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This is one ‘boot-kickin’ country music show with outstanding genuine country singers and musicians arrayed in authentic country costumes. Showcasing a seventy-five year history of country music’s performing legends, the show begins with the music of Hank Williams, Patsy Cline and Johnny Cash and goes on to the golden age of country with Tammy Wynette, Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn. It’s then on to the Grand Ole Opry years followed by the newest legends such as Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire and Shania Twain and superstars like Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift and Blake Shelton. So get ready to tap your feet to some of the very best of country music with songs like Night Train To Memphis, Your Cheatin’ Heart, Ring Of Fire, Sweet Dreams, Stand By Your Man, 9 to 5 and Boot Scootin’ Boogie.
Melissa Manchester was the first recording artist in the history of the Oscars to have two nominated songs in a single year. She also won a Grammy for the song, You Should Hear How She Talks About You as well as a Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocalist. Besides being a singer and songwriter, Melissa is an accomplished actress who starred in the national tours of Music Of The Night and Song And Dance and created the role of Maddy in the NBC hit, Blossom. She celebrated her forty-five year career with the album The Fellas, a glowing tribute to such fabulous male performers as Frank Sinatra, Mel Tormé, Tony Bennett and Dean Martin, inventively recreating such wonderful standards as Ain’t That A Kick In The Head, Chances Are, Love Is Just Around The Corner and Night And Day.
Opening for Melissa is three-time Emmy Award winner Dave Konig. Dave is a comedian, actor and writer, noted for roles on television in The Blacklist, Blue Bloods and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
One of the most popular groups of the 1960s, Jay And The Americans brought a distinctive sound and clean-cut image to the music scene accumulating a staggering eighteen charted hits and five top ten records. The group features three original Americans – Sandy Deanne, Marty Sanders and Howie Kane, fronted by the powerhouse lead of Jay Reincke. It will truly be a ‘magic moment’ when they perform the Americans’ chart-toppers that include, Come A Little Bit Closer, Cara Mia, Walkin’ in the Rain, Some Enchanted Evening, Only In America, She Cried and of course, This Magic Moment.
Have a song or piece of music that takes you to a special moment in time? Join your fellow residents as they share the favorite songs and dances that created their musical scrapbooks. Hopefully the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein, Irving Berlin, Jerry Herman, Frank Sinatra and The Beatles will bring back your special moments in time.
Have a song or piece of music that takes you to a special moment in time? Join your fellow residents as they share the favorite songs and dances that created their musical scrapbooks. Hopefully the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein, Irving Berlin, Jerry Herman, Frank Sinatra and The Beatles will bring back your special moments in time.
A finalist on America’s Got Talent, Cirque Zuma Zuma pushes the envelope of human possibilities as their acrobats perform astonishing and unbelievable feats of balance, agility and motor coordination. This troupe of amazing performers started over 15 years ago in Kenya and has since appeared across the globe including the US, Europe and Australia, performing to sold-out audiences. Along with their tremendous skills, they will treat you with an evening of African music, drumming, dance and chants which add exuberance and excitement to their highly entertaining performance.
The art of the Tango has never been so superb and dynamic as with Tango Fire’s sold-out performances across the globe over the past 12 years. With a YouTube audience in excess of 20 million people worldwide, German Cornejo’s extraordinary choreography and vision has captured the world’s imagination. German Cornejo’s Tango Fire encompasses and defines all that is Argentine Tango, dancing which sizzles with sensuality, accompanied by the unforgettable music of the great Tango masters including Piazzolla, Pugliese and Gardel. As one of the world’s most popular dance forms, this exhilarating show combines the rawness and sophistication, seductive and sultry side of Tango, evoking the intoxicating passion of late-night Buenos Aires.
One of the country’s top comedians and a New York Times bestselling author, Rita is best known for droll and witty one-liners. A top Las Vegas performer, her show was the longest-running solo show in their history and she was named Comedian Of The Year nine years in a row. Her Showtime special, Three Potential Ex-Husbands was a huge success as well as her two one-hour specials for HBO, Born To Be Mild and Married Without Children. Rita has also written five books including her very funny best seller, Naked Beneath My Clothes. Don’t miss this hilarious evening of entertainment.
Opening for Rita is Lumiri Tubo, an electrifying and dazzling singer and actress who has a diverse vocal style. She will be performing songs from Broadway to Pop.
As told by actor/comedian Brad Zimmerman, this very funny and poignant comedy is universal in its message: the journey to follow one’s dream and the parents who suffer through it! In an eighty minute comical and often moving presentation, Brad tells his audience about the determination and passion needed to ‘make it’ as an artist and the rewards that come from never giving up. Recounting how he moved to New York and had to ‘temporarily’ wait tables for 29 years while pursuing his acting career, Brad’s off-Broadway hit comedy is both profound, touching and funny. The New York Times called the show “Delicious! Distinctly Original & Powerfully Poignant. Great Comedy!”
ABBACADABRA turns the clock back and recreates the ultimate ABBA concert with all the flair, authentic costumes and hit songs that made the group so famous. ABBACADABRA has performed all over the world to sold-out audiences, breaking box office records many times. You will want to sing along to such ABBA favorites as Mamma Mia, Super Trouper, Fernando, Dancing Queen, Waterloo and Take A Chance On Me just to name a few of the wonderful ABBA hits they will perform.