{"id":39405,"date":"2023-10-26T15:10:56","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T19:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=39405"},"modified":"2023-10-26T15:10:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T19:10:57","slug":"on-stage-paxton-mccutcheon-celebrate-together-at-sellersville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=39405","title":{"rendered":"On Stage: Paxton, McCutcheon celebrate &#8216;Together&#8217; at Sellersville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Denny Dyroff<\/strong>, <em>Entertainment Editor, The Times<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18840\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18840\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18840\" src=\"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/pax-mcc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"276\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-18840\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom Paxton and John McCutcheon<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When Tom Paxton and John McCutcheon perform together on October 26 at the Sellersville Theater (24 West Temple Avenue, Sellersville, 215-257-5808, <a id=\"OWAa23a001f-bfcc-27a6-b5f3-992d1d033108\" href=\"http:\/\/www.st94.com\/\">www.st94.com<\/a>), they bring together years of professional music experience \u2013 Paxton (61 years) and McCutcheon (53 years).<\/p>\n<p>They are touring in support of its new album, \u201cTogether,\u201d which was released on October 13 via Appalseed Songs.<\/p>\n<p>The longtime friends came together as songwriters for the first time during lockdown. This debut collaboration (the second this month from Paxton who has also teamed up with C. Daniel Boling) is a response to the world around them with the music ranging from complex arrangements to more simple folk tunes.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>When two of folk music\u2019s most beloved and prolific songwriters join forces, the result is songs about history, the news, baseball, cowboys, America, love, the remembered, the forgotten.\u00a0The music features McCutcheon\u2019s familiar crew of supporting musicians (fiddle wizard Stuart Duncan, keyboardist Jon Carroll, bass player JT Brown, as well as special guest, Country Music Hall of Famer Charlie McCoy). The arrangements are compelling, the production pristine, and the performances stunning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTom Paxton just turned 86 and he\u2019s still writing great stuff,\u201d said McCutcheon, during a phone interview last week from a tour stop in Rochester, New York.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s discovered Zoom and he\u2019s writing with five or six people a week. We write together every Monday at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat was the catalyst for us writing together? Part of it was boredom and using this technology for more than meetings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe write together really well. It\u2019s really easy. And a lot of it is just us hanging out. So, we decided to write an album \u2013 just Tom and me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, we have a long weekend to promote this album, \u2018Together.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two folk music veterans are performing on October 26 at the Sellersville Theater; October 27 at The 8th\u00a0Step in Schenectady, N.Y.; October 28 at the Elkton Music Hall in Elkton, Maryland; and October 29, the Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe said \u2013 let\u2019s do these four gigs and see how it goes. We\u2019ll put a couple chairs on stage, talk about everything and play some music. It\u2019s got a lot of spirit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe recorded the album last spring, and it came out last Friday (October 13). I recruited guys I usually work with, and we recorded the album at Bias Studio in Springfield, Virginia. I\u2019ve been using that studio for 40 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt took a lot of work, but it was really fun. Tom\u2019s vocals were so remarkable. Tom said it\u2019s his best album out of the 66 he\u2019s done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paxton is beloved by area folk music fans. He played his first Philadelphia Folk Festival almost 60 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>When the veteran singer-songwriter played the PFF in 2015, he announced that it will be his final tour. He was touring in support of his album \u201cRedemption Road\u201d \u2014 his 61st\u00a0album.<\/p>\n<p>Paxton, at that time, said, \u201cEverything is all right. I\u2019ve been writing like a maniac. And I\u2019m doing about 70 shows this year which is twice my usual. I\u2019m not retiring. I\u2019m just going to stop touring. I\u2019ll stick to one-shot deals and festivals. Touring is really grueling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith me, it\u2019s only a one-man show. But I have guitarists playing with me \u2014 different guitarists wherever I play around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As far back as the early 1960s, Paxton has been involved with causes that promoted human rights, civil rights and labor rights. In 1963, Paxton and a group of other folk musicians performed and offered moral support to striking coal miners in Hazard, Kentucky.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve written a lot of political songs over the years,\u201d said Paxton. \u201cBut I would never presume that my songs have changed anything. Hopefully, they\u2019ve reinforced how people feel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With a catalog that dates back to his 1964 debut album \u201cRamblin\u2019 Boy,\u201d Paxton has hundreds of songs from which to draw when making up his set list for a show.<\/p>\n<p>McCutcheon\u00a0has released almost 50 albums since his debut album, \u201cHow Can I Keep from Singing?,\u201d in 1975.<\/p>\n<p>His most recent albums are \u201cTo Everyone In All The World: A Celebration of Pete Seeger,\u201d \u201cCabin Fever: Songs from the Quarantine,\u201d in 2020, \u201cBucket List\u201d in 2021 and \u201cLeap,\u201d in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the Pete Seeger tribute disc in 1975, McCutcheon\u00a0had already released seven albums in the 2010s &#8212; \u201cPassage\u201d (2010), \u201cFine Times at Our House\u201d (2010), \u201cThis Land: Woody Guthrie&#8217;s America\u201d (2102),\u00a0\u201c22 Days\u201d (2013), \u201cJoe Hill\u2019s Last Will\u201d (2015), \u201cTrolling for Dreams\u201d (2017) and \u201cGhost Light\u201d (2018).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlbums &#8212; it seemed like I was popping then out every year,\u201d said\u00a0McCutcheon, during a previous phone interview from his home in Smokerise, Georgia. \u201cBeing involved in recording and putting out CDs is like tilting at a windmill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I still like making full albums \u2013 with full spectrum sound. I still have fun in the studio. We always put some ear candy in \u2013 like a kick drum going down to 80 hertz.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2015, I did an album for the 100th\u00a0anniversary of the death of Joe Hill and in 2012, I did an album for the 100th\u00a0birthday of Woody Guthrie. Then, I did the 100th\u00a0birthday album for Pete Seeger. I\u2019m at a point where I get to do a project that is interesting to me \u2013 commerce be damned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople want to know about people like Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger. These are not museum pieces. I\u2019m at a point where I\u2019m at the fringe of music. I can do a bible album like \u2018Sermon on the Mount\u2019 or do an album like \u2018Mightier Than the Sword\u2019 where I get together with authors. It\u2019s never a case of &#8212; I\u2019ve written 15 new songs and need to make an album.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McCutcheon\u00a0is a Renaissance Man \u2013 one who prefers the rustic vibe of rural America to the pomp of a royal court. He is one of America\u2019s most respected and loved folksingers.<\/p>\n<p>As an instrumentalist, he is a master of a dozen different traditional instruments including piano, guitar, auto harp and banjo.\u00a0 He is one of the world\u2019s master players of the hammered dulcimer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor these shows with Tom, we had to choose from more than 100 songs,\u201d said McCutcheon. \u201cWhen Tom and I got together, it was like \u2013 wow, we\u2019re in the same room. It feels good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Video link for Tom Paxton \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/JF-MjfT07Xw\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/JF-MjfT07Xw<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Video link for John McCutcheon \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Qi96Sq3zSYg\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/Qi96Sq3zSYg<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The show at the Sellersville Theater on October 26 will start at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Ticket prices start at $29.50.<\/p>\n<p>Other upcoming shows at the Sellersville Theater are The Harry Chapin Band on October 27, Lads from London\u00a0on October\u00a028, Slaid Cleaves and Robby Fulks on October 28, and Sam Bush on October 29.<\/p>\n<p>On October 28, the focus will be on the Netherlands when Franklin Music Hall (421 North Seventh Street, Philadelphia, <a id=\"OWA411b3082-dde3-06a5-2548-95675cf9dce5\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bowerypresents.com\/\">www.bowerypresents.com<\/a>) on October 28 hosts \u201cSan Holo Presents Existential Dance Music\u201d featuring Holo, DROELOE and OddKidOut.<\/p>\n<p>Holo is a Dutch DJ, musician, record producer and composer from Zoetermeer, Netherlands. His real name is\u00a0Sander\u00a0van\u00a0Dijck\u00a0but is primarily known as San Holo.<\/p>\n<p>He gained international recognition for his remix of\u00a0Dr. Dre&#8217;s &#8220;The Next Episode&#8221;, which currently has over 262 million views on\u00a0YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>Holo is no stranger to the Franklin Music Hall. He headlined a show there in November 2018 when he was touring North America in support of his debut album which is appropriately titled, \u201calbum 1.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18841\" style=\"width: 203px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18841\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18841\" src=\"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/droeloe-2-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-18841\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DROELOE<\/p><\/div>\n<p>DROELOE is an electronic music project formed by Dutch musician Vincent Rooijers in 2016. Hein Hamers was also part of the project until his departure in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>On October 21, 2020, Hamers announced his departure from the project.