May 2nd, 2012
Richard Scarry’s Busytown Live is coming to The Pullo Center
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The Pullo Center at Penn State York welcomes Richard Scarry’s Busytown Live: Busytown Busy to its stage on Saturday, October 20, 2012, at 3:30 and 6:30 p.m. Ticket prices are $36, $26, and $20, and go on sale Friday, May 11, at 10:00 a.m. Pullo Center members can order May 7. Tickets can be purchased at the Pullo Center Box Office, charge by phone at 717-505-8900, or online at ThePulloCenter.com.
In a brand new live production, Koba Entertainment brings you the theatrical debut of a longstanding classic whose best-selling books and television series’ have been enjoyed by families for over 50 years. For the first time ever, Richard Scarry’s Busytown will take the stage and become larger than life!
Richard Scarry’s Busytown: Busytown Busy captures the incredible world of Richard Scarry and follows the adventures of Huckle Cat, Sally Cat, Lowly Worm, Sergeant Murphy, and many of their unforgettable friends. Busytown will be hosting a talent contest and everyone is buzzing with excitement. Together, the friends attempt to discover their true talents with lots of laughter – and only a few hiccups – along the way!
With catchy sing-along songs and lots of audience interaction, Richard Scarry’s Busytown: Busytown Busy will bring out the showman in us all!
About Richard Scarry’s Busytown: Busytown Busy
Produced by Koba Entertainment, Richard Scarry’s Busytown: Busytown Busy is among the company’s roster of celebrated theatrical productions including Max & Ruby: Bunny Party and The Backyardigans: Quest for the Extra Ordinary Aliens.
Set to original music by Juno Award winner Norman Foote, this all-new production brings together Koba’s acclaimed artistic director Patti Caplette with co-writer and Gemini Award winner Jim Taylor, to create a fun and charming storyline.
Richard Scarry’s Busytown: Busytown Busy is based on Richard Scarry’s catalogue of over 300 children’s books, which have sold more than 150 million copies worldwide. Broadcasted on CBS (North America) and CBC (Canada), Busytown Mysteries features loveable characters and focuses on preschool problem solving and learning. Its delightful stories have been enjoyed by children in more than 80 countries around the world.
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May 1st, 2012
Live at Birdland is coming to The Pullo Center
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The Pullo Center at Penn State York welcomes Live at Birdland, featuring the Birdland Big Band to its stage on Thursday, February 21, 2013, at 7:30 p.m. Ticket price is $38, tickets go on sale Friday, May 4, at 10:00 a.m. Pullo Center members can order April 30. Tickets can be purchased at the Pullo Center Box Office, charge by phone at 717-505-8900, or online at ThePulloCenter.com.
Named after famed alto saxophone player Charlie Parker, nicknamed Bird, Birdland was founded in New York City in 1949. The list of performers who were regulars at Birdland throughout its illustrious history reads like a who’s who of Jazz: Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonius Monk, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Stan Getz, and Lester Young are just a few of the many jazz greats who made Birdland their New York home.
Live at Birdland features The Birdland Big Band directed by Tommy Igoe in a setting designed to recreate the ambience and experience of a night at Birdland. This dynamic new ensemble, straight from the jazz mecca of NYC, provides an unforgettable musical event that goes beyond the traditional and sets the standard for the 21st-century jazz orchestra. World music is explored from every corner of the globe to surprise and delight audiences of all ages while infusing the best of American jazz with excitement that hasn’t been seen in decades. Featuring New York’s finest musicians and directed by one of the world’s greatest drummers, The Birdland Big Band has become New York City’s most popular weekly musical attraction.
Live at Birdland will feature fresh treatments of iconic Charlie Parker compositions as well as innovative arrangements from contemporary composers such as Chick Corea, Arturo Sandoval, Sting, Herbie Hancock, Lennon/McCartney and Leonard Bernstein. The band also maintains a rare selection of renowned pieces from the Buddy Rich, Count Basie, Stan Kenton and Woody Herman Orchestras.
