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COMEDY NIGHT FEAT. MARSHALL CRENSHAW: 40 YEARS
STEVE SWEENEY
FRI, SEP 08 @ 8PM IN SHOW BIZ TOUR
$25 THU, SEP 21 @ 8PM
$45
Born in Charlestown, Steve Sweeney is a legendary Boston Born in 1953 in Detroit, Michigan, Marshall Crenshaw learned
comedian known as a master of dialects and character voices. to tune a guitar correctly at age ten and has been trying ever
With his famous Boston accent and great insight into human since. His first big break came in 1978 playing John Lennon in
nature, Steve is so thoroughly Bostonian that he merits his “Beatlemania”, first as an understudy in New York, then in the FALL 20223
own stop on the MBTA Green Line. Steve learned his craft at West Coast company followed by a national touring company.
the world famous Ding Ho Comedy Club, where he Removing himself from that situation in Feb. 1980, Marshall
performed with Lenny Clarke, Denis Leary, Jay Leno, and settled in New York City. After crossing paths with the great
more. He has been a featured on major television shows and legendary Alan Betrock, Marshall recorded his debut
including David Letterman, Evening at the Improv, Comics single “Something’s Gonna Happen”(for Betrock’s Shake
Come Home, and Comedy Central, and starred in his own Records label), which led to a deal with Warner Bros. His debut
Boston-based sitcom, Park Street Under. And he has album, Marshall Crenshaw, was acclaimed as a masterpiece
appeared in many Hollywood films such as There’s Something upon its release in 1982 and established him as a singular
About Mary (1998), Me, Myself & Irene (2000), The Equalizer songwriter, record maker, and guitarist. The album spawned
(2014), Sweeney Killing Sweeney (2018). the hit single “Someday, Someway,” and other classics such as
“(You’re My) Favorite Waste of Time,” “Whenever You’re On
My Mind” and “Cynical Girl.” Over the course of a career that’s
JOURNEYMAN: TRIBUTE TO spanned three decades, 13 albums, Grammy and Golden Globe
ERIC CLAPTON nominations, film and TV appearances (Buddy Holly in “La
Bamba”) and thousands of performances, Marshall Crenshaw’s
SAT, SEP 09 @ 8PM musical output has maintained a consistent fidelity to the
qualities of artfulness, craftsmanship and passion, and his
$38 efforts have been rewarded with the devotion of a broad and
Long known as one of the best live acts in the business, remarkably loyal fan base. Along with touring around the
BoDeans continue to tour year round and continue to deliver country and the occasional recording project, other current
amazing, high energy, performances. “I realized some time ago projects include a documentary film-in progress about
that the key to the BoDeans identity is the fans’ connection to legendary record producer Tom Wilson. Says Crenshaw, “This is a road that I never imagined taking before,
our music-nowhere is that more evident or rewarding as but it’s been amazing.” “Although he was seen as a latter-day Buddy Holly at the outset, he soon proved too
when we come together-live. We love to connect with the talented and original to be anyone but himself.”–Trouser Press
fans who have supported us for so long and who have brought
us so much inspiration.” said Kurt Neumann, the band’s
founder and frontman, “We will continue to play as long as
they continue to come out and sing along.” PROGJECT
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