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Music Barn Festival: Songs Along the Sangamon - Allerton Park Concert Series

Event Type
Performance
Sponsor
Allerton Park & Retreat Center
Location
Allerton Park - The Music Barn
Date
Sep 27, 2019 - Sep 28, 2019   7:00 pm  
Cost
$30 for one day, $50 for both days
Registration
Purchase tickets here.
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MUSIC BARN FESTIVAL: SONGS ALONG THE SANGAMON – ALLERTON PARK CONCERT SERIES

Join the University of Illinois School of Music during this candlelit weekend of crickets, cocktails, and rich music in Allerton’s idyllic Music Barn. Purchase tickets here.

Songs for a New World, Lyric Theatre @ Illinois
Friday, September 27th (Doors open at 7pm. Performance at 7:30pm.)
Saturday, September 28th (Doors open at 3pm. Performance at 3:30pm.)

It’s about one moment. It’s about hitting the wall and having to make a choice… or take a stand… or turn around and go back. These are the stories and characters of today, the Songs for a New World. The first musical from Tony Award winner, Jason Robert Brown (Parade, Bridges of Madison County), this moving collection of powerful songs examines life, love and the choices that we make.

Brown transports his audience from the deck of a 1492 Spanish sailing ship to a ledge, 57 stories above Fifth Avenue, to meet a startling array of characters that range from a young man who has determined that basketball is his ticket out of hardship to a woman whose dream of marrying rich nabs her the man of her dreams… and a soulless marriage.

With a small, powerhouse multi-ethnic cast and a driving, exquisitely crafted score that runs the gamut of today’s popular music, Songs for a New World is a great way to bring the next generation into the theatre.

Purchase tickets here(All seating is general admission. For special needs, please contact Ashley at anowen2@illinois.edu.)

Please note that this event usually sells out and tickets will only be for sale at the door if still available.

Food + drink will be available for purchase (no outside alcohol, please).

Find more information on the 2019 Concert Series, presented by the U of I Community Credit Unionhere.

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