front row yes that's great but we have a lot of shows and i'm just going to add you know we filmed the shows and we taped them so just in case this is coming on well we still have a few shows you know left i mean we have very cheap in carpenter  headliners in one show it's great why he's agreed to be the opening act i don't know but i can't we can't show you we don't call the opening act like you know yes no that's really exciting but there are a lot of new things here at the hall we're here actually in a dressing room right to see the new chandelier is my gosh my hands by one of our technology our tech director picked this gorgeous chandelier full of big round balls crystal what he didn't do was he didn't notice that each so so we're going to have a lot of specials and that's usually the biggest the second big sales sale right but we had an amazing on sale so let's talk about a little bit about the holiday shows which you know is my favorite  collins has to be my all time favorite christmas show because it's here every year tradition well it is a tradition and talk you have to love someone who is jewish who does christmas store every year i think everybody should like christmas oh i know and i  simpson is going to be there which is what i'm looking forward to seeing oh yeah i love her she's amazing i think we have some video with dave and kenny lana more little so anyway i was on that but that's great and i'm looking forward to it again and he had brought in that clip to him i did with him so that is on friday november twenty fifth actually that's black friday right so you do your shopping you get up early get an afternoon nap and then shows on saturday saturday that's going to see an audience will be all my stuff here from the what we're used to sounds a little bit i love this kind of it brings younger people in the theater and i'm looking forward to you know seeing what i've probably come to the earlier show and then one of my favorite artists melissa etheridge is coming back doing the holly show which is for me i've never seen the only show released a holiday album last year ok i missed that so and she's also releasing a new album memphis rock and  ul right she came i guess two or three years ago and i tom bar when the city manager was new and i dragged him along with me and he was so blown away because people were having the best time of their life just be coming up we taped to say what i was going to earlier i submit i've worked with in the business such a genuine and his his show is called comfort and joy and it's november twenty ninth at seven thirty and then we have a local ninth grader which at the time we didn't know what we taped the segment who think we're showing it right now and then when we come back we're going to talk with him you've heard him as your half time guest right and then we have we have a couple more shows before we go to break we have been coming the broadway musical december twenty seventh show it's almost and and of course with jim brickman and our next segment you're going to hear all about his show but one of my favorite holiday albums is jim brooklyn's piece so we will be back in a minute with him  my dad he would come home and in a football player for saying he was just a kid that needed to be a part of something i don't think he had anyone as a role model or someone showing him what to do so you  welcome to at the ben way it's all as i mentioned we have an extra special guest we have jim brickman here with us jim i'm so glad you're with us today mary thank you for having me thinks i told him the story that many years ago i saw him in concert and i had it was booked in the theater i was running and i planned to stop in for five minutes and you had me from the first time you put the fingers to the keyboard you were amazing thank you thank you for saying what do you credit for your success you know it's it's really the the record company said to me so when does your tour start as you mean like on a stage in front of people oh my god i don't know why but for some it just didn't occur to me because i was playing solo piano and i thought well what would that show be you know and so the first time that i had a concert a performing arts center that i had to get booked in one  i just went out and i just just did it i just talked i talked and i shared stories and i i played and and i thought you know the best that i can do is to be myself  not playing a character i write your own curriculum brick mansion record and so if you if you are listening to the album at home the live experience should mirror that feeling and in some way you know that when there's a disconnect like well it doesn't sound like that on the album or there you go you know people don't like that i'm going to they're going to be here on tuesday november twenty ninth for your comfort enjoy the show and you're kind of synonymous now in my mind with christmas that album peace you know you talk about playing i played in the car and it is so wonderful and you and some of these songs when i hear the gift i want the radio just played over and over again thank you how do these things inspire you you know  christmas is such a wonderful time of year and of course the it's the most wonderful time of the right yes it is specially my home but you know be here right after thanksgiving weekend as it is such a great kickoff of the holiday season and it's nice and early in the tour which means everybody is really energetic everything yes but the inspiration of christmas people in such a great mood and people come and gather and it's such a wonderful group of people it's multi generations people who are vacationing it's young kids who play the piano but this is an extra special show you you have an american idol winner with you yeah yeah well i look you know because of songs like the gift and songs that tease about this i have no break up songs only love me and love songs i feel like whatever what i like to represent in my