\u00a0A month later, an anthology album,\u00a0\u201cA Matter of Perspective,\u201d was released.<\/p>\n<p>On May 19, 2023, a new single, &#8220;Feeble Games,&#8221; was released, followed by the announcement of a North American tour.\u00a0On June 17, DROELOE announced his debut solo album, \u201cThe Art of Change,\u201d with &#8220;Feeble Games&#8221; being its first single. It was followed by the release of a new single, &#8220;Landscape&#8221;, featuring Banji.<\/p>\n<p>Next up was a live video on June 30.\u00a0Shortly after, a third single was released, &#8220;Decision,&#8221;\u00a0followed by the fourth single, &#8220;Downside Up&#8221;, featuring\u00a0Transviolet\u00a0on August 11.\u00a0A fifth single, &#8220;Foolish Fish,&#8221; was released on September 8. The full album dropped on September 15.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started making the new album over a year ago,\u201d said Rooijers, during a phone interview Wednesday afternoon from a tour stop in Secaucus, New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was out on the Unexpected Odyssey Tour, so I recorded in a lot of different places \u2013 mostly on my laptop on the road \u2013 sitting outside or in a coffee shop.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI record mainly on Ableton. I used to record vocals on Logic, but I found that I could do just as well on Ableton.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rooijers\u2019 love of electronic dance music goes back to his very early days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started doing loops when I was seven,\u201d said Rooijers. \u201cBoth my parents were musicians \u2013 both were drummers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I was 11, we moved to Eindhoven. When I was 14, I started making beats and loops for myself. I was already interested in trance music. I thought of it more as a game than as music.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLater, I was rapping in Dutch. That was a project that didn\u2019t go anywhere. DROELOE, which means \u2018wasted\u2019 in Dutch, was more a culmination of my interests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rooijers and Hamers met at the\u00a0Utrecht School of Arts\u00a0around 2014. Rooijers was studying music and composition, while Hamers was studying visual arts.\u00a0They worked on art projects at school and made music in their spare time. The project began as a joke.<\/p>\n<p>According to Hamers, \u201cWe were just joking around. That kind of got really serious really quickly so&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Their inspirations include Hybris, Culprate, Clark, Camo and Krooked,\u00a0Noisia, Still Woozy,\u00a0Anderson .Paak, Sufjan Stevens, Bibio and Avishai Cohen.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2017, they collaborated with\u00a0Holo\u00a0for the song &#8220;Lines of the Broken.&#8221;\u00a0The next month, they released &#8220;Jump&#8221; featuring Nevve,\u00a0which was then used in August in an advertisement for the\u00a0Apple Watch.\u00a0In 2019, they started their tour, \u201cThe Choices We Face,\u201d in support of their EP of same name.<\/p>\n<p>For the last three years, Rooijers has been on his own.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI use a lot of trumpet and small percussive elements \u2013 and my own voice,\u201d said Rooijers. \u201cI like things organic so I never use synthesizers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn my shows on this tour, I\u2019m playing a lot from the new album \u2013 and also a lot of old songs. It\u2019s a 90-minute medley of old and new songs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Video link for DROELOE \u2013 <a id=\"OWAffe55bac-f792-f5ee-627b-b9f9e2fbf0b1\" title=\"Protected by Outlook: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=30M_C0m9hyg&amp;ab_channel=DROELOE. Click or tap to follow the link.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=30M_C0m9hyg&amp;ab_channel=DROELOE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=30M_C0m9hyg&amp;ab_channel=DROELOE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The show at Franklin Music Hall on October 28 will start at 8:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are $29.50.<\/p>\n<p>As usual, blues will also be on the menu at Jamey\u2019s House of Music (32 South Lansdowne Avenue, Lansdowne, 215-477-9985, <a id=\"OWA06bc1f6d-df62-cd95-b5b6-04d0c7a3700a\" title=\"Protected by Outlook: http:\/\/www.jameyshouseofmusic.com\/. Click or tap to follow the link.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jameyshouseofmusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.jameyshouseofmusic.com<\/a>) this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The main attractions this weekend at Jamey\u2019s are Vakili Band and Max Kaplan on October 27 and the Dukes of Destiny on October 28.<\/p>\n<p>The Dukes of Destiny are headlining on Saturday evening and it\u2019s a match made in blues heaven.<\/p>\n<p>Jamey\u2019s has become the area\u2019s top showcase for regional and national blues acts \u2013 a destination for blues band\u2019s tour schedule and a Mecca for area blues fans.<\/p>\n<p>The Dukes of Destiny, who have been treating fans to live performances of top-flight blues and soul music for almost three decades, are back in action with a lineup built around John\u00a0Colgan-Davis\u00a0(harmonica, vocals) and AC Steel (guitar, vocals).