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Simon and Garfunkel Live In Central Park: [Revisited]

May 11, 2019 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

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One event on May 11, 2019 at 8:00 pm

$29 – $40

“Live in Central Park [Revisited]: Simon and Garfunkel,” is a re-creation of their iconic 1981 reunion concert, featuring award-winning recording artists Lee Lessack and Johnny Rodgers. Lessack and Rodgers will perform all the masterpieces heard on the night that half a million people gathered in Central Park to witness musical history. The duo re-visits the exact set list, a repertoire of lyrical masterpieces that includes “Mrs. Robinson,” “ Scarborough Fair,” “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” “The Sound of Silence,” and many more.

The union of New York City natives Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel produced some of the most memorable sounds of the 1960s, owing to the powerful combination of Simon’s songwriting and their dulcet harmonies. After famously calling it quits by 1970, they rose to the occasion when they were asked by the City of New York to raise funds for the badly needed renovation of Central Park. The resulting 1981 concert is legendary, and was documented by HBO, and later a best-selling live album.

LEE LESSACK’s graceful Lyric baritone vocals and sophisticated and engaging persona have made him a shining star on the international concert scene. Billboard Magazine calls his singing “vocal romanticism of a high order.”

JOHNNY RODGERS is an internationally celebrated singer-songwriter, pianist, Broadway veteran, and recording artist who is described by Stephen Holden, from The New York Times, as an entertainer “who has show business in his bones” with “fused elements of Billy Joel, Peter Allen and Johnny Mercer.”

Details

Date:
May 11, 2019
Time:
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Cost:
$29 – $40
Website:
https://www.thevillagesentertainment.com/event/simon-and-garfunkel-revisited/2019-05-18/

Organizer

The Villages Entertainment
Phone:
352-750-5411
Email:
entertainment.events@thevillages.com
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Venue

The Savannah Center
1575 Buena Vista Blvd, The Villages, FL 32162
The Villages, FL United States
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