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| Ed Gerhard |
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From Tokyo to Rome and venues across the U.S., GRAMMY® Award-winning Guitarist Ed Gerhard’s music has touched audiences all over the world. Performing on 6-string, slide guitar or Acoustic Hawaiian Lap Slide, Gerhard’s virtuosity, generosity and sly humor shine through.
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Sun, March 14, 2010 7:30 PM
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| Ailey II |
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Ailey II is universally renowned for merging the spirit and energy of the country's best young dance talent with the passion and creative vision of today's most outstanding emerging choreographers. Alvin Ailey personally appointed former Ailey member Sylvia Waters as artistic director in 1974. Under her direction, Ailey II has become one of the most popular dance companies in the country.
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Fri, March 19, 2010 8:00 PM
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| Ailey II - Daytime Series |
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Ailey II is universally renowned for merging the spirit and energy of the country's best young dance talent with the passion and creative vision of today's most outstanding emerging choreographers. A mixture of narration, demonstration, participation, and Q & A session, this lecture/demonstration is an engaging and energetic program. Company members demonstrate Ailey technique from popular repertory dances, speak about the company’s history and their personal experiences and answer audience questions.
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Fri, March 19, 2010 10:00 AM
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| Train |
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Save Me San Francisco Tour. Over the course of 15 years, Train has made its mark on music history with their Grammy-Award-winning song "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)" and chart-topping singles "Meet Virginia" and "Calling All Angels." Since forming in San Francisco in 1994, the multi-platinum selling band has traveled a long, successful and sometimes arduous journey.
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Sat, March 20, 2010 8:00 PM
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| David Garrett |
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Violinist David Garrett powerfully melds pop and classical music, bringing out the classical undertones in beloved rock songs and pulling classical favorites into the modern age, destroying genre completely and rebuilding it from the ground up.
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Sat, March 27, 2010 8:00 PM
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| Dublin's Traditional Irish Cabaret |
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It's a celebration of Irish music, laughter, song and dance. Comedian Noel V. Ginnity has chosen a talented group of Irish entertainers to bring a taste of Ireland to American audiences.
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Sun, March 28, 2010 3:00 PM
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| Four Score and Seven Years Ago - Daytime Series |
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To young Lemuel, who has escaped slavery in Georgia, life in Gettysburg is everything he had dreamed it would be. His ideas about the North and the South, as well as what it means to be a free man, are challenged, however, when he unexpectedly befriends Jacob, a young Confederate soldier. The two men may be of different races and on different sides of the Civil War, but they have much to teach each other about bravery and loyalty in ArtsPower’s exciting and suspenseful musical.
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Mon, March 29, 2010 10:00 AM
Mon, March 29, 2010 12:00 PM
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| Hamlet (The Met: Live in HD) |
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The works of Shakespeare have inspired more operatic adaptations than any other writer’s. Simon Keenlyside and Natalie Dessay bring their extraordinary acting and singing skills to two of the Bard’s most unforgettable characters in this new production of Ambroise Thomas’s Hamlet.
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Tue, March 30, 2010 6:00 PM
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| Julius Caesar |
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The acclaimed Shakespeare & Company returns with a 90-minute production of a Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. The company’s emphasis is on language, discovering the pleasure of classic works, and the relationship that exists between the actors and the audience. The actors create wonderful rapport with students, making Shakespeare immediate and accessible.
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Wed, March 31, 2010 10:00 AM
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| An Evening with Wilco |
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This American-alternative rock band based in Chicago will play a run of 16 concerts on the East coast beginning in Miami and coming to the Capitol Center on April 7. The evening will feature extended, varied sets exploring material from each of the seven studio albums.
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Wed, April 7, 2010 8:00 PM
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| Thank You, Gregory! |
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In the summer of 2003, the Capitol Center was busy planning for its grand reopening after a major renovation project. Opening night was to feature tap-dance legend Gregory Hines. Sadly, Hines passed away that summer, just three months before his scheduled Concord appearance. Now comes a magnificent tribute to the life, work and legacy of this great American artist. Thank You, Gregory! features eight world-class hoofers and three jazz musicians with multi-media projections and narrative creating a rich and diverse kaleidoscope of tap dance history, artistry, romance, rhythms and musical feet.
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Fri, April 9, 2010 8:00 PM
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| My Way: A Swingin' Celebration with Frank, Sammy and Dean |
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Starring Broadway veterans Eric Jordan Young, Nat Chandler and Sal Viviano, and introducing the 16-piece Capitol Center Jazz Orchestra, Clayton Poole, music director
A hip new tribute concert dedicated to the memory of the Rat Pack! My Way: A Swingin’ Celebration joyously showcases the songs of Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Dean Martin, songs like "That's Amore" "The Lady is a Tramp," "Mr. Bojangles," “My Way” and of course, “New York, New York,” all with brand new orchestrations.
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Sun, April 11, 2010 7:30 PM
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| Most Valuable Player - Daytime Series |
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Dallas Children’s Theater presents the triumphant story of Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to play professional major league baseball, chronicles the young athlete's nonviolent struggle to integrate what was then considered a "white man's game." Through it all, Jackie's courage, intelligence, leadership, resilience and athletic skill propelled him to become a national hero.
