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MEMBER PRESALE BEGINS TUESDAY, JUNE 11 AT 10AM Members please call the box office at 203.438.5795 PUBLIC ON-SALE BEGINS FRIDAY, JUNE 14 AT 10AM Join us in the lobby at 7:15 for a complimentary wine tasting and art exhibit! This Grammy Award-nominated jazz and pop vocalist possesses “a voice of phenomenal beauty” (New York Times) and has worked with John Pizzarelli, Michael Buble and other jazz greats. She returns to The Playhouse stage as part of the 2nd annual Ridgefield…

PART OF THE 2nd ANNUAL RIDGEFIELD JAZZ, FUNK & BLUES WEEKEND Hailed by NPR as “one of America’s defining voices of freedom and peace,” Staples is the kind of once-in-a-generation artist whose impact on music and culture would be difficult to overstate. She’s both a Blues and a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer; a civil rights icon; a Grammy Award-winner; a chart-topping soul/gospel/R&B pioneer; a National Arts Awards Lifetime Achievement recipient; and a Kennedy Center honoree. She marched with…

Using just the human voice, Naturally 7 summon up soul, rap, rock and folk in one harmonious balance. After appearing on CBS’ “World’s Best” this season, they return to The Playhouse with their 20th anniversary tour! 7 guys. Multiple ways of making music using only their voices. What they do is far more than a-cappella. They are a band without a band. Having met in school and gospel choir they quickly discovered that they were doing more than just singing…

The Doors guitarist Robby Krieger leads this celebration of the music of The Doors, whose hits include “Light My Fire,” “LA Woman,” “Riders on the Storm,” “People Are Strange” and more! Leslie West is most noted for his role as leader of the explosive hard rock trio, Mountain, on the strength of a unique, signature guitar sound and classic songs such as “Mississippi Queen,” “Never In My Life” and “Theme From An Imaginary Western.” Pepsi Rock Series powered by Xfinity

Springfield is the creator of some of the finest power-pop of the ’80s, a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, and musician who has sold 25 million albums and scored 17 U.S. Top 40 hits, including “Jessie’s Girl,” “Don’t Talk to Strangers,” “An Affair of the Heart,” “I’ve Done Everything for You,” “Love Somebody,” and “Human Touch.” He rose to fame in the ‘80s as Dr. Noah Drake on the popular soap opera “General Hospital.” Pepsi Rock Series powered by Xfinity

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Steve Hackett, lead guitarist for Genesis, returns to The Playhouse with the Genesis Revisited Tour, performing the band’s seminal album Selling England By the Pound in its entirety backed by a full band. The show will also feature a special Spectral Mornings 40th Anniversary Celebration, along with other Hackett hits. His previous three Playhouse shows all sold out – get your tickets now! Acclaimed by many to be Genesis’ finest album, Selling England By…

I Got the Job: Songs from My Musical Theatre Past Beloved daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, LUCIE ARNAZ relives her musical theatre past which includes the Broadway productions of They’re Playing Our Song, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Pippin

Lead guitarist for Widespread Panic and founding member of Aquarium Rescue Unit and Jazz Is Dead, Jimmy has played with The Allman Brothers Band, Project Z, Derek Trucks Band, Phil Lesh & Friends and The Dead. Jimmy’s new band, The 5 of 7, places his uniquely probing, responsive fretwork in the context of a vocalist-fronted, song-driven ensemble. At once accessible and provocative, The 5 of 7 finds Herring joined by bassist Kevin Scott, drummer Darren Stanley, longtime collaborator Matt Slocum…

Keyboard wizard Rick Wakeman (of prog-rock band YES) will embark on his first solo tour of America in 13 years! Wakeman’s The Grumpy Old Rock Star Tour will combine spellbinding piano music with sidesplitting jokes and revealing insights in-to his 50-plus-year career. Expect an evening of superb musicianship, featuring music from YES, Rick’s own solo epics and early Bowie hits, plus fantastic arrangements of Beatles’ tunes, and much, much more, interspersed with knockabout (and sometimes bawdy!) typically British humor. Professional…

Weinberg, the driving rhythmic force propelling The E Street Band for 43 years, is also known to millions of fans for his 17 year stint as the bandleader and comedic foil to talk show host Conan O’Brien and is the only musician in history to make the leap from a starring role in one of the world’s iconic rock groups to leading his eponymous band on NBC’s “Late Night” and “The Tonight Show”. And if that wasn’t enough Weinberg managed…

With Special Guest: Mike Dawes Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Justin Hayward is best known as the vocalist, lead guitarist and composer for The Moody Blues, whose hits include “Knights in White Satin,” “Your Wildest Dreams,” “Tuesday Afternoon,” and more! Mike Dawes will start off the show. In addition to playing lead guitar for Justin Hayward’s touring band, Mike Dawes is an acclaimed solo artist plus is hailed as one of the world’s finest modern finger style guitarists and…

Winner of four Tony® Awards, Elton John and Tim Rice’s AIDA is a musical bursting with contemporary energy chronicling the love triangle between Aida, a Nubian princess stolen from her country, Amneris, an Egyptian princess and Radames, the soldier they both love. AIDA is an epic tale of love, loyalty and betrayal, with an exhilarating Tony® and Grammy® Award-winning score by Elton John and Tim Rice, their first collaboration since writing the music for the worldwide phenomenon The Lion King.…

