Southeastern's Columbia Theatre to present folk concert with Peter Yarrow
Tuesday, October 2, 2018
by: Tonya Lowentritt
LONESOME TRAVELER– Southeastern’s Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts will present Lonesome Traveler: The Concert with Peter Yarrow on Oct. 12, at 7:30 p.m., in the downtown Hammond theatre. Tickets are available at 985-543-4371 or online at columbiatheatre.org.
HAMMOND – Southeastern Louisiana University’s Columbia Theatre for the Performing
Arts will present Lonesome Traveler: The Concert with Peter Yarrow in one performance
only. Scheduled Oct. 12, at 7:30 p.m., the concert will take place in the downtown
Hammond theatre.
Columbia Theatre Director Roy Blackwood said audience members will experience
the enduring power of folk music with this concert version of the Off-Broadway musical.
“An inspiring evening of great music, Lonesome Traveler presents a revealing
perspective of the roots forever embedded in our culture, bringing together audiences
of all ages,” said Blackwood.
The show celebrates the music of great folk artists including Woody Guthrie,
Leadbelly, Pete Seeger and the Weavers, The Limeliters, Peter, Paul and Mary, Bob
Dylan, The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Crosby Stills and Nash, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell,
and Simon and Garfunkel, with a special tribute to Leonard Cohen.
Tickets for Lonesome Traveler: The Concert with Peter Yarrow are $35 in the orchestra
or balcony and $45 in the loge. Tickets can be purchased at the Columbia Theatre Box
Office at 220 East Thomas Street in Hammond, which is open 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., Monday-Friday,
online at columbiatheatre.org, or by phone at 985-543-4371.
A special Southeastern student ticket price of $15 is available, while supplies
last. Students must present their Southeastern IDs at the Columbia box office to receive
the discounted price. Additionally, all Southeastern faculty, retired faculty or university
staff with ID may purchase one ticket for the concert and receive one ticket at half
price. Both tickets must be purchased in the same transaction and for the same price
at the Columbia box office.
For more information, contact the Columbia Theatre at 985-543-4366.