BEGIN:VCALENDAR
METHOD:PUBLISH
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
PRODID:-//EVDB//www.eventful.com//EN
VERSION:2.0
X-WR-CALNAME:Hamlisch Conducts Hamlisch NSO @ Wolf Trap in Vienna\, VA
	 at The Barns at Wolf Trap - Eventful
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20090711T201500
DTSTAMP:20090721T025405Z
SUMMARY:Hamlisch Conducts Hamlisch NSO @ Wolf Trap
DESCRIPTION: Hamlisch leads the NSO in music from A Chorus Line\, The 
	Swimmer\, The Sting\, Sophie's Choice\, The Way We Were\, and more!Tic
	ketScaleBoxesFrontOrchRearOrchLogeLawnB$4848383220Marvin Hamlisch lead
	s the NSO in music from A Chorus Line\, The Swimmer\, The Sting\, Soph
	ie's Choice\, The Way We Were\, and more!Nothing ages better than a st
	ripper. At least in the case of Gypsy\, Jule Styne's beloved musical o
	f vaudeville\, burlesque and Gypsy Rose Lee. On May 21\, 2009 Gypsy tu
	rned 50\, and like our own Marvin Hamlisch's A Chorus Line\, it remain
	s one of the great behind-the-scenes fables of the American Theater. A
	ctually\, tonight's concert plays like a musical version of another gr
	eat backstage story- a musical autobiography of Marvin himself (can Ha
	mlisch! The Musical be far behind?). The magical toe-in-the-door momen
	t that changed Marvin's life was a call to fill in at the last moment 
	as a rehearsal pianist for Barbra Streisand in 1964. The show was anot
	her Jule Styne hit: Funny Girl. From there he was asked to write the s
	core for his first film\, The Swimmer\, after a chance meeting with pr
	oducer Sam Spiegel. Listening to the score it is hard to imagine a 24-
	year-old newcomer penning this edgy\, innovative\, and surreal sound t
	rack. But for Marvin\, that was only the opening act. Liza Minelli\, a
	 pal from high school\, who recorded his "Sunshine\, Lollipops\, and R
	ainbows" as part of her debut album\, took him home to play the song f
	or her mother. "I almost died\," said Marvin on meeting the legendary 
	Judy Garland for the first time. More films followed\, with Woody Alle
	n (Take the Money and Run\, Bananas\, and Save the Tiger)\, Walter Mat
	thau (Kotch)\, and others. Then came A Chorus Line\, which remains\, a
	long with Gypsy\, one of the most moving and iconic musical fables of 
	life in the theater. And like Baby June\, Mama Rose\, Zach\, Paul\, an
	d Cassie\, we are all part of the story. Each of us owns the lyrics of
	 "What I Did For Love" as well as "Wherever We Go" or "Some People." B
	ut Marvin's brilliance is not just the ease with which he can cross ge
	nres\, but also his ability to embrace so many styles from so many dif
	ferent eras. This is the man who re-invented ragtime with his adaptati
	ons of Scott Joplin for The Sting\; who re-conceived the soul (and sol
	es) of a dancer in A Chorus Line\, and who re-defined the wistful ball
	ad of lost love with The Way We Were. Marvin can make you want to play
	 the piano\, tap your toes\, or burst into tears with nary a word spok
	en. In Sophie's Choice\, his two lovers at a piano\, playing Schumann 
	that whimsically becomes "Way Down Upon the Swanee River\," can make u
	s smile and can break our hearts.So relish this night-rich in everythi
	ng much that makes music and stories told at night so essential to our
	 lives. We are all made complete by experiencing and seeing ourselves 
	in those around us. And while we would like to imagine being one of th
	ose hopeful young unknowns who dream that one day they'll break into t
	he big time\, it is sometimes fun as well to just be a gypsy and have 
	a "real good time"-and who better to help you than that most versatile
	 of entertainers- American music's own singular sensation. NSO @ Wolf 
	Trap Festival Conductor Emil de Cou\n
LOCATION:The Barns at Wolf Trap @ 1624 Trap Road, Vienna, Virginia 221
	82 United States
SEQUENCE:1248144845
UID:E0-001-012530144-9
URL:http://eventful.com/E0-001-012530144-9
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR