-->If the 1960’s are your era, where the times and the tunesspeak to your heart and set your feet tapping, then the Palace Theater inWaterbury has a show with your name stamped in gold on the playbill cover. “This is the 60’s” will capture thedecade in every way possible, marking each of the historic milestones from thisfascinating and frantic time.
The stage of the Palace Theater will be aglow with the menand the music who made history for one spectacular show only, Saturday,November 17 at 8 p.m. More than aconcert showcasing the music of The Monkees, The Beatles, The Mamas and ThePapas, The Beach Boys, The Who, Simon and Garfunkel, The Fifth Dimension, JimiHendrix, Three Dog Night, Jefferson Airplane and more, the evening will includea timeline of the events that celebrated the decade on its fiftiethanniversary.
Relive the excitement and spectacle of the space programwhen man first walked on the moon, the phenomenon of the Fab Four lads fromacross the pond who sparked Beatlemania, the agony and trauma of the VietnamWar and the loss of the icon from Camelot known as John FitzgeraldKennedy.
Poignant and powerful film clippings will highlight theculture of the times, complete with commercials from television ads. Seventalented performers, Joan Burton, Eddie Darst, David Krol, Daryn Owen, FreddyTrumbower, Janisse Flowers and Anna Rednour, will offer more than two solidhours of live rock and roll memories and memorabilia as they travel back intime to recreate everything from white bread to Woodstock.
“This is the 60’s” was created by producer/director JimDuffy, a veteran documentary filmmaker, author and musician, who knows how tocapture the moments that mark this turbulent time.
Before theperformance, patrons are invited to arrive early for a 7:30 p.m. flashbackperformance in the theater’s lobby by Trish Torello, a popular local performerand former lead singer of the 60’s band Good & Plenty. Torello will sendpatrons tripping back in time when she belts out the signature song ofJefferson Airplane’s Grace Slick, “White Rabbit.”
Also before theshow, Emily’s Catering Group will serve a 6 p.m. pre-show dinner in thePalace’s Poli Club, located on the Mezzanine level of the theater. Dinner is$40 per member and $50 per non-member, which includes tax, service fees,coffee, and tea. A cash bar is also available. Seating is limited, andreservations can be made when purchasing tickets through the Box Office.
For tickets ($25, 35, 45), call the Palace Theater, 100 EastMain Street, Waterbury at 203-346-2000 or online at www.palacetheaterct.org.
Come revisit the most exciting decade of the TwentiethCentury and stroll down the sidewalks one fabulous musical note after another.
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