Arts & Entertainment
Country Music Comes to the Westchester Broadway Theatre
It took 40 years to arrive but Country Music will finally bow in at the Westchester Broadway Theatre this month.
For the first time since Bill Stutler and Bob Funking pioneered the dinner/show concept in Westchester County 40 years ago, they will host a Country Music show.
On Monday, April 13, 2015, the Westchester Broadway Theatre welcomes a troupe called “Live from Nashville.” On a nationwide tour, this group has already entertained in California, Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Tennessee, Texas and elsewhere.
The show was conceived and created by Nashville-based producer Matt Davenport, a 20-year veteran in the music event-management business. The troupe (four singers and five musicians) is new — this is their first time working together.
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Two performances are scheduled — a matinee (with lunch at 11:15 a.m. and show at 1 p.m.) and an evening show (with dinner at 6:15 p.m. and curtain time at 8 p.m.)
The vocalists and typical songs by each are:
Brittney Jones (Stand by Your Man, recorded by Tammy Wynette)
Sarah Margaret Huff (Walkin’ after Midnight, recorded by Patsy Cline)
Chet Wollan (Ain’t Goin’ Down, recorded by Garth Brooks)
Barry Jobe (Statue of a Fool, recorded by many artists)
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Eight stage settings reflect the different aspects and times of Country Music:
1. The Roots of Country Music
Songs of artists such as Jimmy Rodgers, The Carter Family and Roy Acuff
2. Country Music’s Golden Age
Songs of artists such as Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash and Dolly Parton
3. The Bluegrass Connection
Songs of artists such as Bill Monroe, Flatt and Scruggs and Ricky Skaggs
4. Grand Ole Gospel
Typical songs: “I’ll Fly Away” and “Will the Circle Be Unbroken”
5. Country Rocks
Songs of groups such as the Eagles, the Allman Brothers, and the Charlie Daniels Band
6. Country Music is King
Songs of artists such as Garth Brooks, The Judds, Brooks and Dunn
7. Today’s Country? – The biggest arenas in the world host today’s country music royalty.
Songs of artists such as Jason Aldean, Taylor Swift and Lady Antebellum.
8. The Country We Love
Songs such as “God Bless the U.S.A.” and “America, the Beautiful”
The vocalists also get to show off their footwork in a second-act line dance.
Dinner-and-show prices range from $64 (matinee with lunch) plus tax to $84 (evening with dinner) plus tax.
Westchester Broadway Theatre, 1 Broadway Plaza (175 Clearbrook Road), Elmsford. Box office: (914) 592-2222.
Photo: Brittney Jones