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April 11th, 2012
Grammy winners, The Manhattan Transfer are coming to The Pullo Center
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The Pullo Center at Penn State York welcomes Grammy award winners, The Manhattan Transfer to its stage on Sunday, December 16, 2012, at 7:30 p.m. Ticket prices are $75 and $55 and go on sale Monday, April 30, at 10:00 a.m. Pullo Center members can order April 23. Tickets can be purchased at the Pullo Center Box Office, charge by phone at 717-505-8900, or online at ThePulloCenter.com.
It’s been nearly forty years since Tim Hauser, a former Madison Avenue marketing executive, paid his bills by driving a New York City cab while aspiring to form a harmony vocal quartet sui generis that could authentically embrace varied musical styles, and still create something wholly unique in the field of American popular song.
In 1974 the group began performing regularly throughout New York City at Trude Hellers, Mercer Arts Center, Max’s Kansas City, Club 82, and other cutting edge cabaret venues. By the end of the year they were the number one live attraction in New York City, prompting Newsweek to send a writer to their show at Reno Sweeney’s in Greenwich Village to report on this growing phenomenon.
Signed to Atlantic Records, the group released their self-titled debut in 1975; the second single from the album, a remake of the Friendly Brothers gospel classic “Operator”, gave the group their first national hit. “Operator” took radio stations by storm, from the opening four-part a cappella intro to Siegel’s emotional lead vocal, eventually peaking in the Top 20. Their next two albums, Coming Out and Pastiche, brought them a string of Top 10 hits in Europe and produced a #1 smash in Britain and France with “Chanson d’ Amour”.
The first album featuring the now legendary quartet of Hauser, Siegel, Paul & Bentyne was 1979′s Extensions which earned the band another smash with “Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone”.
The group went from strength to strength, when in 1981, they became the first group ever to win Grammy Awards in both Pop and Jazz categories in the same year, Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for “Boy From New York City”, and Best Jazz Performance, Duo or Group for “Until I Met You (Corner Pocket)”, both from their fifth studio long player, Mecca for Moderns.
In 1982 and 1983 the group won consecutive Grammy Awards in the Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo or Group category for, respectively, “Route 66? and “Why Not!” The critical praise and commercial success of the groups first seven studio albums could hardly have prepared them for the monumental 12 Grammy nominations they received in 1985 for the album Vocalese.
Heading into the new millennium, with worldwide sales in the millions, Grammy Awards by the dozen, and as veterans of sold-out world tours, The Manhattan Transfer once again proved their uncanny knack for being ahead of the times by teaming up with the then relatively unknown, but future Grammy Award winning producer, Craig Street to record their tribute to the music of Louis Armstrong (The Spirit Of St. Louis).
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February 16th, 2012
Switchfoot is Coming to The Pullo Center
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The Pullo Center at Penn State York welcomes Switchfoot, with special guest, Company of Thieves to its stage on Thursday, May 10, 2012, at 7:30 p.m. Ticket prices are $50 and $36 and they will go on sale February 21, at 10:00 a.m. Pullo Center Members can order now. Tickets can be purchased at the Pullo Center Box Office, charge by phone at 717-505-8900, or online at ThePulloCenter.com.
The San Diego band first formed in 1996 when Jon Foreman and his brother Tim put the group together. Drummer, Chad Butler says the band members were all friends from their days together at high school. At the time, the San Diego indie rock scene was thriving as bands such as Rocket from the Crypt and Drive Like Jehu had just started to gain national attention. After early successes in the Christian rock scene, Switchfoot first gained mainstream recognition with songs like “Meant to Live”, and “Dare You to Move”.
“We love music and playing together,” Butler says. We thrive on the communal aspect of song and the stories that are invested within. We’ve been through a lot together… Incredible, wonderful moments and also really destructive, painful moments. You can feel that weight in some of the songs. It’s an incredible dream-come-true to say, ‘It’s time for a new Switchfoot record’ and to be able to go into the studio and make the album exactly how we want to make it.”
