In this brilliant companion to their hit revue STARTING HERE, STARTING NOW, Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire follow up their earlier "songs of innocence" with twenty-four funny, wise and witty "songs of experience."
As with their earlier revue, each song in CLOSER THAN EVER is a story: an intimate, insightful tale about love, security, happiness-and holding onto them in a world that pulls you in a hundred directions at once. Maltby and Shire bring their celebrated craft and contemporary sensibility to songs about aging, mid-life crisis, second marriages, and role reversals with parents, as well as wicked satirical jabs at Muzak, working couples and unrequited love. Included are several songs that were cut from the acclaimed BABY.
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RENT in Concert
Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Segerstrom Hall (3/15 - 3/15) | |
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A Fabulous 50th: Chicago and A Chorus Line!
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall (4/18 - 4/18) | |
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Tchaikovsky & Schubert
Walt Disney Concert Hall (3/14 - 3/16) | |
RHINESTONE COWBOYS
Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles (3/22 - 3/23) | ||
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Gustav and Alma
Walt Disney Concert Hall (3/6 - 3/9) | |
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Porn Rock: The Obscenity Trial of Jello Biafra
Eastwood PAC (3/1 - 3/23) | |
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C A B A R E T
Jaxx Theatre (3/13 - 3/29) | |
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Evgeny Kissin
Walt Disney Concert Hall (4/24 - 4/24) | |
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Monday Night Theatre Appreciation Seminars
Theatre 40 (1/27 - 3/10) | |
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Waitress
Grand Rapids Civic Center (6/7 - 6/28) | |
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Chamber Music & Wine: Mozart, Shaw & Schumann
Walt Disney Concert Hall (5/20 - 5/20) | |
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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
The Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (4/2 - 4/6) | |
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