THE SIMON & GARFUNKEL STORY Comes To Overture Center
By: Stephi Wild Oct. 12, 2018
The internationally-acclaimed hit theater show The Simon & Garfunkel Story will stop by the Capitol Theater at Overture Center for the Arts on Saturday, Nov. 3 at 2 and 8 p.m. during the 35-city U.S. tour. The immersive concert-style theater show chronicles the amazing journey shared by the folk-rock duo, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. It tells the story from their humble beginnings as Tom & Jerry to their incredible success as one of the best-selling music groups of the '60s to their dramatic split in 1970. It culminates with the famous "The Concert in Central Park" reunion in 1981 with more than half a million fans in attendance.
Tickets are available at the Overture Center Ticket Office (201 State Street), by phone (608.258.4141) or online (overture.org). Groups of 10+ may be eligible for discounted tickets by contacting 608.258.4159.
Using huge projection photos and original film footage, the show also features a full live band performing all of their hits, including 'Mrs. Robinson' (featured in the 1967 film The Graduate), 'Cecilia', 'Bridge Over Troubled Water', 'Homeward Bound' and many more.
With more than 100 million album sales since 1965, Simon & Garfunkel's perfect harmonies and songs that poignantly captured the times made them one of the most successful folk-rock duos of all time. Over the years, they won 10 Grammy Awards and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. In 1977, their Bridge Over Troubled Water album was nominated at the 1977 Brit Awards for Best International Album. In 2003, Simon and Garfunkel were awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and the following year saw their "The Sound of Silence" awarded a Grammy Hall of Fame Award.
The Simon & Garfunkel Story is part of the Overture Presents Series and is sponsored by Bell Laboratories, Inc.
Information about The Simon & Garfunkel Story can be found at: thesimonandgarfunkelstory.com.
OVERTURE CENTER FOR THE ARTS in Madison, Wis., features seven state-of-the-art performance spaces and five galleries where national and international touring artists, ten resident companies and hundreds of local artists engage people in nearly 600,000 educational and artistic experiences each year. Overture.org
RIGHT ANGLE ENTERTAINMENT, founded in 2014, specializes in the production, management and distribution of live theatrical and concert events. Right Angle Entertainment has worked with brands and companies such as America's Got Talent, Cirque du Soleil, The Price is Right, Family Feud, LucasFilm, DreamWorks, NBC, Live Nation, Michael Cohl & S2BN among others. Right Angle Entertainment will next bring One Woman Sex and the City to New York City in Fall 2018.
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