Back after a sold out show in 2017 with Mofro, J.J. Grey returns with an intimate solo performance of his Southern soul, rock and blues hits! From the days of playing greasy local juke joints to headlining major festivals, JJ Grey remains an unfettered, blissful performer, singing with a blue-collared spirit over the bone-deep grooves of his compositions. His presence before an audience is something startling and immediate, at times a funk rave-up, other times a sort of mass-absolution for…

After more than 50 active years of hit song making and international album sales well into the multi-millions, it’s safe to say that esteemed singer-songwriter and musician Gordon Lightfoot resides with some very exclusive company atop the list of all-time greats. His song catalog is incredibly vast and includes such immortals as “Early Morning Rain,” “If You Could Read My Mind,” “Carefree Highway,” “Sundown,” “(That’s What You Get) For Lovin Me,” “The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald,” “Canadian Railroad Trilogy,”…

WITH: JOHN ESCREET, THANA ALEXA, CHASE BAIRD & MATT BREWER LINES IN THE SAND TOUR This five-time Grammy Award-winning, Mexican-American, jazz drummer is one of the most prominent bandleaders and composers of his generation, earning Golden Globe & BAFTA “Best Original Score” nominations for the acclaimed film, Birdman. Sanchez also plays in jazz guitarist Pat Metheny’s Trio. In Lines In The Sand, Sanchez turns his anguish and anger into a moving musical statement, as much a protest against injustice as…

Returning to The Playhouse stage after sold-out shows in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018, The Capitol Steps plan to bring down the House … and Senate … with their unique blend of sharp political satire set to popular music. The irreverent D.C.-based troupe, with 38 albums to its credit, pokes fun at all sides of the issues, from left to right, with fresh, up-to-the-minute material inspired by the latest headlines, scandals and more. The Steps will share songs and skits…

An Evening with Lainie Kazan Celebrating WPPAC's 16th Anniversary Multi-award winner in film, television and stage; Lainie began her career as Barbra Streisand’s understudy in the Broadway production of Funny Girl. She has appeared in NYC nightclubs and as a guest on virtually every top variety and talk show on television. Some of her film credits include Beaches and My Big Fat Greek Wedding 1 and 2. Television credits include recurring roles on The Nanny, Desperate Housewives and King of…

Pianist Alon Goldstein will open the Symphony of Westchester’s 23rd concert season at Iona College on Sat., Nov. 9, 2019 at 8:00 p.m. in an all-Beethoven program. Goldstein, a frequent performer with the Symphony of Westchester, will play Piano Concerto no. 5, op. 73, in E flat Major. Also on the program are Coriolan Overture, op. 62 and Symphony no. 5, op. 67 in C minor. Goldstein, who maintains an extensive world-wide touring schedule, is the Artistic Director for The…

An Evening with Cowboy Junkies For more than 30 years, Cowboy Junkies have combined folk, blues and rock with the quiet intensity that is their musical signature on more than two dozen critically acclaimed albums, including their 1988 breakthrough The Trinity Sessions. Their most recent album, All That Reckoning, was released last year. Formed in Toronto in 1985 with siblings Michael Timmins on guitar, Margo Timmins on vocals, Peter Timmins on drums, and Michael’s lifelong friend Alan Anton on bass,…

Grammy Award-winner, two-time Emmy Award nominee and founding member of The Carolina Chocolate Drops, Dom Flemons is known as “The American Songster” since his repertoire of music covers nearly 100 years of American folklore, ballads, and tunes. A professed Southern Gothic, alt-country blues singer/songwriter, Amythyst Kiah’s commanding stage presence is only matched by her raw and powerful vocals — a deeply moving, hypnotic sound that stirs echoes of a distant and restless past. Kiah opened the sold-out Rhiannon Giddens show…

FREE beer tasting in the lobby before the show! Picked as a Bandsintown Big Break one-to-watch artist and hailed by critics at Rolling Stone, Vice and the Wall Street Journal, North Carolina’s Sarah Shook’s Americana stalks/walks the line between vulnerable and menacing, her voice strong and uneasy, country classic but with contemporary, earthy tension. The band’s most recent album Years was ranked #1 on venerable Chicago Sun-Times and NPR music critic Greg Kot’s best-of-2018 list. Bandsintown Emerging Artist Series Pepsi…

VIP MEET & GREET AVAILABLE! Back after a sold out show earlier this year, the “The Real Housewives of New York” star returns with a night of cabaret featuring her own global dance hits – “Money Can’t Buy You Class,” “Girl Code” and others – along with holiday favorites. Ridgefield Magazine's Broadway & Cabaret Series

A cappella versions of everything from the holiday standards you know and love like “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” to a funky rendition of “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch!” They’ve become one of the world’s most sophisticated, lasting, and imitated vocal groups around today. You’d be hard-pressed to find a more influential one out there in this era of network television a cappella shows like NBC’s The Sing-Off, movies like Pitch Perfect, and innumerable college vocal groups that…

Christmas with the Celts returns to The Playhouse after sold-out performances for the past four seasons! This holiday show features a mix of lively traditional Irish music and instrumentation with American pop music and their own originals, along with ancient Irish and Scottish carols and traditional Christmas favorites. The Celts lineup stars, Ric Blair on vocal-guitar-bodhran & piano along with female lead singer and all Ireland champion fiddler and Irish dancer, Eimear Arkins. Rick and Eimear will be complemented by…

Original members of the Billy Joel Band featuring Liberty DeVitto on drums, Richie Cannata on saxophone and Russell Javors on rhythm guitar. The band recorded and toured extensively with Billy Joel during the 70s and 80s. Hear them play all of Billy Joel’s hits! Pepsi Rock Series powered by Xfinity