LANCASTER ARTS SEASON OPENS; CONCERTS, COMEDY, PLAYS SET KORMAN, CONWAY, TOMLIN, GUTHRIE, SEAL, ROBINSON TO HEADLINE; TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Staff Writer LANCASTER - Vocalist Seal, comedians Tim Conway Tim Conway (born December 15, 1933) is an American comedic actor. Conway was born Thomas Daniel Conway, but changed his first name to "Tim" to avoid confusion with actor Tom Conway. He was born in the Cleveland, Ohio suburb Willoughby and grew up in nearby Chagrin Falls. , Harvey Korman and Lily Tomlin Lily Tomlin (born September 01, 1939) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress, comedian, writer and producer. Tomlin's body of work, which has spanned over 40 years, has garnered her several Tony Awards and Emmy Awards, as well as a Grammy Award. , country music star Vince Gill  The introduction of this article is too short.To comply with Wikipedia's lead section guidelines, it should be expanded. and soul legend Smokey Robinson will be among the 2005-06 headliners at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. . Other 2005-06 shows will include vocalist Amy Grant Amy Lee Grant (born November 25 1960 in Augusta, Georgia) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her Contemporary Christian music and pop music, as well as an author and occasional actress. , singer-songwriter Arlo Guthrie Arlo Davy Guthrie (born July 10, 1947) is an American folk singer. Early life Guthrie was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of folk singer and composer Woody Guthrie and his wife Marjorie Mazia Guthrie, who was a one-time professional dancer with the Martha Graham , comic Carrot Top  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled. and the Ailey II dance
troupe, plus performances of ``The Nutcracker'' ballet,
``Alice in Wonderland'' and the third edition of a Christian
music concert, ``Make a Joyful Noise III.''
``The whole season is exciting and offers something for just about everyone,'' City Manager Bob LaSala said at the announcement ceremony. Tickets went on sale Wednesday. They can be purchased through the Internet at www.lpac.org, by phone at (661) 723-5950 or by visiting the theater box office between noon and 6 p.m. weekdays at 750 W. Lancaster Blvd. This season has more top-price performers than last year: Five shows have tickets priced at $70 or more, compared with just one last year. The top prices are for Conway and Korman's May 13 show, for which seats top out at $90. Others with tickets of $70 or more are Gill, Robinson, Seal and Grant. The season includes four performers who sold out the 750-seat theater in past Lancaster concerts: Robinson, jazz saxophonist David Sanborn, western musicians Riders in the Sky and Ailey II. The season will open Aug. 14 with Grant, who has won five Grammy awards and 20 Dove awards, the Christian music industry's equivalent of the Grammy. Ticket prices will range from the peak of $90 for Korman and Conway down to $12 for general admission and $5 for children for the Missoula Children's Theater's ``The Jungle Book'' in February. Those 17 and younger are admitted free with a paying adult for Van Cliburn piano contest winner Alexander Kobrin on Oct. 12, the Antelope Valley Jazz Ensemble on Nov. 19 and the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Chamber Soloists on March 5. ``It's a really good way for children to learn about classical music as well as the performing arts,'' theater manager Mary Tanner said. The Lancaster Performing Arts Center Foundation will sponsor special daytime performances of 16 shows for more than 20,000 Antelope Valley schoolchildren schoolchildren school npl → écoliers mpl; (at secondary school) → collégiens mpl; lycéens mpl schoolchildren school . Charles F. Bostwick, (661) 267-5742 chuck.bostwick(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 5 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Lancaster Vice Mayor Bishop Henry Hearns and City Manager Bob LaSala announce the coming season's shows at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center 2005-06, which begins Aug. 14 with an Amy Grant concert. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer (2 -- 3 -- color) Soul legend Smokey Robinson, above, and pop star Seal are among the headliners for the upcoming season at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center. (4 -- 5) Five-time Grammy Award winner Amy Grant, left, will kick off the Lancaster Performing Arts Center 2005-06 season on Aug. 14. Country music star Vince Gill, at right, will be headlining on Nov. 5. A complete 2005-06 Lancaster Performing Arts Center schedule is available online at www.lpac.org. |
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