{"id":5622,"date":"2012-04-01T08:33:23","date_gmt":"2012-04-01T15:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?p=5622"},"modified":"2013-11-23T11:18:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-23T19:18:00","slug":"revisiting-a-musical-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?p=5622","title":{"rendered":"Revisiting a Musical Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\"\"In addition to theatre, I’m a long-time folk music aficianado. So naturally, every time Tom Paxton<\/a> comes to town, I’m out to see him. Last night was no exception: It was Tom’s second show at McCabes<\/a> in Santa Monica. It was supposedly a sold-out show, yet there were a fair number of empty seats (I’d say the room was at 85%-90% of capacity) and the store was not as crowded as usual. It could be that the drizzily Saturday evening kept some folks in their homes.<\/p>\n

The show itself was good, although looking back, it was roughly the same program as last year<\/a> (this seems to be a common problem with artists–Erin noted that Bernadette Peters’ recent show repeated 80% of the show (including jokes) as her previous show two years before). Tom was accompanied last night by Zack Sokolow, Fred’s son, a regular performer in Los Angeles (he was out to do a Rockabilly show in Burbank after Tom’s show), and an instructor at McCabes. The show consisted of the following songs (* indicates new for this show):<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Act I<\/strong><\/td>\nAct II<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
How Beautiful Upon The Mountain
\nYour Shoes, My Shoes*
\nLament for a Lost Election
\nWhat Did You Learn In School Today?*
\nGetting Up Early*
\nPassing Through Tulsa*
\nMy Pony Knows The Way*
\nAnd If It’s Not True
\nNew Song – Central Square
\nBottle of Wine<\/td>\n		Anytime*
\nNew Song – Buffalo Dreams*
\nNew Song – Finding Ireland*
\nJennifer’s Rabbit
\nKaty
\nJennifer and Kate
\nMarry Me Again
\nLast Thing on My Mind (Parody)
\nLast Thing on My Mind
\nRamblin’ Boy
\nThe Bravest
\nComedians and Angels<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

What was new this year was a collection of “Oklahoma” songs, starting with “Passing Through Tulsa” and going into songs from characters that just showed up in Tom’s notebook. This replaced the set of songs Tom did previously with Joe Frazier. In the second part of the show, there were some new songs that, to my knowledge, are not on any of Tom’s albums (“Central Square” is also new, but (a) Tom did it last year, and (b) it is available on an album by Geoff Bartley<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Upcoming Theatre, Concerts, and Dance:<\/strong> This coming weekend sees the beginning of April, as well as the beginning of Pesach. We may go to the Southern California Renaissance Faire<\/a> on Easter Sunday (or perhaps the following Sunday). Friday the 13th sees us at the Pantages for Billy Elliot<\/em><\/a>\u201d and I”m hoping to get tickets for the new small-theatre production<\/a> of \u201cSpring Awakening<\/em><\/a>\u201d by Over The Moon Productions<\/a> at the Arena Stage (curious to see this in a small production, runs 3\/14-4\/22) on that Sunday (they aren’t on Goldstar yet). The following weekend brings student-directed plays at Van Nuys HS (Erin is in one of them), plus I’m judging an ethics competitation at UCLA, and hoping to book tickets for\u00a0the new production<\/a> of \u201cWorking<\/em><\/a>\u201d at The Production Company<\/a> in Hollywood (haven\u2019t seen the show in years, opens 3\/16). The last weekend in April sees us out in Thousand Oaks for \u201cOnce Upon a Mattress<\/em>\u201d at Cabrillo<\/a>; I’m also hoping to book tickets for \u201cThe Heiress<\/em><\/a>\u201d at the Pasadena Playhouse<\/a> on that Sunday (heard it on LA Theatre Works<\/a> and it sounds good). May begins with \u201cDames at Sea<\/em>\u201d at the Colony<\/a>.\u00a0 It also brings the senior dance show at Van Nuys HS, the Spring Railfest at Orange Empire, \u201cThe Great American Trailer Park Musical<\/em>\u201d at REP East, and it may also bring \u201cFollies<\/em>\u201d at the Ahmanson. Oh, and May also has my daughter\u2019s HS graduation. June is more open, but does feature both “Addams Family” and “Million Dollar Quartet” at the Pantages. As always, open dates are subject to be filled in with productions that have yet to appear on the RADAR of Goldstar or LA Stage Alliance.<\/p>\n

Music:<\/strong> Je m’appelle Barbra<\/em> (Barbra Streisand): Free Again<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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