David S. Golden

oshkosh, wi

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Waterfest - The Freddy Jones Band

Where: Leach Amphitheater

Date: 2007-05-31 17:00:00

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The Freddy Jones Band The Wandering Sons Kissers

An Inconvenient Truth

Where: Grand Opera House

Date: 2008-03-06 19:00:00

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Director Davis Guggenheim eloquently weaves the science of global warming with Mr. Gore's personal history and lifelong commitment to reversing the effects of global climate change. A longtime advocate for the environment, Gore presents a wide array of facts and information in a thoughtful and compelling way. "Al Gore strips his presentations of politics, laying out the facts for the audience to draw their own conclusions in a charming, funny and engaging style, and by the end has everyone on the edge of their seats, gripped by his haunting message," said Guggenheim. An Inconvenient Truth is not a story of despair but rather a rallying cry to protect the one earth we all share. "It is now clear that we face a deepening global climate crisis that requires us to act boldly, quickly, and wisely," said Gore. Screen Scene is designed to give our audiences films they can “talk about,” and then provide the place to do just that – after the credits roll the audience will enjoy a brief afterglow, featuring snacks and beverages and a discussion of the movie itself led by a local “expert.” All tickets $4, includes afterglow. Rated PG

Viva Las Vegas

Where: Grand Opera House

Date: 2008-03-27 19:00:00

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Starring Elvis Presley and Ann-Margaret The Big E plays race-car driver Lucky Jackson, who arrives in Las Vegas for an upcoming Grand Prix race. Lucky's car needs a new engine, so he gets a waiter job at a casino and starts working his crooning charms on Rusty Martin (Ann-Margret). It's their on-screen chemistry that makes this flick a lot of fun; Presley never had a better costar than Ann-Margret, and their race-car romance is quintessential 1960s fluff. Then there are the songs, of course, including the snappy title tune, a rockin' rendition of Ray Charles's "What'd I Say?," and "The Yellow Rose of Texas." Viva Las Vegas is one of the Elvis movies that stands the test of time, when the legend was still at his peak. Broadway on a Budget was created in response to a strong audience request for more “Broadway shows” at the Grand. Of course, touring Broadway theatre is both too expensive and too elaborated to be successfully presented in our intimate theater. Our solution? A series of Broadway movie-musicals shown on the Grand’s big screen… in short “Broadway on a Budget.” Just like “Screen Scene” audience members are invited to stay after the movie for a brief afterglow featuring snacks and beverages. Tickets $4, includes afterglow. Not rated

BLUE SUEDE SHOES- 2008 Comeback Special

Where: Grand Opera House

Date: 2008-04-11 19:30:00

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Friday, April 11, 2008 at 7:30 PM Saturday, April 12, 2008 at 2:00 PM The Ultimate Elvis Bash stars two tribute artists: Scot Bruce as the “Young Elvis” and Mike Albert as the latter-day “Vegas” Elvis. Both Elvises (Elvi?) are backed up by the Big E Band. After they rocked the Grand last season, the audience demanded a return engagement—so we set up the “2008 Comeback Special” Scot Bruce’s tribute to the young King has taken him across the United States and all over the world. He has appeared in music videos with Faith Hill and Sheryl Crow, a recurring role on the hit soap opera Days of Our Lives....and in the title role in several successful productions of 'Idols of the King', including the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville and the prestigious Barter Theatre in Virginia. If you saw the True Hollywood Story: Elvis in Hollywood on E! Entertainment Network, that was Scot playing Elvis in the recreation scenes. He and his Los Angeles-based band also performs at Disneyland (California) on a regular basis. Mike Albert's "Ultimate Tribute" show has become known worldwide for the respectful portrayal of the late Elvis Presley. The show had its beginnings with Mike using sing-a-long tapes of Elvis' hits. Mike won several major world "Elvis" contests, and demand for his shows resulted in putting together a seven piece Big "E" Band, to emulate the sound Elvis' band had in the Vegas shows and on tour. An appearance on the Oprah Winfrey show and being featured in six music videos on the national show "A Current Affair", with Maury Povich, further exposed audiences to Mike's talent. Tickets: $20-$38

An Evening with Jeff Daniels

Where: Grand Opera House

Date: 2008-05-03 16:00:00

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Saturday, May 3, 2008 at 4:00 PM and 8:00 PM An All-American looking leading man of the movies, Jeff Daniels first registered with the public with his performances as a mostly self-involved semi-intellectual who cheats on his cancer-stricken wife in "Terms of Endearment" (1983). Two years later, he solidified his status as the smug actor in Woody Allen's "The Purple Rose of Cairo" (1985). But Daniels' defining role came as the feckless hero in Jonathan Demme's offbeat comedy-thriller, "Something Wild" (1986). Other films include "Ragtime" (1981). "Heartburn" (1986), "The Butcher's Wife" (1991), "Arachnophobia" (1990), "Speed" and "Dumb and Dumber" (both 1994), "The Five People You Meet In Heaven" (2004), “Because of Winn-Dixie” (2005), "Good Night and Good Luck" (2005), and "The Squid and the Whale" (2005), RV (2006), and “The Lookout” (2007). In the late 80s, Daniels retreated to his hometown of Chelsea, Michigan, where he founded the Purple Rose Theater Company. Since its inception, the company has produced several of Daniels' own plays. Daniels made his feature directorial debut with the locally themed comedy "Escanaba in da Moonlight" (2001), adapted from his stage play about a hunting trip gone slightly awry. It was for the Purple Rose Theatre that Daniels brought out his guitar and began performing as a singer/songwriter/humorist. What follows is his own words: “A few years ago, I was in New York finishing up the final mix of ESCANABA IN DA MOONLIGHT. For those of you who’ve never mixed a film, it makes watching paint dry interesting. So while Steve Curran was slaving over every single sound in our epic tale of deer hunting in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, I sat in the back of the room typing three decades of my musical life into my computer. Like the teacher you never saw coming, I looked up and suddenly he was there. Through weary eyes, he asked me what I thought I was doing. I told him I was organizing my songs, getting ready for this little fundraiser at the Purple Rose Theatre in a couple months. It seems someone had suggested that if I were pushed out onstage with a guitar, people might actually pay money to see what happened. In the non-profit world of fundraising, this is known as a ‘good idea.’ Steve stared down at me with the stress of an eighteen hour day and no end in sight oozing from his pores, and he said, ‘You really should record the shows.’ He asked me what I was afraid of. I told him that in case he’d forgotten, I make my living as an actor, not an actor who sings. I said if I put out a CD there’s a very good chance I’d be compared to William Shatner, to which Steve replied, ‘Sounds like a song to me.’ ” Jeff returns after two sellout shows in 2006. Tickets- $18-$38

Ha Ha Tonka

Where: Reeve Memorial Union

Date: 2008-05-08 19:00:00

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