Randy Newman plays Vilar Saturday, March 12
Emmy, Grammy and Oscar-winning music veteran Randy Newman performs live at the Vilar Performing Arts Center (VPAC) in Beaver Creek on Saturday, March 12 at 7:30 p.m.
Randy Newman is a lyrically ambitious singer/songwriter, composer and pianist renowned for his mordant (and often satirical) pop songs and for his many film scores. After over 40 years in the industry, Newman returns to the concert stage for an extraordinary evening of storytelling and song.
After Newman’s self-titled debut album was released in 1968, his reputation as a songwriter grew quickly, as Judy Collins, Dusty Springfield, Peggy Lee, Harry Nilsson, and Joe Cocker, among others, recorded his songs. Newman’s pop hits include “Short People,” “I Love L.A” and 2005’s “Louisiana 1927.”
In the early ‘80s, Newman began a career as a film composer. Among his notable scores are The Natural, Parenthood and Awakenings. In recent years, Newman has specialized in composing music for an impressive range of critically acclaimed, commercially blockbuster family films, including all three Toy Story movies, James and The Giant Peach, A Bug’s Life, Monsters, Inc, and Cars. Perhaps his best known film song is “You’ve Got a Friend in Me,” the theme song from 1995’s Toy Story movie.
Newman has earned six Grammys, for: Toy Story 3 (2011), “Our Town” (2006), “If I Didn’t Have You” (2002), “When She Loved Me” (2000), A Bug’s Life (1999), and The Natural (1984). He has received three Emmys and in 2010 received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2002, after 16 nominations, he won an Academy Award for “If I Didn’t Have You” from Monsters, Inc.
On February 27, Newman won his second Academy Award for “We Belong Together” from Toy Story 3 and performed the song live at the ceremony.
Tickets for An Evening with Randy Newman are $78. Choose seats online at vilarpac.org, by phone at 888.920.ARTS(2787) or in person at the Vilar Center box office in Beaver Creek or Marketplace Box Office in Vail Village.
The VPAC will offer hummer shuttle service from the Marketplace Box Office in Vail Village to the VPAC in Beaver Creek for the Randy Newman performance on March 12. The cost is $10 per person (round-trip) or $40 for a family of 4 or more (round-trip.) For more information, please call 888.920.ARTS(2787).
The Vilar Performing Arts Center is a project of the Vail Valley Foundation. For more information on the Vail Valley Foundation
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