SUBSCRIPTION TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE FOR LCCC STOCKER ARTS CENTER’S PERFORMING ARTISTS SERIES – “A SEASON OF SONG AND DANCE”
Subscription tickets are now on sale for the 2009-2010 LCCC Stocker Arts Center Performing Artists Series – “A Season of Song and Dance” – six shows that will be once-in-a-lifetime experiences for the audience because they are live on stage. Stocker Arts Center provides the best of the arts at affordable ticket prices close to home.
For ticket information on any of the performances or to receive a season brochure, call the Stocker Arts Center box office at (440) 366-4040, or 1-800-995-5222 (ext. 4040). The box office hours are Monday-Friday, 12-6 p.m. and one and a half hours prior to curtain time. Or order tickets online anytime at www.lorainccc.edu/stocker.
Current six-show subscribers have until Friday, August 7 to renew their current seats, after which time any that are not renewed will be available for new subscribers to purchase.
Single tickets for all Performing Artists Series shows go on sale Wednesday, September 2. Tickets for all non-Performing Artists Series shows are now on sale.
The 2009-2010 Performing Artists Series includes these great performances:
Atlantic Records Recording Artists
Straight No Chaser
Saturday, September 26, 2009 – 7:30 p.m.
You may have seen them perform their now-famous version of The 12 Days of Christmas on TNT's Christmas in Washington last December, or you might be among the more than 9 million people who have viewed the clip of their version of 12 Days… which interpolates Toto’s Africa in the song on YouTube (link below), or they may be totally new to you. Whether you've heard the group before or not, you are in for a musical treat when you hear them live at Stocker Arts Center. In an age when so much music is the product of digital processing and re-tooling, Straight No Chaser is the real deal - the captivating sound of ten unadulterated human voices coming together to make extraordinary music with a sense of humor. The group originally formed in 1996 while students at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, and has reemerged after the YouTube phenomenon of The 12 Days of Christmas. They released Holiday Spirits on Atlantic Records in October 2008, and plan to release a new CD in Spring 2010. Their stop at Stocker is part of a 50 plus city tour. http://www.sncmusic.com/
To see The 12 Days of Christmas go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28GUU1YbP_E
The Wedding Singer
Monday, October 5, 2009 – 7:30 p.m.
It's 1985, and rock-star wannabe Robbie Heart is New Jersey's favorite wedding singer. He's the life of the party until his own fiancé leaves him at the altar. Shot through the heart, Robbie makes every wedding as disastrous as his own. When he meets Julia, an admiring young waitress, it's love at first sight. Only trouble is Julia is about to be married to a Wall Street shark, and unless Robbie can pull off the performance of a decade the girl of his dreams will be gone forever. With music and lyrics that pay loving homage to the pop songs of the 1980's, The Wedding Singer takes us back to a time when hair was big, greed was good, collars were up, and a wedding singer might just be the coolest guy in the room. http://www.obbnyc.com/
Neil Berg’s 101 Years of Broadway
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 – 7:30 p.m.
101 Years of Broadway – a wonderful sequel to 100 Years of Broadway – is an all new musical revue with more of the greatest songs from the hit musicals of the century featuring a dazzling cast of five Broadway stars accompanied by an all-star New York band. These amazing performers light up the stage with songs from the hit shows in which they starred. Neil Berg presents brilliantly revived arrangements of classics as well as thrilling songs from Broadway’s newest hit shows. 101 Years... features treasures from Irving Berlin to Andrew Lloyd Webber -- including dazzling tributes to Rodgers and Hart, Kander and Ebb, Lerner and Lowe, George Gershwin, Stephen Sondheim, Stephen Schwartz, and Oscar Hammerstein. Neil Berg is the composer/lyricist of the hit off-Broadway musical The Prince and the Pauper, which ran for two years at the Lamb’s Theater in New York City. His newest venture, which he conceived, is producing and is the composer/lyricist for is The 12. Stocker Arts Center will be a part of the process of developing this new work with the producers and will be hosting one of the developmental previews on Friday, March 19, 2010. In the meantime, don’t miss 101 Years of Broadway, an unforgettable evening of music. http://www.neilberg.com/
Canadian Brass
Thursday, January 21, 2010 – 7:30 p.m.