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are super happy to return to one of the region\u2019s best places to listen to music,\u201d said Colgan-Davis. \u201cJamey\u2019s House of Music is a place with a great sound system,\u00a0a wonderful\u00a0staff, good and freshly prepared food, and a comfortable vibe,\u00a0similar to\u00a0the old coffeehouses I played in and went to when I first started playing. We love this place, and we invite you to join us for our return.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>About a year-and-a-half ago, the Dukes\u2019 lineup went through a major change when vocalist Aryl Wolters retired from the band.<\/p>\n<p>As a result,\u00a0Colgan-Davis\u00a0had a dual role with the Dukes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow that Arlyn is gone, I\u2019m doing the majority of the singing,\u201d said\u00a0Colgan-Davis. \u201cI was singing before Arlyn so now it\u2019s back to the roots.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to performing at most of the clubs in the Tri-State area, the Dukes of Destiny have\u00a0performed at the Pocono Blues Festival, the Waterfront Jam at Philadelphia\u2019s Penn\u2019s Landing, the State Street Blues Stroll in Media, the Bucks County R\u2019n\u2019B Picnic, the New Jersey Folk Festival and the Longwood Gardens Summer Concert Series.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the past few years, we\u2019ve had great years,\u201d said\u00a0Colgan-Davis\u00a0back in 2019. \u201cWe played places we had never played before \u2013 like the Philadelphia Folk Festival. We also played places we really love like the Kennett Flash and the West Grove Friends Meeting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe played the Phoenixville Blues Festival and the Paoli Blues Festival. We really love playing the Kennett Flash. And, we love our Chester County crowd. They\u2019ve been coming to see us play for 14-15 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chester County music fans and the Dukes of Destiny definitely have a love affair going on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe did the Turks Head Festival in West Chester a few years ago \u2013 and \u2018Rhythm and Roots\u2019 in Media,\u201d said\u00a0Colgan-Davis. \u201cWe love the Flash \u2013 the intimacy and the sound system. And we love what it stands for and what it means to Kennett Square.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe love the people of Chester County and I really like the landscape of the area. It\u2019s always a special place for us. Chester County gigs have the vibe of old coffee houses. We put out the energy and the audience give sit back to us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Audiences that like to get out of their seats and dance are a big part of the Dukes of Destiny live experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe get all kinds of dancers at our shows,\u201d said\u00a0Colgan-Davis. \u201cWe\u2019ve been playing a lot more festivals. We\u2019re back on the festival circuit. I love playing festivals for a couple reasons. You get a whole bunch of people playing together. That takes me back to the 60s and the be-ins back then.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSun Ra had said the message that music is the healing force of the universe, and you feel that at festivals. And kids get to hear real music played by real people. With a band like us that plays off the crowd, a festival show is a real exciting thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Colgan-Davis\u2019s introduction to the blues came when he was in high school at Central High in Philadelphia and saw the Stones performing with Howling Wolf on the \u201cShindig\u201d TV show. Howlin\u2019 Wolf, whose real name was Chester Burnett, was an American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player who was one of the premier Chicago bluesmen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I saw Howlin\u2019 Wolf on that TV show, I jumped up and said \u2014 this is what I want to do,\u201d said\u00a0Colgan-Davis. \u201cI started playing blues when I was 16. My dad gave me a grab bag for my birthday and a harmonica was in it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started listening to blues records a lot \u2014 players like Muddy Waters and James Cotton. I was really into Chicago blues of the 1950s and 1960s when I started. Then, I got into guys like Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee. One of the first bands I played in was a Philly blues band called Sweet Stavin\u2019 Chain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A while later, the Dukes of Destiny became the main musical vehicle for\u00a0Colgan-Davis.\u00a0At first, they played house parties in Germantown, generating word of mouth interest. A gig at the now-defunct Taker\u2019s Cafe in Germantown launched their public career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Dukes got together in the mid-1980s,\u201d said\u00a0Colgan-Davis. \u201cSteve Brown started the band, and it began with that gig at Taker\u2019s Caf\u00e9. Steve died of pancreatic cancer in 2000 and I\u2019ve been the leader ever since. Steve has always been in my mind. We did a tribute concert to him a few years ago and we still do some of his favorites in our set.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a whole range of music in what we can play \u2014 everything from Chicago blues to old-school soul. What\u2019s great about the Dukes is that we\u2019re a band. We use each other\u2019s strengths.