music is hope and promise and beauty escape i want people to laugh i won't have tender moments i encourage people to meet at the show oh that would be a great great singles place you know anyone who wants to come you know extra seat right next to me maybe you could put somebody in the middle it's really true you know when you when you gather with people who are of like kinds and who have common common interest yeah then you tend to meet people but it's you know a lot of times people because little think that it's just romance but i need to mention you know we have a huge education program here at the van way as well and this is a city of the art so i think it's really special you had that wonderful you say not to use the word competition but this wonderful celebration of young artists so people are go on stage with you yeah it's really great and i encourage young people to follow their dream in any fashion in my particular case music is my lane so you know i want to try to advocate for young people who have a desire to write songs to play piano and sing and so we got together with this music community  for youngsters to play for me and to and to perform and recital of sorts and one of those performers is going to join me on stage so a member of the community oh it was it's a it's unbelievable honor and you know you the reason that i do this and have always loved doing it is to share so it is really when you have peers you know other people who see you and believe in you have a vote for you or something like that that's really special but it's it it's more special to me when a group of audience on a particular night leaves with a smile on their face you know laughs a lot you know has experience that makes them walk out and go you know i didn't think about anything for two hours or mor that's what matters the most and the reason i like to perform live so much well you're going to be able to see jim brickman live tuesday november twenty ninth at the dan ways well and we are so excited to have you here and there are so you are one of my favorite of all times and i'm so grateful for you being here today thank you my pleasure i look forward to seeing everybody their great there's a shelter pet who wants to meet you meet one today visit the shelter pet project or adopt ill or this man and now that he's retired from the radio show and then i look at his touring schedule and he's doing like two hundred ninety eight dates you know you can't get a hold of him because he's so busy and he just amazing he doesn't live here on december thirteenth at eight o'clock and you know people always ask me do you go to every show and i pretty much do it unless they are like the rentals or something like that you know and garrison keillor was one that i thought oh i don't know if this you know i had been of her emotional and to do christmas reminiscences well just went the last time he was here i did i stayed the whole time i sewed it on he was fantastic even when he started singing to say that yes that was that was the joyful moment there you go but garrison keillor i can't wait to see him again december thirteenth eight o'clock you can't get it on the radio now so let's it's a repeat so please come here and get your garrison keillor fix on and then this is the show i am so disappointed i am going to miss it i will miss you as well it's too bad we're both nebraska theater caravan you know they really produce like a broadway version right of a christmas carol and it's they sing the costumes it's fabulous and the reason i'm probably going to lose viewers now the reason why but i'm i am of course a philly girl and i am flying home to see the philadelphia eagles in their game before christmas you know and i have to support the way and i mean a lot of wonderful people work in food kitchens and help and this is an easy way to you know and you can drop these off at here of the city hall the federal building the police department we start all over and we will be sure to honor a coupon for you and see a fantastic fantastic show and then i will be back i am coming back i am flying back so that i can see this show because talk about really the perfect fare for the holiday  cinderella oh my goodness you're kids are going to love that you're going to be looking for things to do after the holidays with them this show is just perfect for that but you don't need children this is the big broadway production show on broadway to get spectacular it's just it's so nice and i tell you when cinderella when cinderella changes into that ball gown i would have to do it five times actually magic oh my gosh yeah it really is you know it because it's one minute she's you know in their rags and  oh and i don't know if you heard but glass slippers are so in i would know but i'll take your word for it so we have two performances of christmas could be up cinderella it's a summer twenty seventh and twenty eighth at seven o'clock we wasn't that spectacular yes love that means it's what i've seen and i didn't have a chance to take my wife so she's that's what i think she's to see she hasn't seen this production so you mean you're actually going with her you're not making me take her  up and then of course for the poor you know we're keeping in the festivities you know new year's eve is coming up and we have forty second street counts we had last year which sold every single ticket hot it was in a fantastic i have never had a blessed season how does everybody buy tickets to these shows tact well my favorite ways to go to the box office go directly to the box office you can which has been renovated which is all that's right we have a brand new renovated box office as well you could really talk to people now want to take the walls and  dressed up for the holidays and and i really want to urge all of you to visit us and just have a wonderful holiday season we'll be back with you and a month or so to talk about some other exciting shows and we will welcome you back to