The virtuosi of the Canadian Brass have made the quintet an exciting vehicle for serious concert music. The group sprang from modest and highly experimental roots in Toronto, Ontario, in 1970. Thanks to their pioneer status, they developed a unique character and rapport with audiences that proved so successful that it has been emulated by many other ensembles. The quintet, having celebrated more than 35 seasons, has a long history of recording classical repertoire. The Canadian Brass master the gamut of concert presentations — from formal classical concerts to music served up with lively dialogue and theatrical effects. Their more than 60 recordings to date include works by Purcell, Vivaldi, Pachelbel, Beethoven and Wagner, all in meticulously crafted transcriptions that are setting new musical traditions in brass performance. The "fabulous five" spend most of their time on tour, and have performed all over the world, gaining an international following for their performances, which offer a large variety of musical styles. No matter what the style, the music is central and performed with utmost dedication and excellence. Their next album, coming soon, is called Swing That Music – A Tribute to Louis Armstrong. http://www.canbrass.com/
New York Theatre Ballet – Diana Byer, Artistic Director
Dance/Speak: The Life of Agnes de Mille
by Anderson Ferrell
Friday, February 19, 2010 – 7:30 p.m.
Dance/Speak: The Life of Agnes de Mille is a new theatrical/dance piece that tells the story of choreographer Agnes de Mille’s struggle for success in the American theatre. Through the use of narration, dramatic interpretation and de Mille dances, Dance/Speak reveals her childhood influences, and her eventual success as a groundbreaking theatrical innovator known throughout the world for her choreography during the golden age of musical theatre. It includes celebrated dances from her Broadway musicals Carousel, Brigadoon and Oklahoma! as well as selected portions of her ballets – Fall River Legend, Three Virgins and a Devil, Rodeo and Debut at the Opera.
Dance/Speak: The Life of Agnes de Mille is made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts American Masterpieces: Dance initiative, administered by the New England Foundation for the Arts.
Simply Sinatra with Steve Lippia
Friday, April 9, 2010 – 7:30 p.m.
One of today's most prominent in-demand vocalists, Steve Lippia has quickly established his place among the finest interpreters of standards and traditional pop music in the nation. With his own, unique style, he relives the heyday of Frank Sinatra. Steve's youthful, energetic talent and powerful show creates a perfect blend of "classic" with "today," introducing a new generation to this timeless music and transporting long-time listeners back to the era of "Ol Blue Eyes." With great stage presence, Steve Lippia pulls his audience back in time to a comfort zone rarely seen on concert stages today. His music is delivered in a deeply personal way including standards engraved in the American History of Music: I’ve Got You Under My Skin, The Lady Is A Tramp, That’s Life, My Way. It all comes back to us through Steve’s work. Reminiscent of the young Sinatra, Steve Lippia moves from crisp, popping swing tunes to lush, poignant ballads with equanimity. With a hot, driving band behind him, Steve impeccably interprets the best repertoire of the Big Band era and American Classic Pop, leaving his audience begging for more. To hear him sing, visit http://www.stevelippia.com/
Subscriptions to the Performing Artists Series are available in various packages including Pick 3, Pick 4, Pick 5, as well as all six shows, and are the same prices they have been since 2004. Valet parking is now available for these six shows for just $5 per car and can be purchased along with the subscription. Non valet parking is free.
Subscriptions will continue to be sold until the third show date, though single tickets for the six events go on sale as of Wednesday, September 2.
Stocker Arts Center is on the campus of Lorain County Community College, 1005 North Abbe Road, Elyria, Ohio 44035. For more information, to request a season brochure or to order tickets, please call the Stocker Arts Center box office, which is open Monday through Friday from 12-6 p.m. and one and a half hours before show time, at (800) 995-5222 ext. 4040 or (440) 366-4040.
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