{"id":50095,"date":"2022-03-25T08:58:26","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T12:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=50095"},"modified":"2022-03-25T08:58:30","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T12:58:30","slug":"on-stage-extra-waitress-serves-it-up-at-academy-of-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=50095","title":{"rendered":"On Stage Extra: &#8216;Waitress&#8217; serves it up at Academy of Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Denny Dyroff<\/strong>, <em>Entertainment Editor, The Times\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15813\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15813\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15813\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/waitress_carousel_0345.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"230\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15813\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Waitress<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Pie was celebrated in the middle of March with \u201c\u03c0\u00a0Day (Pi Day)\u201d on March 14.<\/p>\n<p>Pie will also be celebrated in Philadelphia this week when the Kimmel Cultural Campus presents the popular musical \u201cWaitress\u201d at the Academy of Music (Broad and Locust streets, Philadelphia, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kimmelculturalcampus.org\/\">www.kimmelculturalcampus.org<\/a>) from March 29-April 3.<\/p>\n<p>Never underestimate the power of pie \u2013 especially fresh-baked cherry pie. Just ask Agent Dale Cooper from the original \u201cTwin Peaks\u201d series.<\/p>\n<p>Pies play a role in the hit musical \u201cWaitress,\u201d which was nominated for four Tony Award and six Drama Desk Awards in 2016. The show\u2019s Christopher Fitzgerald won the Drama Desk Award that year for \u201cOutstanding Featured Actor in a Musical.\u201d <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWaitress\u201d is a musical with music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles and a book by Jessie Nelson. The musical is based on the 2007 film of the same name, written by Adrienne Shelly who was murdered three months prior to the premiere.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2006, Shelly was found dead in her Greenwich Village work\u00a0studio apartment. Police arrested a construction worker who confessed to killing Shelly and making it look as if she had committed suicide.<\/p>\n<p>The musical \u201cWaitress\u201d is nowhere nearly as grim as the story of its author. It tells the story of Jenna Hunterson, a waitress in an unhappy marriage to her husband Earl. When Jenna unexpectedly becomes pregnant, she begins an affair with her gynecologist Dr. Jim Pomatter. Looking for ways out she sees a pie contest and its grand prize as her chance.<\/p>\n<p>The original production of \u201cWaitress\u201d premiered at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts in August 2015, with direction by Diane Paulus and choreography by Chase Brock. It starred Jessie Mueller,\u00a0Drew Gehling and Joe Tippett as Jenna, Jim and Earl, respectively. It made its Broadway debut at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre in April 2016. A U.S. national tour began on October 20, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Brought to life by a groundbreaking all-female creative team, this irresistible new hit features original music and lyrics by five-time Grammy\u00ae nominee Sara Bareilles (\u201cBrave,\u201d \u201cLove Song\u201d), a book by acclaimed screenwriter Jessie Nelson (\u201cI Am Sam\u201d) and direction by Tony Award\u00ae winner Diane Paulus (\u201cPippin,\u2019 \u201cFinding Neverland\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>Jenna, an unhappy waitress and expert pie maker, is stuck in a small town and loveless marriage. She is also faced with an unexpected pregnancy that may end her dreams of opening up her own pie shop. As fate would have it, she enters a baking contest in a nearby county and meets a handsome new doctor. With the help of a quirky crew of fellow waitresses and loyal customers, Jenna makes use of a secret ingredient she\u2019s been missing all along and that\u2019s courage.<\/p>\n<p>Jisel Soleil Ayon will don an apron and bake across the country as Jenna in the national tour of \u201cWaitress,\u201d while Gabriella\u00a0Marzetta\u00a0plays Dawn and Brian Lundy plays Ogie.<\/p>\n<p>Dawn is a friendly waitress but is also very shy. After a while, she tries an online dating service where she gets introduced to Ogie. They start dating and eventually get married.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw one of the first previews of \u2018Waitress\u2019 on Broadway in 2016,\u201d said\u00a0Marzetta, during a recent phone interview. \u201cI thought Dawn was my dream role. I also liked the show because I grew up listening to Sara Bareilles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI definitely identify with Dawn \u2013 her quirks and her shyness. We\u2019re alike in a lot of ways. She is a very relatable character \u2013 especially for people my age.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marzetta\u00a0was very shy as a child and spent most of her elementary school and middle school days holed up in her house teaching<\/p>\n<p>herself songs on the piano and guitar and creating intricate stories on The Sims or playing Barbies.<\/p>\n<p>The first time she stepped into the spotlight was when she first sang in front of a crowd at age 10. It started with her father persuading her into auditioning for the school talent show by buying her the Daphne (Ala Scooby Doo) Barbie Doll.