Wicked Tony Award-Winner Idina Menzel Joins Marvin Hamlisch and The Pasadena Pops
Greek Theatre (2700 North Vermont Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90027)
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- $60.00 - $75.00
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- $20.00 - $37.50*
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The last date listed for Idina Menzel and the Pasadena Pops was Saturday October 22, 2011 / 8:00pm.
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HOT 92.3 Presents WAR/Tower of Power at The Greek Theatre
- Full Price:
- $45.00 - $65.00
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- $22.50 - $32.50
Celebrate Memorial Day with an all-star line-up of great bands when Hot 92.3 Hot Summer Nights presents WAR co-headlining with Tower of Power, plus special guest the Average White Band, at The Greek Theatre. Known for songs like "Why Can't We Be Friends," "Spill the Wine" and "Low Rider," WAR's blend of funk, rock and Latin music has sold more than 50 million albums. Oakland's Tower of Power has recorded such soulful funk hits as "So Very Hard to Go" and "What Is Hip." Scottish funkmasters Average White Band are best known for the classic instrumental "Pick Up the Pieces." Learn More
Goldstar Member Tips
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dana on What to Wear
Outdoor venue - dress warm
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Goldstar Member on What to Wear
By the end of the night it was nice to have a cardigan.
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dana on Where to Park
Plan extra time - even expensive parking ($20) is far
49 Goldstar Member Reviews
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Idina Menzel was fantastic at the Greek. Weather was perfect and her interaction with the amazing Marvin Hamlish was fantastic. Loved her performance, just wish she had performed more of her own music (if I had to pick anything that I would have wanted to hear more of). Go see her if you have the chance!Written on Oct 24 2011
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Good show, great venue...Idina was in great voice...I would have liked to have heard more songs and less patter..but overall was it was a great show...having Marvin Hamlisch conducting was an added bonus..he's no slouch.Written on Oct 24 2011
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Idina Menzel is so talented and also a very entertaining performer! My husband and I had a wonderful evening at the Greek.Written on Oct 24 2011
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More Information About Idina Menzel and the Pasadena Pops
Description
Tony Award winner Idina Menzel has a diverse career on stage and in film, television, and music. She recently appeared on Fox's hit television show Glee, and is currently on a sold-out tour, performing with leading orchestras around the country, including performances with the New York Philharmonic and National Symphony Orchestra.
In 2009 Menzel co-starred with Josh Groban in the concert version of Chess: The Musical, recorded at London's Royal Albert Hall and broadcast on PBS. PBS also aired Menzel's solo New York show as part of their Mastercard Soundstage series.
In December 2005 she completed her role as the misunderstood Elphaba in Broadway's Wicked, for which she received a Tony Award for Lead Actress in a Musical and a Drama Desk Award nomination. She reprised the role in London's West End in September 2006, receiving the Theatregoers Choice Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Menzel also starred in Michael John LaChiusa's musical See What I Wanna See, directed by Ted Sperling at The Public Theater, garnering Drama Desk and Drama League Award nominations. Menzel also received a Drama Desk nomination for her performance as Kate in Manhattan Theater Club's Off-Broadway original musical, The Wild Party.
Menzel's other credits include a starring role in the film adaptation of the Pulitzer and Tony-Award winning musical Rent, for which she also originated her Tony nominated role of Maureen on Broadway.
Additional film credits include Disney's hit Enchanted, where she appeared opposite Susan Sarandon, Patrick Dempsey, and Amy Adams. Menzel also appeared in Robert Towne's Ask the Dust, opposite Salma Hayek and Colin Farrell.
For more information, please visit www.idinamenzel.com.
As a composer, Marvin Hamlisch has won virtually every major award — three Oscars, four Grammys, four Emmys, a Tony, and three Golden Globe Awards. His ground-breaking musical, A Chorus Line, received the Pulitzer Prize. Other Broadway credits include They're Playing Our Song, The Goodbye Girl, Sweet Smell of Success, and Imaginary Friends. Mr. Hamlisch is also the composer of more than 40 motion picture scores, including his Oscar-winning score and song for The Way We Were, and his adaptation of Scott Joplin's music for The Sting, for which he received his third Oscar. His prolific output of film scores includes original compositions and/or musical adaptations for Sophie's Choice, Ordinary People, The Swimmer, Three Men and a Baby, Ice Castles, Take the Money and Run, Bananas, and Save the Tiger.
Marvin Hamlisch is principal pops conductor for the Pasadena POPS in addition to the Pittsburgh, Colorado, Milwaukee, Dallas, and San Diego symphony orchestras. He was music director and arranger of Barbra Streisand's 1994 concert tour of the United States and England, as well as the television special Barbra Streisand: The Concert (for which he received two of his Emmys. Mr. Hamlisch made his New York Philharmonic debut on May 20, 2008, as conductor and host of Broadway's Greatest Showstoppers, and last appeared with the Orchestra on April 20, 2009, as host andconductor of New York Moments.
The Pasadena Symphony and POPS is an ensemble of Southern California's most talented, sought after musicians. With extensive credits in the film, television, recording and orchestral industry, the artists of Pasadena Symphony and POPS are the most heard in the world. In the fall of 2007, the Pasadena Symphony incorporated the Pasadena POPS into its Association under the new name Pasadena Symphony and POPS. This merger created an expanded Classics and POPS series providing the community with a full spectrum of live symphonic concerts year-round. The Pasadena POPS' summer home is on the Lawn adjacent the Rose Bowl and the Pasadena Symphony provides a musical experience like no other at the Ambassador Auditorium – known as the Carnegie Hall of the West. Internationally recognized, Presidential Medal of Arts Recipient, Maestro James DePreist, serves as the Pasadena Symphony Association's Artistic Advisor.
The Pasadena POPS welcomes Marvin Hamlisch this season as its new Principal Pops Conductor beginning in summer 2011.