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Video link for the Dukes of Destiny \u2013 <a id=\"OWA6293f1ed-ccdd-a676-6486-1a69014b524b\" title=\"Protected by Outlook: https:\/\/youtu.be\/j5fM0sugB5w. Click or tap to follow the link.\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/j5fM0sugB5w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/j5fM0sugB5w<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The show at Jamey\u2019s House of Music will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door.<\/p>\n<p>Every Sunday, Jamey\u2019s presents \u201cSUNDAY BLUES BRUNCH &amp; JAM\u201d featuring the Philly Blues Kings. Another weekly event at the venue is the \u201cTHURSDAY NIGHT JAZZ JAM\u201d\u00a0featuring the Dave Reiter Trio with guest vocalist Khadijah Renee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInto the Woods\u201d is a comedy-driven musical with a cast of crafty and funny characters. It is a little challenging for audiences \u2013 until they realize that trying to follow four fairy tales blended together is useless.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to see a very good live performance of this show, you have to act quickly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInto the Woods,\u201d a comedy-driven musical with a cast of crafty and funny characters with music and lyrics by\u00a0Stephen Sondheim\u00a0and book by\u00a0James Lapine, is running now through October 29 at the Candlelight Dinner Theater (2208 Millers Road, Arden, Delaware,\u00a0302- 475-2313, <a id=\"OWAd304961a-8cd9-b03d-3507-9ca6b7684a14\" title=\"Protected by Outlook: http:\/\/www.candlelighttheatredelaware.org\/. Click or tap to follow the link.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.candlelighttheatredelaware.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.candlelighttheatredelaware.org<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The musical premiered on Broadway in 1987, winning three Tony Awards including Best Score and Best Book. It has since been produced throughout the world and was adapted into a major motion picture in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Following a sold-out New York City Center Encores! run in May 2022, the production transferred to Broadway as a limited engagement beginning July 2022, marking its first time on Broadway in 20 years. Following tremendous critical acclaim and audience demand, it was extended twice and concluded its Broadway run on January 8, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The musical intertwines the plots of several\u00a0Brothers Grimm\u00a0and\u00a0Charles Perrault\u00a0fairy tales, exploring the consequences of the characters\u2019 wishes and quests. The main characters are taken from \u201cLittle Red Riding Hood,\u201d \u201cJack and the Beanstalk,\u201d \u201cRapunzel,\u201d\u00a0\u201cCinderella\u201d and several others.<\/p>\n<p>The musical \u201cInto the Woods\u201d debuted in San Diego at the\u00a0Old Globe Theatre\u00a0in 1986 and premiered on\u00a0Broadway\u00a0on November 5, 1987, where it won several\u00a0Tony Awards, including\u00a0Best Score,\u00a0Best Book, and\u00a0Best Actress in a Musical\u00a0in a year dominated by \u201cThe Phantom of the Opera\u201d (1988).<\/p>\n<p>The musical has since been produced many times, with a 1988 US national tour, a 1990 West End production, a 1997 tenth anniversary concert, a 2002 Broadway revival, a 2010 London revival, and in 2012 as part of New York City\u2019s outdoor Shakespeare in the Park series.<\/p>\n<p>James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim take everyone\u2019s favorite storybook characters and bring them together for a timeless, yet relevant, piece\u2026 and a rare modern classic. The Tony\u00a0Award-winning book and score are both enchanting and touching.<\/p>\n<p>The story of \u201cInto the Woods\u201d follows a Baker and his wife, who wish to have a child; Cinderella, who wishes to attend the King\u2019s Festival; and Jack, who wishes his cow would give milk. When the Baker and his wife learn that they cannot have a child because of a Witch\u2019s curse, the two set off on a journey to break the curse.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone\u2019s wish is granted, but the consequences of their actions return to haunt them later with disastrous results. \u201cInto the Woods\u201d is a musically sophisticated show with the opportunity to feature actors who are adept at dark comedy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInto the Woods\u201d is running now through October 29 at the Candlelight Theater with shows on Friday and Saturday evenings and Sunday matinees.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets, which include a buffet meal, beverages, dessert, and free parking, are $71.50 for adults and $33 for children.<\/p>\n<p>Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center (226 North High Street, West Chester, <a id=\"OWAba4ed012-96a0-9de5-aa5d-fab860468343\" href=\"http:\/\/www.uptownwestchester.org\/\">www.uptownwestchester.org<\/a>) is presenting Kendrah and Lauren&#8217;s Quintet on October 26, Motor City Revue on October 27, and Jeffrey Gaines on October 28.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times When Tom Paxton and John McCutcheon perform together on October 26 at the Sellersville Theater (24 West Temple Avenue, Sellersville, 215-257-5808, www.st94.com), they bring together years of professional music experience \u2013 Paxton (61 years) and McCutcheon (53 years). 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