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy dad bought me that Barbie and that\u2019s what started it all,\u201d said\u00a0Marzetta. \u201cI went to a performing arts high school (The Chicago Academy for the Arts) and then studied music theater in college.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI attended The Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University as a BFA in Musical Theatre before transferring to CAP21 in New York. I made that move because I knew I needed to be in New York.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marzetta\u00a0graduated from CAP21 in 2016 and started her first nation tour with \u201cWaitress\u201d in 2019. COVID-19 shut down the tour in early 2020 in Wisconsin. Now, it has come back to life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe opened on October 5 in Bloomington, Indiana,\u201d said\u00a0Marzetta. \u201cWe\u2019ll be out with this tour until June 12, 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Video link for \u201cWaitress\u201d \u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zNyhdPrD3A4\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/zNyhdPrD3A4<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWaitress\u201d will run now through\u00a0April 3 at the Academy of Music. Ticket prices start at $25.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15814\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15814\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15814\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/crossing-350x217.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"217\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15814\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Crossing<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Crossing has a busy schedule this weekend with three performances of the World premiere of \u201cIn a House Besieged\u201d &#8212; March 25 at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Ohio, March 26 at the Shadyside Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh, and March 27 at St. Mark\u2019s Church in Philadelphia<\/p>\n<p>The Crossing (<a href=\"https:\/\/na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.crossingchoir.org%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7C%7Ca2baf9598b90460c196408d9eb6a6c91%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637799664687873776%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=jDotv%2B8Yb6tKw9sfZag1BTu%2Ff9Czy6Xhyxe8ObXA9dw%3D&amp;reserved=0\">www.crossingchoir.org<\/a>) is an American professional chamber choir based in Philadelphia. The Crossing is conducted by\u00a0Donald\u00a0Nally\u00a0and dedicated to new music. It is committed to working with creative teams to make and record new, substantial works for choir that explore and expand ways of writing for choir, singing in choir, and listening to music for choir.<\/p>\n<p>Many of its nearly 120 commissioned premieres address social, environmental, and political issues. With a commitment to recording its commissions, The Crossing has issued 19 releases and received two Grammy Awards for Best Choral Performance (2018, 2019), and three Grammy nominations in as many years.<\/p>\n<p>Each concert this weekend will feature the World Premiere of Chicago-based composer Stacy Garrop\u2019s \u201cIn a House Besieged\u201d\u00a0with Organist Scott Dettra \u2013 along with Lansing McLoskey\u2019s\u00a0\u201cThe Memory of Rain\u201d and Arvo P\u00e4rt\u2019s\u00a0\u201cSalve Regina.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a House Besieged,\u201d which was commissioned by the Cleveland Museum of Art.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Cleveland Museum of Art has a really great organ in its theater,\u201d said Nally, during a phone interview last week. \u201cI don\u2019t know of another museum anywhere that has an organ.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey decided they wanted to commission a piece for us and their organist. I realized that Stacy would be the right person to write a piece.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe writes a lot of choral music. I\u2019ve wanted to work with her for more than a decade and I knew this would be the right time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted a piece about dying and memory loss. The number of elderly Americans is increasing. The title comes from the disintegration of a house, which is a metaphor for aging.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gallop\u2019s\u00a0\u201cIn a House Besieged\u201d\u00a0fuses the writings of American short-story writer, novelist, and essayist\u00a0Lydia Davis\u00a0into a unique libretto reflecting the fear and anxiety around the aging process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI sent Stacy a whole bunch of Lydia Davis\u2019 essays about aging and memory loss,\u201d said Nally. \u201cLydia gave us permission to use her writings, so I hose different essays and sent them to Stacy. This started three years ago,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Davis\u2019s texts ask the question, \u201cWe see our homes and the world around us crumble and decay with time; can we admit that our bodies and minds will do the same?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Through her mastery of choral textures, Garrop ponders, \u201cIs our topic a crumbling society, cognitive collapse, moral deprivation, or the devastating disintegration of our environment?