With its play on words, Vice Verses, the title of Switchfoot’s new album, coherently suggests the album’s theme: everything has two sides. “Every blessing comes with a set of curses,” singer-guitarist Jon Foreman sings on the title track, all the while wondering if “there’s a meaning to it all.” That theme runs through the album’s 12 songs and is even reflected in the album’s black and white cover.
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February 6th, 2012
Grammy winner, Jonny Lang is coming to The Pullo Center
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The Pullo Center at Penn State York welcomes Grammy award winner, Jonny Lang to its stage on Friday, May 18, 2012, at 7:30 p.m. Ticket prices are $52 and $39 and go on sale Friday, February 10, at 10:00 a.m. Pullo Center members can order now. Tickets can be purchased at the Pullo Center Box Office, charge by phone at 717-505-8900, or online at ThePulloCenter.com.
A professional musician since age 12, Lang rocketed from his hometown of Fargo, North Dakota, to international renown in his mid teens. While kids his age were still playing high school gigs, he was touring with giants like the Rolling Stones and Aerosmith, trading licks with mentors like B. B. King and Buddy Guy, and being lauded by U.S. News and World Report for having “the voice of a grizzled blues veteran … and guitar skills to match.”
The Grammy winning, former prodigy instrumentalist, who topped the Billboard New Artist chart with his first album at age 15, stands now as a mature creative force, made more sensitive, yet also toughened by life’s adventures. He’s learned what it means to rise above hard times and to find meaning where chaos seemed to rule.
Lang’s new album, Turn Around, proves that unlike many one-time wonderkid performers, Jonny Lang has grown to exceed the expectations that heralded his ascendance. Produced by Ron Fair (Black Eyed Peas, Mary J. Blige, Counting Crows), energized through collaboration with songwriter/performers Drew Ramsey and Shannon Sanders, anchored and elevated by former Prince NPG rhythm dynamo Michael Bland, Turn Around is Lang’s fifth album – but it’s also the first of what will become his most moving and enduring works.
Tags: blues, jonny lang
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January 25th, 2012
Long Island Medium’s Theresa Caputo is coming to The Pullo Center
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The Pullo Center at Penn State York welcomes Long Island Medium’s Theresa Caputo to its stage on Saturday, April 14, 2012, at 7:30 p.m. Ticket prices are $70 and $48 and go on sale Friday, January 27, at 10:00 a.m. Pullo Center members can order now. Tickets can be purchased at the Pullo Center Box Office, charge by phone at 717-505-8900, or online at ThePulloCenter.com.
Theresa Caputo was born and raised on Long Island in Hicksville, NY. She has been married to her husband Larry for 22 years and has two children, Larry and Victoria. Theresa has been a practicing medium for 10 years and is a certified medium with the Forever-Family Foundation – an organization dedicated to connecting science with the afterlife. Theresa describes the process of receiving information as “feeling” spirits. She sees shadows and hears voices, but the overwhelming process is the sensory feeling and presence of those wishing to get messages across. Those who have witnessed her readings will attest to her “rapid fire” style and the abundance of significant evidence and messages. In seven short years of practicing mediumship professionally, Theresa has earned an extensive following in the New York area. With a two year waiting list, Theresa’s clients are holding on to every glimpse of hope for a cancellation just so she can read them sooner. It doesn’t matter where she is or who she is with, Theresa Caputo is likely to be helping someone through her psychic ability. She is so undeniably good at her craft that skeptics become believers and believers are in total disbelief.
Theresa’s unbelievable talent earned her a weekly television show, TLC’s Long Island Medium. The show follows Theresa as she takes clients on an emotional and spiritual journey with the afterlife. As a psychic medium, Theresa has an ability that most people can’t comprehend. She spends her days helping individuals find closure and connects people to their loved ones who have passed in order to validate that they are still with them. For Theresa, this is not just her job, this is her life, as she tries to balance the past with the present on a daily basis.
