SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE
Diverse set of acts planned at music hall this weekend
TROY, N.Y. » Troy Savings Bank Music Hall has a full slate of performances scheduled this weekend including a modern-day mime, a female comedian, a world famous big band and some soulful acoustic folk music.
Four diverse acts -Tape Face, Paula Poundstone, The Glenn Miller Orchestra and Ray LaMontagne -- are all set to take stage at the acclaimed Troy Savings Bank Music Hall in the coming days, presenting a variety of different talents.
Things will kick off with Tape Face at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday evening. First introduced to America through the popular television show America’s Got Talent, The Boy With Tape On His Face (or Tape Face for short) is a simple, but clever and charming character that audiences have come to love. His live show is described as delightful, wry, many-layered and hilarious - an accessible performance with universal appeal. Ticket’s to Tape face’s local show are $27 each.
The next night, comic Paula Poundstone will entertain with her quickthinking, unscripted approach to comedy. Poundstone is heralded as one of the country’s foremost comics. She is a regular panelist on NPR’s #1 show, the screwball weekly news quiz show WAIT WAIT... DON’T TELL ME! where she holds the record for game losses. Over the years Paula has amassed a list of accolades and awards that stretch the length of a great big tall guy’s arm. In 1992 she became the first woman to share the stage with the President and host the prestigious White House Correspondents dinner, a role not until then offered to a woman in its seventytwo year history. Poundstone’s upcoming Troy show will begin at 8 p.m. on Friday. Tickets are $34 each.
On Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. the hall will be filled with music by The World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra, back at the Hall due to popular demand. Playing such classics as “In The Mood,” “Chattanooga Choo Choo,” “A String of Pearls,” “Moonlight Serenade” and “Tuxedo Junction,” the Glenn Miller Orchestra is said to be the most sought after big band in the world today. Bandleader Glenn Miller disappeared over the English Channel on a flight from London to Paris on December 15, 1944, at the height of his popularity. Yet, more than 55 years since the public first embraced the successful Glenn Miller Sound, both the legend and the music live on today. This jazzy act plays an average of 300 live dates a year around the globe. Tickets to Saturday’s show are $34 or $28 each.
Finishing up the weekend on Sunday night, Higher Ground presents Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter Ray LaMontagne at 7 p.m. at the Hall. Titled Just Passing Through, this 25-date stretch is LaMontagne’s first acoustic tour in five years. Joined by John Stirratt from Wilco on acoustic bass, LaMontagne will highlight songs from his vast and varying body of work spanning across albums Trouble, Till The Sun Turns Black, Gossip in the Grain, God Willin’ & The Creek Don’t Rise, Supernova and Ouroboros. Tickets are available for $75 or $55.
More information about Troy Savings Bank Music Hall and its upcoming shows is available online at www.troymusichall.org.