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The piece presents five stories over the course of as many movements, each highlighting various aspects of the aging process. Two additional fragments woven between these movements serve as a prologue, a series of interludes, and an epilogue.<\/p>\n<p>One fragment consists of the sounds someone makes while trying to recall how to pronounce the word \u201cwoman.\u201d The other fragment, when fully heard at the end of the piece, illustrates the rising apprehension a person experiences with the onset and progression of dementia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is extremely well written,\u201d said Nally. \u201cIt has a lot of variety. Each essay has a different feel. It\u2019s just a great piecethat tells a great story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nally commented on the program\u2019s other two pieces \u2013 Lansing McLoskey\u2019s\u00a0\u201cThe Memory of Rain\u201d and Arvo P\u00e4rt\u2019s\u00a0\u201cSalve Regina.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArvo P\u00e4rt was a 21st-century musician,\u201d said Nally. \u201cThe climax of this piece is Mary looking down on us with mercy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe commissioned \u2018The Memory of Rain\u2019 10 years ago. It\u2019s a really beautiful, thought-provoking piece.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Video link for The Crossing \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FRWANOYFSH-w&amp;data=04%7C01%7C%7Ca2baf9598b90460c196408d9eb6a6c91%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637799664687873776%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=5abp0QSPrlhyh4ptXXSIv936XZreSd%2Bf%2BfUiwmGIoMk%3D&amp;reserved=0\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/RWANOYFSH-w<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The concert at St Mark\u2019s Church on March 27 will start at 7 p.m. There will be a \u201cPre-concert Talk\u201d with Nally and Garrop at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are $35.<\/p>\n<p>Tommy Castro and his band The Painkillers will return to this area for a show on March 30 at the World Caf\u00e9 Live (3025 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 215-222-1400, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcafelive.com\/\">www.worldcafelive.com<\/a>). The show will be a double treat for blues fans because it also features Deanna Bogart, one of America\u2019s top blues musicians for decades.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15815\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15815\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15815\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/bogart-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15815\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deanna Bogart<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With 40-plus years as a road musician, award-winning bandleader, and multi-instrumentalist, Bogart, who is Castro\u2019s wife, has built a legion of fans for her adventurous, original, and diverse music career.<\/p>\n<p>She is recognized for her show-stopping dazzling keyboard work, her soulful saxophone playing and her smoky vocals \u2013 along with her impressive songwriting skills. Bogart is also a highly respected composer, arranger and producer.<\/p>\n<p>She began her career in the\u00a0Baltimore\u00a0and Washington D.C. area\u00a0with the ensemble Cowboy Jazz. After that band broke up. Bogart spent time playing with\u00a0Root Boy Slim. In the early 1990s she began her solo career.<\/p>\n<p>She is a four-time winner of the BMA (Blues Music Awards) \u201cHorn Instrumentalist of the Year\u201d award. In 2013, Bogart was nominated for a\u00a0Blues Music Award\u00a0in the \u201cPinetop Perkins Piano Player\u201d category.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is our first show with Deanna,\u201d said Castro, during a phone interview Tuesday from a tour stop in Fairfield, Connecticut.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe wasn\u2019t able to travel for the first week and had to bail. She was sick and the doctors told her to wait. She\u2019s better now.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15816\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15816\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15816\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/castro-350x261.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"261\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15816\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tommy Castro &amp; The Painkillers<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Tommy Castro &amp; The Painkillers \u2014 bassist Randy McDonald, drummer Bowen Brown and keyboardist Michael Emerson \u2014 are doing what they do most of the year \u2013 touring.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had some rehearsals back home. For this tour, we play songs from the new album.\u00a0 Then, I bring Deanna up for some of her songs and then we all play songs from our 30-yaer history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Castro is celebrating the release of his trailblazing new album,\u00a0\u201cTommy Castro Presents A Bluesman Came To Town.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The album is a raucous, multi-song tale of a young man bitten by the blues bug.\u00a0It is a striking collection of songs that tell the story in vivid lyrics and are brought to life by Castro\u2019s patented roadhouse rock, soulful ballads and deep, greasy grooves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m always interested in new sounds and trends,\u201d said Castro.