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January 12th, 2012
The Capitol Steps Put the Mock in Democracy at The Pullo Center
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The Pullo Center at Penn State York welcomes The Capitol Steps to its stage on Wednesday, March 14, 2012, at 7:30 p.m. Ticket prices are $47 and $36 and are on sale now. Tickets can be purchased at the Pullo Center Box Office, charge by phone at 717-505-8900, or purchased online.
Thirty years ago, the Capitol Steps began as a group of Senate staffers who set out to satirize the very people and places that employed them. In the years that followed, many of the Steps ignored the conventional wisdom (“Don’t quit your day job!”), and although not all of the current members of the Steps are former Capitol Hill staffers, taken together the performers have worked in a total of eighteen Congressional offices and represent 62 years of collective House and Senate staff experience.
Since they began, the Capitol Steps have recorded over 30 albums, including their latest, Desperate Housemembers and their special holiday release, Barackin’ Around the Christmas Tree. They’ve been featured on NBC, CBS, ABC, and PBS, and can be heard 4 times a year on National Public Radio stations nationwide during their Politics Takes a Holiday radio specials.
The Capitol Steps were born in December, 1981 when some staffers for Senator Charles Percy were planning entertainment for a Christmas party. Ronald Reagan was President when the Steps began, so co-founders Elaina Newport, Bill Strauss and Jim Aidala figured that if entertainers could become politicians, then politicians could become entertainers! Their first idea was to stage a nativity play, but in the whole Congress they couldn’t find three wise men or a virgin! So, they decided to dig into the headlines of the day, and created song parodies & skits which conveyed a special brand of satirical humor that was as popular in Peoria as it was on Pennsylvania Avenue.
Most cast members have worked on Capitol Hill; some for Democrats, some for Republicans, and others for politicians who firmly straddle the fence. No matter who holds office, there’s never a shortage of material. Says Elaina Newport, “Typically the Republicans goof up, and the Democrats party. Then the Democrats goof up and the Republicans party. That’s what we call the two-party system.”
The material is updated constantly. Current examples include the Tea Party’s colorful invasion into the political spectrum (“Fun Fun Fun ’til Obama Takes Our Tea Bags Away”) and the Democrats’ plan to defeat the deficit (“Return to Spenders”). In addition, we offer our own take on such trending topics as the T.S.A. pat downs, Facebook and illegal immigration according to Arizonians! No matter who or what is in the headlines, you can bet the Capitol Steps will tackle both sides of the political spectrum and all things equally foolish. What more would you expect from the group that puts the “MOCK” in Democracy!
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January 12th, 2012
Celtic Nights, Journey of Hope comes to The Pullo Center
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The Pullo Center at Penn State York welcomes Celtic Nights – Journey of Hope to its stage on Sunday, March 11, 2012, at 3:00 p.m. Ticket prices are $50 and $38 and are on sale now. Tickets can be purchased at the Pullo Center Box Office, charge by phone at 717-505-8900, or purchased online.
From the creators of Gaelforce Dance, the “unmissable two hour spectacular (that) has brought audiences to their feet all around the world” (The Guardian, England) comes a brand new show in celebration of song. Celtic Nights expertly weaves together the lilting melodies and plaintive lyrics of the rich Celtic heritage to tell the story of a people. In this stirring tale of the Celtic experience, the audience is invited to travel along on a journey of hope, transported in time through traditional ballads, vivid choreography and the story of a people struggling to find their place in a changing world.
Celtic Nights is a unique show which features both the finest male and the finest female voices of the Celtic world, showcased against a thundering backdrop of expert dancing and musicianship. In this glittering production, six of Ireland’s most prominent vocal talents are complimented by six of its most accomplished step dancers, creating an exhilarating picture of a proud people who dared to dream big and doggedly carved out a home in the New World. In Celtic Nights, their story is told, through the power and majesty of music and the hypnotic fury of dancing feet.
