{"id":83914,"date":"2017-01-31T17:22:27","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T22:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=83914"},"modified":"2017-01-31T17:22:27","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T22:22:27","slug":"dont-overlook-these-npac-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/01\/31\/dont-overlook-these-npac-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t overlook these NPAC shows!"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I look over the remainder of our Niswonger season, there are some concerts and shows that really stand out to the common person.\u00a0Shows such as The Time Jumpers with Vince Gill, Broadway\u2019s 42nd Street<\/em> and Rain — a Tribute to the Beatles, David Phelps, and REO Speedwagon are widely recognizable and in great demand.<\/p>\n

What I look at are those shows that are not as readily recognizable, but we felt were worthy of bringing to our audience.\u00a0 The first one is Artrageous on Saturday, March 11.\u00a0 The more I watch the promo videos of this show, the more excited I am to see it.\u00a0 It is going to be very interactive and entertaining.\u00a0 The performers really like to interact with the audience both in the lobby and during the show.\u00a0 This is the one where artists create paintings on stage when the live music is being performed on the same stage.<\/p>\n

Another concert coming in March is Broadway & Beyond.\u00a0 This is a concert I have helped create and features J. Mark McVey and Heartland Sings, out of Fort Wayne.\u00a0J. Mark is an outstanding singer from Broadway, best known as Jean Val jean from Les Miserables.\u00a0 His voice is tremendous, but equally tremendous is that he is a wonderful person!\u00a0 That speaks volumes in my mind.\u00a0 He will be teaming with Heartland Sings, which is a vocal ensemble of four professional lead singers and a chorus of approximately 40 singers.\u00a0 We have added to this an ensemble of strings, winds, piano and drums to create a concert of American songs that you will know and love.\u00a0 This concert is on Saturday, March 18 at 7:30 pm and is part of our Community Concert Series with single tickets now on sale.\u00a0 Our concert at the Niswonger will be a world premiere in hopes of taking it on tour after our performance.<\/p>\n

The last sleeper show is another one I helped construct using two very entertaining performers: Mutts Gone Nuts and Robert Post Comedy Theater.\u00a0 It\u2019s an interesting story as to how this show came together.\u00a0 A year ago as I was attending a booking conference in New York, I was talking to an agent I have known for some time and we were talking about Mutts Gone Nuts.\u00a0 At the same time, a favorite performer of mine happened to walk by.\u00a0 It was Robert Post.\u00a0 We have had him at the Marsh Auditorium and people thoroughly enjoyed him.\u00a0 He cracks people up with his physical comedy.<\/p>\n

Robert Post is a crazy and wacky guy who doesn\u2019t think like most of us.\u00a0I guess that\u2019s what makes him so funny.\u00a0 One thing led to another and before I knew it, I got the two together and we started talking about putting both of them on the same show.\u00a0 It was the marriage of two performers: funny, entertaining and delightful dogs doing amazing tricks and stunts, and a wacky, crazy physical comedian who I swear sometimes thinks more like a dog than a human.\u00a0 If one is good, two is outstanding!\u00a0 I wanted this show to be one that would be entertaining for kids and adults alike.\u00a0 I know we have accomplished this with Mutts Gone Nuts and Robert Post together.\u00a0 You won\u2019t see them together probably anywhere else than in Van Wert.\u00a0 This show is a Sunday afternoon at 3:00 pm on April 30, making it perfect for kids and elderly.\u00a0 We all need to laugh regardless of our age \u2026 and you will \u2026 guaranteed!<\/p>\n

This is also on our Community Concert Series with single tickets now on sale starting at just $10, $15 and $20.\u00a0I wanted these shows to be affordable for the entire family.\u00a0That\u2019s the nice thing about some of the lesser known shows, you can take a chance on them and discover the great entertainment for a much lower cost.\u00a0 We aim to meet the needs and desires of all.<\/p>\n

So, I encourage you to not judge a book by its cover.\u00a0These three shows might look like sleepers on the schedule of big show stoppers, but if you give them a chance, I think you\u2019ll be thanking me.<\/p>\n

FIN\u00c9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As I look over the remainder of our Niswonger season, there are some concerts and shows that really stand out to the common person.\u00a0Shows such as The Time Jumpers with Vince Gill, Broadway\u2019s 42nd Street and Rain — a Tribute to the Beatles, David Phelps, and REO Speedwagon are widely recognizable and in great demand. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-18 00:58:30","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83914\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}