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the new one \u2013 I said, \u2018what am I going to do now?\u2019 It\u2019s a rock opera but it\u2019s like a blues opera.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI ran it by Bruce (Alligator Records president Bruce Iglauer) and he didn\u2019t hate it. We jumped over that hurdle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still had to decide if I was biting off too much. Rock operas had songs that were very different \u2013 and a story to listen to from front-to-back. I moved on to producer Tom Hambridge and he thought it was a really good idea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On his website, Castro wrote, \u201cI try to keep my music fresh by taking different approaches and writing and recording different types of songs. I want to stretch out musically, but I always want the songs to be my most authentic, to remain true to myself and my art. This time, I felt the need to do something I\u2019ve never done before.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith \u2018A Bluesman Came To Town,\u2019 what I have for you is a record of songs that tell a story. It\u2019s the story of a young man from a small town. One day a guitar-playing bluesman comes to his town. From that point on, the young man\u2019s life will never be the same. It\u2019s based on a classic hero\u2019s journey \u2014 the odyssey of a musician\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI brought in the big guns this time and collaborated with legendary producer Tom Hambridge. I co-wrote most of the songs with him. In telling the story, I\u2019ve tried to touch on the many different styles of music that I love. I\u2019m excited for you to hear it!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Castro created his most ambitious project ever.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s about a kid from rural America who saw his life laid out for him,\u201d said Castro. \u201cHe had other dreams. A bluesman came to town, and it changed his life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bluesman told the kid that he was good and that he should go out. He did and played his music \u2013 and had to deal with drugs, alcohol and women. Through the process, he finds out what\u2019s important in life. That was the treasure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of his four-decade career, Castro, who is a six-time winner of the prestigious Blues Music Award-winner, has played thousands of shows to hundreds of thousands of fans.<\/p>\n<p>Castro, one of San Francisco\u2019s veteran music acts who now lives in Palm Springs, has put together a stellar band.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started the Painkillers a few years ago,\u201d said Castro. \u201cRandy (McDonald), who has been with me for over 25 years. My music isn\u2019t so much about guitar as it is about songs. I\u2019m probably more a singer than a guitar player. I like a good hook and I want songs that people remember.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Video link for Tommy Castro \u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/BmBfrPIjxdU\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/BmBfrPIjxdU<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Video link for Deanna Bogart &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/6kkt5XKD6BA\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/6kkt5XKD6BA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The show on March 30 will start at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are $26 and $40.<\/p>\n<p>Head south on Wednesday night and you\u2019ll find a concert by Marc Broussard.<\/p>\n<p>Head north on Thursday night and you\u2019ll find a concert by Marc Broussard.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15817\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15817\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15817\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/broussard-2-350x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15817\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marc Broussard<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Broussard\u2019s tour, which spans almost three months, brings him to the area for a show on March 30 at The Queen (500 North Market Street, Wilmington, 202-730-3331,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thequeenwilmington.com\/\">www.thequeenwilmington.com<\/a>) and March 31 at the Sellersville Theater (24 West Temple Avenue, Sellersville, 215-257-5808,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.st94.com\/\">www.st94.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Broussard\u2019s shows are part of a tour in support of his latest album, \u201cA Lullaby Collection SOS III.\u201d The album features his interpretation of a series of classics including \u201cWhat a Wonderful World,\u201d \u201cMoon River\u201d and \u201cSweet Baby James\u201d plus two original compositions \u2013 \u201cGavin\u2019s Song\u201d and \u201cBedtime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Broussard\u2019s first \u201cSOS\u201d album was \u201cS.O.S.: Save Our Soul.\u201d Released in 2007, it featured covers of songs by R&amp;B greats such as Otis Redding, Stevie Wonder, Al Green, Sam Cooke, Bill Withers and Bobby Womack. The second in the series was \u201cS.O.S. 2: Save Our Soul: Soul on a Mission,\u201d which was released in September 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Broussard\u2019s commitment to making the world a better place is a mantra that he has been bound to since the beginning of his career. It has always been about tying music to a mission, one reason that his latest studio album, \u201cA Lullaby Collection SOS III,\u201d\u00a0and book, \u201cI Love You For You,\u201d were created to educate and inspire younger audiences.