{"id":40802227717,"date":"2019-02-11T11:44:17","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T16:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/?p=40802227717"},"modified":"2019-02-11T11:44:17","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T16:44:17","slug":"lonesome-among-friends-a-folk-music-icon-meets-a-cast-of-young-travelers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/lonesome-among-friends-a-folk-music-icon-meets-a-cast-of-young-travelers\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Lonesome\u2019 Among Friends A folk music icon meets a cast of young Travelers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Center for the Arts at Monmouth University<\/strong> has announced that tickets are on sale for a March 9, 2019 concert presentation of the musical \u201cLonesome Traveler<\/strong><\/a>,\u201d featuring special guest star Peter Yarrow<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Hosted inside the Pollak Theatre<\/strong> as part of the 2018-2019 Performing Arts Series, the one-night engagement represents a local debut for the nationwide touring attraction that spotlights the cast members and unforgettable songs of the multi-media show that enjoyed an acclaimed Off Broadway run at New York\u2019s 59E59 Theaters in 2015. Scheduled for 8 pm, it\u2019s an epic road trip through the roots of Americana music, from Woody Guthrie to Pete Seeger \u2014 and to Bob Dylan and beyond.<\/p>\n

Drawing from the rich legacy of American folk music \u2014 from its very real standing as a medium of communication and a call for activism, to its enduring impact on the popular culture of the rock and roll generation \u2014 \u201cLonesome Traveler\u201d traces a road that connects the enduring spirit of a nation\u2019s people to the fighters, the dreamers, and the chroniclers of some of the most challenging chapters in our American story. It\u2019s a tale told with a poet\u2019s passion and a journalist\u2019s sense of justice; put forth in words and music with harmony, humor, and a sense of community that guarantees even the most solitary of travelers never truly walks alone.<\/p>\n

For the concert style program conceived and directed by NY Drama Desk Award-winning producer James O\u2019Neil, a dynamic assembly of young actor-singers and musicians is joined by a genuine living legend; a vocalist, songwriter and author whose contribution to American music spans the decades, generations, and genres.<\/p>\n

As a founding member of the beloved trio known as Peter, Paul and Mary, Peter Yarrow was one of the hitmakers to whom the concepts of brotherhood, equality and respect for the Earth were more than just catchwords. From the \u201cunderground\u201d coffeehouses to the pinnacle of the Billboard charts, they were the family-friendly, suitable-for-Sullivan face of the 1960s\u2019 social conscience \u2014 the ambassadors who gave America\u2019s youth its first exposure to the work of icons like Pete Seeger, and a first listen to young songwriters named Gordon Lightfoot, John Denver, and Bob Dylan.<\/p>\n

At the age of 80 \u2014 having neither slowed his pace of activity, nor surrendered one ounce of the passion that has kept him in the forefront of progressive causes \u2014 the man who walked with Dr. King in Selma, and who organized a massive anti-war march on Washington in 1969, returns once more to the Monmouth campus to join the \u201cLonesome Traveler\u201d cast in a guided tour of musical milestones and touchstones. It\u2019s a journey that ranges from such traditional heirlooms as \u201cJohn Henry\u201d and \u201cWe Shall Overcome,\u201d to the signature songs of Guthrie (\u201cThis Land Is Your Land\u201d), Leadbelly (\u201cGoodnight Irene\u201d), The Weavers (\u201cIf I Had a Hammer\u201d), Seeger (\u201cWhere Have All the Flowers Gone?\u201d), and Dylan (\u201cIt\u2019s All Over Now Baby Blue\u201d) \u2014 as well as Yarrow\u2019s own all-ages classic, \u201cPuff the Magic Dragon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tickets for the March 9 presentation of \u201cLonesome Traveler: The Concert\u201d are priced at $39 and $49, with a Gold Circle seating option of $60, and can be reserved through the Monmouth University Performing Arts Box Office at 732-263-6889, or online at ww<\/a>w.monmouth.edu\/MCA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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