The O-town Scene

Coming Events Concert version of ‘Sweeney Todd’ set Stephen Sondheim’s “Sweeney Todd” will be pre- sented in concert at 8 p.m. Sat- urday, June 11, at the Oneonta Theatre, 47 Chestnut St. in Oneonta. The per- formance will benefit Orpheus Theatre. The musi- cal thriller tells the story of Benjamin Barker, aka Sweeney Todd, who ‘Sweeney Todd’ returns to London after 15 years’ transporta- tion on false charges. When he learns his wife poisoned herself after being raped by the judge that wrongly transported him, he vows revenge. The cast features Steve Marku- son, Cyndi Donaldson, Colby Thomas, Robert Barstow, Christopher Pfund, Michael Valinoti, Johana Arnold, John Willis and Ray Delaney. The show is under the musi- cal direction of Broadway conductor and Oneonta native Paul Masse. Tickets are $40 each. For an ad- ditional fee, audience members can meet the cast and Masse during a champagne reception. Purchase tickets at the Green Earth, The Green Toad Bookstore, The Eighth Note, by calling 432-9392 or online at www.orpheustheatre.org. Fab Faux to play in Oneonta Contributed The Oneonta Theatre will host two concerts with three bands this coming week. At 9 p.m., Friday, June 10, The Fab Faux will take the stage on Chestnut Street. With a commitment to the accurate re- production of the Beatles’ repertoire, the Fab Faux treat the music with unwavering respect, giving painstaking recreation of the songs. The group usually focuses on the later years of the Beatles’ music, in particular those songs never performed live by the group. For Friday’s show, the band will present “From the Cavern to the Rooftop Show,” which will include classics from throughout the Beatles evolution. Tickets are $40 each online and $60 at the box office. This will be followed at 9 p.m. Thursday, June 16, with Yarn and special guests Horshoe Lounge Playboys in the Balcony Ballroom. The Americana/alt-country band Yarn finds influences in Jerry Garcia, the Rolling Stones, Gram Parsons and Earl Scruggs. They follow in the tradition of New Riders of the Purple Sage, weaving roots music idioms into a fresh sound. The Horseshoe Lounge Playboys are a six- piece “backwoods Americana Roots” band perform- ing mostly original and traditional material and some hillbilly dance music. Tickets are $10 each online and at the box offce starting at 5 p.m. the night of the show. Fab Faux Folk experiment event Sun. at EOH The Earlville Opera House will present a matinee performance of an Americana folk experiment at 4 p.m., Sunday, June 12. Called the EOH Kaleidoscope Orchestra, the group will include drums, bodhran, djembe, piano, fiddles, mandolines, electric guitars, electric and stand-up bass, button and piano accordions, singers and banjo. The presenters said the concept for the performance is similar to looking through a kaleidoscope and finding “pieces of your normal reality are broken into colorful bits and rearranged into a shifting and fascinat- ing pattern.” It’s an evening of creative exploration with solo artists and band members from The Blueprints, Same Blood Folk, Tumbleweed Gumbo, Rabbit in the Rye, Not Quite Ready and others mixing together in new ways to make music. Tickets are $12 each and $7 for students. Contributed The EOH is at 18 E. Main St. in Earville. Call (315) 691-3550 for more info. Continued on Page 23 22 O-Town Scene June 9, 2011

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