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Mon, April 19, 2010 10:00 AM
Mon, April 19, 2010 12:00 PM
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| Jamantics and Darlingside |
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Here's your chance to discover two exciting young and emerging bands with local roots. Jamantics and Darlingside offer up compelling string-rock arrangements, tight harmonies and abounding energy.
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Fri, April 23, 2010 8:00 PM
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| CATS |
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The national Broadway tour. There's no better way to introduce your family to the wonders of live theater than with the magic, the mystery, the memory of CATS. What began as a musical about cats after Andrew Lloyd Webber picked up a book of poems in an airport bookshop has become one of the longest running shows in Broadway's history. Winner of seven Tony Awards including Best Musical, CATS features 20 of Andrew Lloyd Webber's timeless melodies, including the hit song "Memory."
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Sun, April 25, 2010 2:00 PM
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| 13th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Gold Medalist |
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FREE performance. The youngest participant in the 2009 Cliburn Competition, Haochen Zhang, 19, gave his debut recital at the Shanghai Music Hall at the age of five, performing all of Bach’s two-part inventions, as well as sonatas by Haydn and Mozart. He performed with orchestra at age six, and moved to the United States at 15 to attend the Curtis Institute of Music.
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Tue, April 27, 2010 7:30 PM
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| An Evening with Chad and Jeremy |
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British Invasion icons, Chad and Jeremy captured a loyal following with their unique style of sensitive folk-pop with hits like "A Summer Song" and "Willow Weep for Me."
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Fri, April 30, 2010 8:00 PM
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| Armida (The Met: Live in HD) |
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This mythical story of a sorceress who enthralls men in her island prison has inspired operatic settings by a multitude of composers, including Gluck, Haydn, and Dvor¡ák. Renée Fleming stars in the title role of Rossini’s version, opposite no fewer than six tenors.
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Mon, May 3, 2010 6:00 PM
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| Rodrigo y Gabriela |
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Fresh off the release of their new album, 11:11, international sensations Rodrigo y Gabriela, lightning-fast, rhythmic acoustic guitar players of the highest order, come to New Hampshire for the first time. Rodrigo Sánchez, lead guitar, and Gabriela Quintero, rhythm guitar, both of Mexico, earned their chops by playing in the pubs and bars of Dublin, and despite their unusual style, gained a cult following.
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Wed, May 5, 2010 7:30 PM
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| Lisa Lampanelli |
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Lisa Lampanelli is Comedy's Lovable Queen of Mean. Heralded as "more than a standup -- a standout," by comedy legend Jim Carrey, Lampanelli is a cross between Don Rickles, Archie Bunker, and a vial of estrogen. She even won accolades from The King of All Media Howard Stern, who called her "a true original and a brilliant comedy mind who'll steal the show every time."
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Fri, May 7, 2010 8:00 PM
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| Chris Botti |
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Since the release of his 2004 critically acclaimed CD When I Fall In Love, Chris Botti (pronounced BOH-tee) has become the largest-selling American jazz instrumental artist. His success has crossed over to audiences usually reserved for pop music and his ongoing association with PBS has led to four #1 Jazz Albums, as well as multiple Gold, Platinum and Grammy Awards.
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Thu, May 13, 2010 7:30 PM
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| The Blanks |
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The Blanks are a quartet of friends who like to sing a cappella music. For a few years now they’ve been appearing on the television show Scrubs as 'Ted's Band' where, as luck would have it, they have to pretend to be a quartet of friends who like to sing a cappella music. In their live show you see them singing TV and movie themes such as "Charles in Charge" and the "Six Million Dollar Man." They also do songs with talking toys - that's right, four grown men who still play with dolls action figures.
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Fri, May 21, 2010 8:00 PM
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| CAPTURED: The Journey Show |
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CAPTURED is the ultimate Journey tribute show, featuring state of the art sound and lights, and a band with a commitment to accurately recreate some of the greatest power ballads ever written.
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Sat, May 29, 2010 8:00 PM
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| Bryan Adams - The Bare Bones Tour |
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Canadian rock singer-songwriter Bryan Adams continues his highly successful solo-acoustic concert tour with a stop at the Capitol Center! This is a rare opportunity for fans to see Adams as they’ve never seen him before – up close and personal. It's a new spin on his classic hits like “Straight from the Heart,” “Cuts Like a Knife” and “Heaven.”
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Wed, June 9, 2010 7:30 PM
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| Men Fake Foreplay |
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Take a hilarious and insightful tour of the male psyche with Emmy Award winning writer and Tonight Show comedian Mike Dugan as he takes an unflinching look at the secret life of men. On his journey, Dugan takes us through the trials (and errors!) encountered on the road to becoming a man in a ‘boys will be boys’ world. A brutally honest and irreverent telling of the age-old gender battle. Says the Syracuse New Times, “A candid and hilarious take on the battle of the sexes…everyone was roaring!” Tickets make a great Girls Night Out, birthday party, bachelorette party, or the perfect date night!
Show times:
Thu, July 8, 2010 7:30 PM
Fri, July 9, 2010 7:30 PM
Sat, July 10, 2010 7:30 PM
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