Young restless

Instead of waiting for success to come to him, country star Chris Young grabbed it by the horns.

Music
Joshua Boydston
Chris Young with The Lost Trailers
7 p.m. Friday
Diamond Ballroom
8001 S. Eastern
diamondballroom.net
677-9169
$19 advance, $22 door

 

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Milwaukee blues

Times have been tough for What Made Milwaukee Famous, but the Austin indie act vows to go up from here.

Music
Joshua Boydston
What Made Milwaukee Famous
9 p.m. Thursday
VZD’s Restaurant & Club
4200 N. Western
vzds.com
524-4203
$7-$10

 

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

‘Hyde’ and shriek

The strange case of ‘Jekyll & Hyde’ comes to the stage in a Broadway-bound musical.

Performing Arts
Rod Lott
Jekyll & Hyde
7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday, Jan. 16, through Jan. 20
Civic Center Music Hall
201 N. Walker
okcciviccenter.com
297-2264
$20-$60

 

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

‘Circus’ folk

Performing for millions on ‘The Voice,’ singer-songwriter Rebecca Loebe would rather play for one room on her ‘Circus Heart’ tour.

Music
Joshua Boydston
Rebecca Loebe
7 p.m. Thursday
The Blue Door
2805 N. McKinley
bluedoorokc.com
524-0738
$15-$20

 

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Amanda Earhart — Tell Me What You Want

Pop
Alyssa Grimley
Amanda Earhart’s sound is hard to categorize. Think today’s pop, but with fewer thump-thump club beats and synthesizers, traded for more undoctored vocals and guitar. Throw in a dash of country twang and a sprinkling of piano and violin, and that’s a start.

 

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Mulling it over

Even if he never records another pop hit like ‘Lullaby,’ Shawn Mullins knows that everything’s going to be all right.

Music
Joshua Boydston
Shawn Mullins with Chuck Cannon
7 p.m. Thursday
Performing Arts Studio
200 S. Jones, Norman
pasnorman.org
307-9320
$20

 

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

The Company You Keep

Old radicals don't learn new tricks.

Thriller
Phil Bacharach
Baby boomers can be their own worst enemy. The generation that was going to change the world instead settled on thinking the world of themselves. Youthful idealism, aging and compromised idealism, pining for that youthful idealism — nothing fuels anti-boomer sentiment like boomer sentimentality.

 

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Love Is All You Need

When brokenhearted, middle-aged people assemble for a wedding in Italy, that’s amore.

Drama
Rod Lott
On paper — or computer screen — Love Is All You Need sounds like an overdose of saccharine. Even swallowing just a few plot keywords could trigger symptoms: “widower,” “wedding” and “breast cancer.”

 

Thursday, June 6, 2013