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THE SIMON & GARFUNKEL STORY
February 4, 2024
Program

Cast

Paul Simon
JONAH BOBO

Paul Simon
ELLIOT LAZAR

Art Garfunkel
BRENDAN JACOB SMITH

Art Garfunkel
MAXWELL PINSON

Band

Keyboards and Background Vocals
ZACH KAMINS

Keyboards and Background Vocals
MARC ENCABO

Drums and Background Vocals
BILLY HARRINGTON

Guitar and Background Vocals
COLLIN KELLER

Guitar and Background Vocals
JOSH VASQUEZ

Bass guitar and Background Vocals
JAY HEMPHILL

Synopsis

The Simon & Garfunkel Story chronicles the amazing journey shared by the folk-rock duo, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. It tells the story from their humble beginnings as Tom & Jerry to their incredible success as one of the best- selling music groups of the ‘60s to their dramatic split in 1970. It culminates with the famous “The Concert in Central Park” reunion in 1981 with more than half a million fans in attendance.

Using state of the art video projection, photos and original film footage, the show also features a full live band performing all of their hits, including “Mrs. Robinson” (featured in the 1967 film The Graduate), “Cecilia,” “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” “Homeward Bound” and many more.

With more than 100 million album sales since 1965, Simon & Garfunkel’s perfect harmonies and songs that poignantly captured the times made them one of the most successful folk-rock duos of all time. Over the years, they won 10 Grammy® Awards and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. In 1977, their Bridge Over Troubled Water album was nominated at the 1977 Brit Awards for Best International Album. In 2003, Simon and Garfunkel were awarded a Grammy® Lifetime Achievement Award and the following year saw their “The Sound of Silence” awarded a Grammy® Hall of Fame Award.

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