ELEGIES - A Song Cycle

Fri. Jan. 18, 2008 at 8pm

Sat. Jan. 19, 2008 at 8pm

Sun. Jan. 20, 2008 at 2pm

Tony Award-winner William Finn - known for his clever lyrics and musical style that mixes elements of pop, rock, R&B and jazz - has created a buoyant, uplifting evening of witty and moving songs that serve as musical love letters to people who have touched his life.  Secret agents Cheng/Ferrara Productions and a talented cast and band will capture your heart.

Elegies is a heart felt collection of songs about the deaths of various people he has known, including some of his closest friends and family members. And although the show is all about death and dying, it's no sad trip down memory lane. Never morbid, Elegies is touching, funny, and ultimately buoyant; floating on the spirits of those who inhabit its songs.

Consisting of eighteen diverse musical moments, the styles and tones range throughout the musical from the unabashedly optimistic -- "Life has infinite, infinite joys!" -- to the hilariously irreverent -- "His ears felt like a rug, I bought him for a dollar, I bathed him in the sink, each day the dog got sicker, I gave him milk to drink, I also gave him liquor." At times Finn weaves an intricate web of inter-related songs, introducing characters in one section and then re-visiting them later in another. Ultimately though, each piece has one thing in common, to celebrate the humanity of the individuals the songs are about. His ode to actress and friend Peggy Hewitt sums it up best -- "look at the joy, look at the joy on her face as she emotes, maybe she doesn't hit all the notes, but look at the joy, look at the joy on her face."
 

Tickets: $16 adults, $12 seniors, $10 students, children

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