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Lies & Legends to Play in Illinois
Lies & Legends to Play in Illinois
July 24, 2002
Buffalo Theatre Ensemble
presents
Lies & Legends: The Musical Stories of Harry Chapin
Music by Harry Chapin
Musical Arrangements by Steve and Tom Chapin
Original Concept by Joseph Stern
Directed by Ann Marie Shanahan
July 26 to Aug. 17
$18-22
Preview: Thursday, July 25
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m.
Sunday, 2 p.m.
Theatre 2
Join us for this simple and powerful production, which uses the music of
master storyteller Harry Chapin to send the ultimate message of caring.
Buffalo Theatre Ensemble is the resident professional theater company at The
College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.
For more information, visit:
http://www.cod.edu/ArtsCntr/schedule.htm
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"Oh, if a man tried to take his time on earth and prove before he died what one man's life could be worth, I wonder what would happen to this world?" -- Harry Chapin, 1942-1981.
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The Latest Release
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Sniper & Other Love Songs
[iTunes]
In 1972, Harry released
Sniper & Other Love Songs.
Thirty years would pass before the album would ever reach the CD format. Sniper was finally re-released in June, 2002.
Originally given a working title of Sweet City Suite, the album tells the story of various characters one might run into in
a city. The album features the original studio versions of Chapin classics "A Better Place to Be" and "Circle." But
perhaps more importantly (as those songs are already well-distributed on compilation CDs), the album features seemingly
lost Chapin stories, including "And the Baby Never Cries," "Burning Herself," "Barefoot Boy," and "Woman Child."
Sniper is for the seasoned Chapin fan. New fans would do better to check out
Greatest Stories
Live. But for Chapin fans who have reached the level of the
Dance Band on the Titanic album, this is the next step. Slightly over-produced and having a little of the "forced"
feel that some of Harry's studio albums possess, this album does not capture the powerfully live Harry Chapin. Nonetheless,
it captures Harry's great iconoclastic songwriting--Harry takes the story song to new heights here. But the album works best
for those ready for it; don't buy it until you are ready to appreciate it!
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