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December 12th, 2011
Blue October Rocks The Pullo Center
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The Pullo Center at Penn State York welcomes Blue October to its stage on Thursday, April 5, 2012, at 7:30 p.m. Ticket prices are $50 and $35 and they will go on sale December 16, at 10:00 a.m. Pullo Center Members can order on December 13. Tickets can be purchased at the Pullo Center Box Office, charge by phone at 717-505-8900, or online.
Since 1995, Blue October has been a refuge for its members and fans worldwide. Over the course of five albums, achieving platinum sales with singles like “Hate Me” and “Into the Ocean” along with non-stop touring solidified the bands presence in the music world. They’ve had high-profile film and TV placements on The Sopranos, Saw III, and NCIS to name a few. Justin was also featured in a unique tour alongside Twilight author Stephanie Meyer in 2008. Plus, they’ve played to fans in nearly every corner of the world. However, it all simply set the stage for their newly released album, Any Man in America.
An unexpected and unsettling personal shift sparked the music that would become Any Man in America. Singer Justin Furstenfeld found himself mired in the end of a marriage and a tenuous custody battle that consumed him to the breaking point. Instead of falling further, he turned to the studio and began documenting moments in his life in 2008 as the band was working on their last offering, Approaching Normal. The result is thirteen new songs that tell a cathartic tale of heartbreak and healing through unbridled lyrical honesty, anthemic modern rock hooks, and melodic soundscapes.
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November 30th, 2011
Pop Goes The Rock! The Newest Cirque Dreams Musical Comes to The Pullo Center
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POP GOES THE ROCK by Cirque Dreams will rock audiences with Twists, Turns and Wows as it rolls into The Pullo Center for one performance only on February 18, 2012, at 7:00 p.m. Ticket prices are $56 and $42, and will go on sale December 5, at 10:00 a.m. Pullo Center Members can order on November 30. Tickets can be purchased at the Pullo Center Box Office, charge by phone at 717-505-8900, or online.
Conceived by Neil Goldberg, creator of the groundbreaking Broadway hit CIRQUE DREAMS JUNGLE FANTASY and founder of the famed Cirque Dreams Entertainment Brand, POP GOES THE ROCK by Cirque Dreams is a one-of a kind variety show that unites generations through a mash-up of celebrated pop and rock tunes spanning the decades. Neil Goldberg’s stage wizardry blends an international cast of astonishing Cirque Dreamers with singers, dancers and musicians performing crazy feats to off-the-hook beats, on the stage, in the air, and way off the charts. The entire family will marvel and remember this theatrical celebration. Spectacular Cirque Dreamers perform to popular music hits accompanied by the band, hundreds of colorfully inventive costumes and an array of visual artistry that will explode onstage like a Rock n’ Roll party set in a carnival funhouse. Don’t miss POP GOES THE ROCK by Cirque Dreams … a fun time for everyone!
ABOUT NEIL GOLDBERG & CIRQUE DREAMS
Since 1993, the Cirque Dreams brand has entertained more than 50 million people worldwide under the artistic direction of Neil Goldberg. Cirque Dreams shows have appeared in theaters, casinos, theme parks, at sea and on Broadway. Cirque Dreams has garnered critical acclaim from “USA Today”, “The New York Times”, “The Associated Press”, “CNN,” “Today Show”, “Fox & Friends” and more. The Cirque Dreams franchise includes a growing number of popular Cirque Dreams brand shows nationwide : “Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy,” “Cirque Dreams & Dinner” onboard Norwegian Epic, “Cirque Dreams Illumination,” “Cirque Dreams Pandemonia” and the recent multiple company tours of “Cirque Dreams Holidaze”, including a first time ever engagement at The Kennedy Center. “Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy”, the first and only show of its kind to appear on Broadway in 2008, featured 1980′s pop icon Debbie Gibson in 2010, and will revolutionize live theatre in 2014 with the first ever “3D” live theatrical stage production. In 2011, “Cirque Dreams World Tour for US Armed Forces Entertainment” will perform at military bases worldwide. “Pop Goes The Rock” by Cirque Dreams will debut with a 2012 North American tour followed by the Broadway premier of “Cirque Dreams Broadway”.
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