, he organized and led the famous Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band. It went to Europe to give concerts for servicemen\, performing numerous live and radio shows. On December 15\, 1944\, Major Miller took off in a single engine plane from Europe to precede his band to France\, disappearing over the English Channel\, never to be seen again. The army declared him officially dead a year later. \nWith the release of the major motion movie The Glenn Miller Story featuring Jimmy Stewart and June Allyson in 1954\, interest and popular demand led the Miller Estate to authorize the formation of the present Glenn Miller Orchestra. On June 6\, 1956—under the direction of drummer Ray McKinley\, who had become the unofficial leader of the Army Air Force Band after Glenn’s disappearance—the reformed Glenn Miller Orchestra performed its first concert and has been on the road ever since. Other leaders have followed Ray\, including clarinetists Buddy DeFranco and Peanuts Hucko\, trombonists Buddy Morrow\, Jimmy Henderson\, Larry O’Brien\, and Gary Tole\, and tenor saxophonist Dick Gerhart. Since January 2012\, vocalist Nick Hilscher leads the band. \nToday\, the 18 member ensemble continues to play many of the original Miller arrangements both from the civilian band and the AAFB libraries. Additionally\, it also plays some more modern selections arranged and performed in the Miller style and sound. \nJust as it was in Glenn’s day\, the Glenn Miller Orchestra today is still the most sought after big band in the world.
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SUMMARY:Ballet Folklorico
DESCRIPTION:Performances at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.\nClick “Buy Tickets” link to select tickets to either show. \n \nThe Ballet Follkorico was created to preserve Mexican folk dances and to provide others with the opportunity to appreciate diversity among cultures. The full name of the folk dance company is the Ballet Folklórico Mexico de Los Hermanos Avila. Carmen and Jesus Avila (sister and brother) who are still performing today founded the company in 1972. They were subsequently joined by a second and third generation of Avilas. \nJesus Avila serves as the company’s director\, while Armando Contreras is the choreographer\, costume designer\, and artistic director. The lavish and colorful authentic regalia are an integral part of the show and transition the energetic dancers from one scene to the next. The majestic costumes are symbolic of Mexican culture and are adorned with beads\, suede\, and colorful pheasant tails\, some of which reach six and a half feet in length. \nThe Ballet Folklórico Mexico has been recognized by U.S. and Mexican officials as one of the most outstanding groups presenting the authentic regional dances of Mexico. The group has received proclamations and commendations from the State of Wisconsin\, as well as from the Mexican Government Tourism Office. The dancers consider themselves multicultural ambassadors from around the world. Many of the dancers are college students coming from Mexico\, Puerto Rico and from as far as Japan and China. Based in Madison\, Wisconsin\, the group has performed all over the world\, including in Germany\, Russia\, and Mexico. The dancers rigorously practice four to five days a week to maintain the precision and integrity of their dances. \nThe program includes historic dances from Azteca\, Michoacan\, Guerrero\, Sonora\, Jalisco\, and other regions of Mexico\, as well as dances dedicated to the “soldaderas\,” the courageous women who supported and even fought alongside the men during the Mexican revolution. \nThe regional dances reflect the unique tradition of a country where many groups were physically isolated form one another\, yet shared a common language and spirit.
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SUMMARY:The McCartney Years
DESCRIPTION:Praised by the late Beatles promoter Sid Bernstein – the man who brought the original Beatles to North America – as “the best on the scene today\,” The McCartney Years is a note-for-note faithful recreation of a mid-1970s Paul McCartney concert\, spanning more than 20 hit albums and features the original Wings guitar player and Paul McCartney’s longest collaborator\, Denny Laine in select concerts. \nLed by perfectionist Yuri Pool as Paul McCartney\, the band has a commitment to 100% live and accurate reproductions of McCartney’s concert experience. The show is period-true\, technically stunning\, and sonically explosive. Every note is live and played true to its original arrangement. It has set the standard for all who might follow in this significant body of work. And… it’s a blast to watch and listen to! \nWhether he plays an original 1960s Höfner bass or sporting the same wardrobe from the ‘Wings over America’ mid-1970s world tour\, Yuri is true to Sir Paul in his musicianship\, tremendous vocal stylings and presentation. The band doesn’t miss a beat delivering a texture that will transport you back to the first time you heard these great songs on vinyl. TMY players include David Usselman (guitars and bass); Braden DeCooman (guitars); Darryl Lahteenmaa (keyboards and synth); Karen Bell (percussion and keyboards); Dean McKey (drums) and Yuri on bass\, vocals\, piano and guitar. Experience three decades of ‘The Beatles’ and ‘Wings’ live – with the world’s premier McCartney concert experience. Rewind into the ’60s and ’70s to dance\, sing\, and relive your passion for McCartney with a band that has opened for Mariah Carey\, performed sold-out shows across North America and Europe\, and has been featured on international news channels including CNN\, Fox and the BBC.
