{"id":85426,"date":"2020-01-03T12:18:24","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T18:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/?p=85426"},"modified":"2020-01-10T16:57:51","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T22:57:51","slug":"85426","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2020\/01\/85426\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Simon &#038; Garfunkel Story\u201d will play at the Bologna Performing Arts Center on Jan. 15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The internationally acclaimed hit theater show <em>The Simon &amp; Garfunkel Story<\/em> will stop by the Bologna Performing Arts Center (BPAC) on Jan. 15 during the coast-to-coast U.S. tour.<!--more--> The performance is locally sponsored by Quality Steel. The immersive concert-style theater show 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 &amp; Jerry to their incredible success as one of the best-selling music groups of the \u201960s to their dramatic split in 1970. It culminates with the famous \u201cThe Concert in Central Park\u201d reunion in 1981 with more than half a million fans in attendance. Go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesimonandgarfunkelstory.com\">www.thesimonandgarfunkelstory.com<\/a> for on sale dates and ticket information.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets to see <em>The Simon &amp; Garfunkel Story<\/em> are now on sale at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bolognapac.com\">www.bolognapac.com<\/a> or at the BPAC Ticket Office at 662.846.4626.<\/p>\n<p>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 \u201cMrs. Robinson\u201d (featured in the 1967 film <em>The Graduate<\/em>), \u201cCecilia,\u201d \u201cBridge over Troubled Water,\u201d \u201cHomeward Bound,\u201d and many more.<\/p>\n<p>With more than 100 million album sales since 1965, Simon &amp; Garfunkel\u2019s 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 <em>Bridge over Troubled Water<\/em> 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 \u201cThe Sound of Silence\u201d awarded a Grammy Hall of Fame Award.<\/p>\n<p>Information about The Simon &amp; Garfunkel Story and ticketing can be found at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesimonandgarfunkelstory.com\">http:\/\/www.thesimonandgarfunkelstory.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT RIGHT ANGLE ENTERTAINMENT (Producers):<br \/>\nRight Angle Entertainment specializes in producing world class shows for influencers and major brands, theatrical tours, and concert events live to the stage. RAE\u2019s proud roster includes: <em>Markiplier&#8217;s You\u2019re Welcome Tour<\/em>, David Dobrik&#8217;s <em>VIEWS <\/em>tour, <em>Disney Dance Upon a Dream<\/em>, <em>America&#8217;s Got Talent Live<\/em>, Cat &amp; Nat <em>#MomTruths<\/em>, <em>The Price is Right LIVE<\/em>, <em>The Office! A Musical Parody<\/em> now playing Off-Broadway, <em>FRIENDS! The Musical Parody<\/em> North American tour, <em>Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical<\/em>, among many others. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightangleentertainment.com\">www.rightangleentertainment.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The internationally acclaimed hit theater show The Simon &amp; Garfunkel Story will stop by the Bologna Performing Arts Center (BPAC) on Jan. 15 during the coast-to-coast U.S. tour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":85427,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,418,1912],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bologna-performing-arts-center","category-community-3","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85426"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85548,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85426\/revisions\/85548"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}