Saturday, June 20, 2020

Chantons Chansons
Schola Cantorum of Syracuse
Barry Torres, conductor

Price: $20 regular, $15 seniors, $10 under age 30, $5 students, children free
Pebble Hill Presbyterian Church
5299 Jamesville Rd., Dewitt

"Let us sing songs!" A spirited exploration of the flowering of French song in all its stunning variety from the 13th to the 16th centuries. Music of the troubadours, up through Claude Le Jeune (d. 1600), including works by some of the greatest composers in Western music history – Bernart de Ventadorn, Guillaume de Machaut, Guillaume DuFay, Jean Ockeghem, Antoine Busnoys, Josquin Desprez, Clement Jannequin, Claudin de Sermisy, Orlande de Lassus, and more.

Merrily We Roll Along
Central New York Playhouse
Elizabeth Allers, director

CNY Playhouse
Shoppingtown Mall, Entrance No. 4 (adjacent to parking garage), Dewitt

The authors of the landmark Company reunite to turn the traditional showbiz musical on its head in this thrilling and compelling Broadway fable about friendship, compromise, and the high price of success. Stephen Sondheim and George Furth expertly blend the excitement and energy of a backstage musical with a poignant and emotional contemporary story about the importance of staying true to one's ideals.

Merrily We Roll Along begins in the present and moves backwards, tracing the lives of wealthy, jaded, composer Franklin Shepard, and his two estranged friends through each milestone of their personal and professional lives (good and bad).

With a brilliant "Broadway-style" score and that deep insight one expects from any Sondheim endeavor, Merrily We Roll Along is a spirited and moving cautionary tale for anyone who has ever pursued a dream.