URL:https://peoplesbanktheatre.com/event/the-mccartney-years/
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SUMMARY:Rhythm in the Night\, The Irish Dance Spectacular
DESCRIPTION:Experience the new Irish dance phenomenon that is sweeping the country\, Rhythm in the Night\, The Irish Dance Spectacular!  It’s what critics are calling “A New Kind of Irish” and the Slate Online describes as “Mesmerizing!” \nReferred to as ‘Sensational’ by the Akron Legal News\, the 110-minute phenomenon\, Rhythm in the Night\, The Irish Dance Spectacular\, reimagines traditional Irish dance to take the audience on an exciting journey of a fallen hero and his rise to redemption for an unforgettable experience the entire family will enjoy!  Led by former Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance lead dancer\, Justin Boros\, the accomplished cast featuring 20 of the world’s most skilled Irish dancers and musicians brings the inspiring story of  love and salvation to life against a backdrop of ancient ruins that transports the audience to another time and place where the imagination unfolds. The world-renowned Irish dance troupe performs lighting fast hard shoe rhythms and graceful soft shoe jigs to an epic orchestral soundtrack\, while state of the art lighting ignites the stage into an explosive display of dance and music. Strength\, agility and precision formulate the fast-paced and breath-taking experience on stage as the cast performs to the heart-pounding and fluid symphonic music that has enthralled audiences all across North America! \nRhythm in the Night\, The Irish Dance Spectacular is an epic journey derived from a tale of good versus evil with a storyline that will capture the imagination of everyone in the family and transport them to a mystical time and place of heroes and redemption. The battle scenes transcend the struggle of dark versus light as lightning fast rhythms and a thunderous world-class dance troupe display Irish dance like never before seen. Adding to the drama and excitement of the production\, Rhythm in the Night features an original soundtrack that delivers an orchestral atmosphere of epic proportions. Rhythm in the Night turns an age-old art form into an exciting Irish dance spectacular the whole family can enjoy!
URL:https://peoplesbanktheatre.com/event/rhythm-in-the-night/
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SUMMARY:The Johnny Clegg Band
DESCRIPTION:Peoples Bank Theatre presents The Johny Clegg Band live in concert. Johnny Clegg is one of South Africa’s most celebrated sons. He is a singer\, a songwriter\, a dancer\, anthropologist and a musical activist whose infectious crossover music\, a vibrant blend of Western pop and African Zulu rhythms\, has exploded onto the international scene and broken through all the barriers in his own country. In France\, where he enjoys a massive following\, he is fondly called Le Zulu Blanc – the white Zulu. \nOver three decades\, Johnny Clegg has sold over five million albums of his brand of crossover music worldwide. He has wowed vast audiences with his audacious live shows and won a number of national and international awards for his music and for his outspoken views on apartheid\, his perspectives on migrant workers in South Africa and the general situation in the world today. Johnny Clegg’s history is as bold\, colorful\, and dashing as the rainbow country which he has called home for more than 40 years. \n \nJohnny Clegg was born in Bacup\, near Rochdale\, England\, in 1953\, but was brought up in Zimbabwe and South Africa. Between his mother (a cabaret and jazz singer) and his step-father (a crime reporter who took him into the townships at an early age)\, Johnny was exposed to a broader cultural perspective than that available to his peers. \nWhilst lecturing Anthropology at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg\, Clegg worked on the concept of blending English lyrics and Western melodies with Zulu musical structures alongside his songwriting and performance partner\, Sipho Mchunu. This blend was recognized by South African producer\, Hilton Rosenthal\, who became the champion of the project and who continues to promote Johnny Clegg’s work today. \nClegg and Mchunu called their band\, JULUKA\, which means “sweat” in Zulu. Their music was subjected to censorship and internal restrictions on the state-owned radio and their only way to access an audience was through touring. They played concerts at universities\, church halls\, and migrant labor hostels and in the living rooms of private houses because the law forbade mixed race performances in public venues and spaces. Juluka was most fruitful during 