The upcoming May 8 Roger Waters show is a good example of a show that might not sell out the Meadows, but will pack the Oakdale and look great there besides. Segal says the most stunning Oakdale event of last year was when Big Bad Voodoo Daddy had thousands of beat-happy folk of all ages dancing in the dome. We caught the moment. The Oakdale's caught a lot of moments, not just with concerts but with mega-sized dance events like Riverdance . I always look forward to the future, no matter how lousy the present may be.
Most people are future tense personalities.
And if your present-day is too tense, well, try a concert at the Oakdale and capture the moment. It's mentioned in hundreds of theater history books and memoirs thanks to its squiring of great American theater works from the artist's conception to eventual Broadway acclaim. The present-day Shubert delights in that legacy. It also works hard to keep today's audiences happy, while adding to that incredible history. Wildhorn used a Shubert berth to work out the kinks in his latest Broadway blockbuster, The Civil War .