<\/p>\n<p>For\u00a0Broussard, who has released more than a dozen albums, entering the book world was a new experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a friend I\u2019ve done some work with named Kurt Zendzian,\u201d said\u00a0Broussard, during a recent phone interview from his home in Caren Cru, Louisiana. \u201cHis wife Rebekah Phillips is an illustrator &#8212; and my illustrator.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to do something for kids \u2013 especially the children\u2019s hospital in Baton Rouge. So, I wrote the book and Rebekah did the illustrations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A portion of the proceeds from sales of both the album and the book will be donated to Our Lady of the Lake Children\u2019s Hospital in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.<\/p>\n<p>Broussard\u2019s charitable efforts extend well over a decade, beginning with his self-released album\u00a0\u201cBootleg to Benefit the Victims of Hurricane Katrina\u201d\u00a0in 2005 and his efforts to organize the Momentary Setback Fund to provide financial assistance to those displaced by both Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. He\u2019s also taken part in a USO tour to entertain troops in the Middle East. More recently, he established his SOS Foundation as a conduit to help raise money for other worthy causes, such as the United Way and Habitat for Humanity.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0Broussard, \u201cA lot of it has to do with the people who raised me. My parents are wonderful, human beings who encouraged us to do everything we can for people that need the help. That\u2019s a value system that\u2019s been with me since birth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Deciding which songs to use on a lullaby album was a challenge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s always difficult picking songs,\u201d said\u00a0Broussard. \u201cThe songs I gravitate to are frequently B-sides. But with this one, it was better to do hits. It was a months-long process picking songs for this album.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I listened to Andy Williams\u2019 version of \u2018Moon River,\u2019 it was like Christmas Day. It was a beautiful discovery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe made the album at Dockside Studio which is on the Vermilion River in Maurice, Louisiana. I\u2019ve done my last few albums there. It\u2019s a good old-fashioned studio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe recorded the album live as much as possible \u2013 one take and then fix the parts that need fixing. That\u2019s how I always like to record.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Broussard\u00a0is an artist with the gift of tapping into the vibe of classic R&amp;B, rock and soul. He released his debut album,\u00a0\u201cMomentary Setback,\u201d independently at age 20. His music career began a long time before that with his father Ted\u00a0Broussard\u2019s band &#8212; The Boogie Kings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I was five-and-a-half, I saw the movie \u2018Back to the Future\u2019 and fell in love with the song \u2018Johnny B. Goode.\u2019 I couldn\u2019t stop singing it,\u201d said\u00a0Broussard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy dad would book a vacation in February and do a show in Destin, Florida. He brought me up on stage and I sang the song &#8212; and it went great.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter that, when the venue allowed or at festivals, my dad would let me come along. I was a roadie and I\u2019d join him onstage. After the show, I\u2019d sign autographs for the little girls who were waiting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t until I was 20 that I started doing music professionally. Prior to that, I didn\u2019t understand that you could do it professionally \u2013 do it as your main job. The musicians I knew before were weekend warriors who had day jobs. My dad worked in civil service for 30 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now,\u00a0Broussard\u00a0has been making music professionally for almost 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Lullaby Collection SOS III\u201d and a show with musicians rocking out with a blend of soul, rock and Bayou music does not seem like an ideal combination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are no lullabies in our live show,\u201d said\u00a0Broussard. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to blow the roof off the stage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Video link for Marc\u00a0Broussard\u00a0\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Gkd_VGhjCQw\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/Gkd_VGhjCQw<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The show at The Queen on March 30 will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $23.<\/p>\n<p>The show at the Sellersville Theater on March 31 will start at 8 p.m. Tickets start at $35.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times\u00a0 Pie was celebrated in the middle of March with \u201c\u03c0\u00a0Day (Pi Day)\u201d on March 14. 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