1982 and 1983 with tours of the USA\, Canada\, Germany and Scandinavia. In the six years that they were together\, the band recorded two platinum and five gold albums and became an international success. Juluka split up in 1985 when Mchunu returned to his roots as a cattle farmer in Zululand. \nDuring this time\, Clegg formed another crossover band\, SAVUKA (which means “we have risen”). His concept was to mix African music with a wider music base and international rock sounds. Savuka’s first album (Third World Child\, 1987) broke all international sales records in France\, Switzerland and Belgium in 1988. They went on to record four additional albums and tour extensively in Europe and North America\, breaking all attendance records in France in 1988 and 1989. \nFollowing a brief reunion in 1997 with his lifelong friend\, Mchunu\, during which Juluka released one final album\, Ya Vuka Inkunzi\, Clegg recorded a number of solo projects. Since 2004\, he has toured Europe and North America extensively with his band\, playing concerts to capacity houses and appearing at several world-famous events including the Montreal International Jazz Festival\, the Tribeca Film Festival in New York\, New Orleans Jazzfest\, Festival de Cornauille –France\, Festineuch in Switzerland\, Musique Métisses at Angouleme (France’s premier World Music festival)\, Live at Sunset (Zuric)\, Fête de l’humanité in Paris\, and Quebec Summer Festival (Festival d’eté de Québec).
URL:https://peoplesbanktheatre.com/event/the-johnny-clegg-band/
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SUMMARY:Kathy Mattea
DESCRIPTION:The Acoustic Living Room\n Songs and Stories with Kathy Mattea\n Featuring Bill Cooley \n \nGrammy Award winning singer Kathy Mattea and her longtime collaborator\, guitarist Bill Cooley\, have shared one of Nashville’s most musically rich partnerships for over two decades. In this special concert\, the duo meets as old friends\, welcoming you into The Acoustic Living Room to share songs and stories near and dear to their hearts — including Kathy’s beloved classics such as “18 Wheels and a Dozen Roses\,” “Where’ve You Been?\,” and many other hits\, plus a handful of more eclectic and often requested tunes from her extensive catalogue\, and a sprinkling of brand new material\, all reinterpreted for the duo format. Her 18 albums are woven through with bluegrass\, gospel\, and Celtic influences\, and have garnered multiple CMA\, ACM\, and Grammy Awards. A genuine storyteller\, Kathy draws inspiration from her Appalachian roots and is a torchbearer for often overlooked musical legacies like those of Hazel Dickens and Jean Ritchie. Her most recent album\, Calling Me Home\, is a collection of songs that celebrates the Appalachian culture of her native West Virginia and expands the vocabulary of acoustic roots music that has always served as her artistic center. \n  \nOpening the evening will be Bruce Dalzell\, patriarch of the Athens music scene. \nDalzell is a craftsman\, constructing delicate and thoughtfulfolk tunes that cut through all the pretense of the modern music industry to hit listeners at their core. Although his catalogue of tunes is not without dark or mournful underpinnings\, his songs always glow out of that dark night\, with the soft but steady warmth of Bruce. His personal musical achievements are enviable enough on their own\, having been recently nominated for a WAMMIE award for his song “Tocoi Light\,” and having graced the stage of West Virginia Public Radio’s much-celebrated “Mountain Stage” roots music radio program. His legacy is also manifest in his studio (I Love Brucie studios)\, his family\, all musically celebrated themselves (his wife and sometimes musical partner\, Gay is a member of The Local Girls\, and their adult son Harlan is one half of The Princes of Hollywood)\, and his unflappable commitment to playing pro bono A&R man to the scores of hopeful\, novice singer-songwriters who clamber to his long-running open mics at Baker University Center’s Bunch of Grapes room Wednesday nights\, and The Front Room on Friday nights. Sensing that he could offer even more\, he took it upon himself to create Singer-Songwriter showcases at Donkey Coffee for emerging local talent\, which eventually bore a child in the form of an ongoing CD series. No matter how bad the new arrivals to the open stages are\, no matter how many times he has heard the same cover song\, he always gently taps his feet\, and he always earnestly claps. For this\, he has garnered neither fame nor fortune\, but he does have the enduring respect of hundreds of strummers who left Athens better musicians than when they arrived.
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SUMMARY:Paula Poundstone
DESCRIPTION:“At the top of her game…” (San Francisco Chronicle)\n“Never been funnier…” (Boston Globe)\n“Insightful\, thought-provoking humor… (Chicago Tribune) \n32 years ago Paula Poundstone climbed on a Greyhound bus and traveled across the country — stopping in at open mic nights at comedy clubs as she went.  She went on to become one of our country’s foremost humorists. You can hear her through your laughter as a regular panelist on NPR’s #1 show\, a rascal of a weekly news quiz show\, Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me.  This year she was part of the talented cast in Pixar’s critically acclaimed movie\, INSIDE OUT\, and she tours regularly\, performing standup comedy across the country\, causing Bob Zany with the Boston Globe to write: “Poundstone can regale an audience for several hours with her distinctive brand of wry\, intelligent and witty comedy.” \nWhile there is no doubt that Poundstone is funny\, the thing that separates her from the pack of comics working today and that has made her a legend among comics and audiences alike is her ability to be spontaneous with a crowd. Poundstone says: “No two shows I do are the same. It’s not that I don’t repeat material. I do. My shows\, when they’re good\, and I like to think they often are\, are like a cocktail party. When you first get there\, you talk about how badly you got lost and how hard it was to find parking. Then you tell a story about your kids or what you just saw on the news. You meet some new people and ask them about themselves. Then\, someone says\, “Tell that story you used to tell\,” and then someone on the other side of the room spills a drink\, and you mock them. No one ever applauds me when I leave a party\, though. I think they high five.” \nPaula’s interchanges with the audience are never mean or done at a person’s expense. She even manages to handle politics without provoking the pall of disapproval less artful comics have received. \nWait Wait…Don’t Tell Me is now the most popular show on NPR\, having reached #1 status in 2014.  Listeners can test their knowledge against some of the best and brightest in the news and entertainment  world while figuring out what’s real news and what’s made up. Paula quickly goes on record about how  much she loves being part of the show saying: “I am a proud member of the endorphin production industry. They allow me to say whatever I want on Wait\, Wait…Don’t Tell Me. The panelists are unscripted\, so it’s perfect for me. I feel like I’m a batter in a batting cage. I get lobbed topics. Sometimes I just watch them go by\, but every now and then I get a piece of one. If the others didn’t cheat\, it would be an almost perfect work experience.” The show is also heard internationally on NPR Worldwide and on the Internet via podcast. In May 2013 the show was Cinecast to movie theatres across the country.  Paula was on the show\, as was Steve Martin. \nIt has been said of Poundstone that she not only shot through the glass ceiling\, she never acknowledged it was there. She was never one to stereotype herself as a ‘female comedian’ or limit herself to comedy from a ‘female’ point of view. Over the span of her career\, she has amassed a list of awards and accolades that include: The first woman to win the cable ACE Award for Best Standup Comedy Special (1992); The first woman to perform standup at the White House Correspondents dinner; (1993); . She has starred in her own comedy specials on HBO and BRAVO. In fact\, “Paula Poundstone Goes to Harvard\,” on HBO\, was the only time the elite university has allowed their name to be used in the title of a television show. If it means anything to anyone\, Paula is recognized as one of Comedy Central’s 100 greatest stand-ups of all time.  She won an American Comedy Award for Best Female Standup Comic\, and in 2010 she was one of a select group voted into the Comedy Hall of Fame.
URL:https://peoplesbanktheatre.com/event/paula-poundstone-2016/
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SUMMARY:Saturday Night Fever
DESCRIPTION:The date is 1976 and in Brooklyn\, New York\, Tony Manero\, a young man with a dead end job and an extraordinary ability to dance\, has only one ambition in life – To become the disco king. When he meets Stephanie— who also dreams of a world beyond Brooklyn\, and they decide to train together for a dance competition—their lives begin to change forever. \nThis brand new production of Saturday Night Fever\, one of the most loved dance stories of all time\, is packed with legendary hits from the Bee Gees including the classics Stayin’ Alive\, Night Fever\, Jive Talking\, You Should Be Dancing and How Deep is Your Love?
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