{"id":42266,"date":"2024-01-04T09:29:03","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T14:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=42266"},"modified":"2024-01-04T09:29:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T14:29:05","slug":"on-stage-broadway-touring-shows-debut-locally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=42266","title":{"rendered":"On Stage: Broadway touring shows debut locally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Denny Dyroff<\/strong>, <em>Entertainment Editor, The Times<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19076\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19076\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19076\" src=\"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/michael-andreaus-jalen-harris_harrell-holmes-jr._elijah-ahmad-lewis-e.-clayton_cornelious_from-the_national-touring-company-of-aint-too-proud.-credit_-2_02_3_emilio-madrid.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"195\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-19076\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ain\u2019t Too Proud \u2013 The Life and Times of the Temptations<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The first two national tours of Broadway shows visiting the area have touched down this week.<\/p>\n<p>Coincidentally, both \u201cfirsts\u201d have titles that start with the first letter of the alphabet \u2013 \u201cAin\u2019t Too Proud \u2013 The Life and Times of the Temptations\u201d in Philadelphia and \u201cAnnie\u201d in Wilmington.<\/p>\n<p>The Kimmel Cultural Campus and The Shubert Organization\u00a0are hosting the first national tour of\u00a0\u201cAin\u2019t Too Proud \u2013 The Life and Times of the Temptations\u201d\u00a0for the first time in Philadelphia. The Broadway smash hit musical will play at the Academy of Music (Broad and Locust streets, Philadelphia, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kimmelculturalcampus.org\/\">www.kimmelculturalcampus.org<\/a>) now through January 21 as part of the 2023-24 Broadway series. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Featuring Grammy\u00ae-winning songs and Tony\u00ae-winning moves,\u00a0\u201cAin\u2019t Too Proud\u201d\u00a0is the electrifying new musical that follows The Temptations\u2019 extraordinary journey from the streets of Detroit to the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<p>The musical received 12 Tony nominations and won the Tony Award for Best Choreography at the 73rd\u00a0Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on June 10, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>With their signature dance moves and unmistakable harmonies, they rose to the top of the charts, creating an amazing 42 Top Ten Hits \u2013 with 14 reaching #1 \u2013 and being voted the greatest R&amp;B group of all time by\u00a0Billboard Magazine\u00a0in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The rest is history \u2014 how they met, the groundbreaking heights they hit, and how personal and political conflicts threatened to tear the group apart as the United States fell into civil unrest. This thrilling story of brotherhood, family, loyalty, and betrayal is set to the beat of the group\u2019s treasured hits, including \u201cMy Girl,\u201d \u201cJust My Imagination,\u201d \u201cGet Ready,\u201d \u201cPapa Was a Rolling Stone,\u201d and so many more.<\/p>\n<p>The Temptations released a series of successful singles and albums with\u00a0Motown Records\u00a0during the 1960s to early 1970s. The group&#8217;s work with producer\u00a0Norman Whitfield, beginning with the Top 10 hit\u00a0single\u00a0&#8220;Cloud Nine&#8221; in October 1968, pioneered\u00a0psychedelic soul, and was significant in the evolution of\u00a0R&amp;B\u00a0and\u00a0soul music. The band members are known for their choreography, distinct harmonies, and dress style. Having sold tens of millions of albums, the Temptations are among the most successful groups in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Popular_music\">popular music. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Featuring five male vocalists and dancers (save for brief periods with fewer or more members), the group formed in 1960 in\u00a0Detroit\u00a0under the name\u00a0the Elgins. The founding members came from two rival Detroit vocal groups:\u00a0Otis Williams, Elbridge &#8220;Al&#8221; Bryant, and\u00a0Melvin Franklin\u00a0of Otis Williams &amp; the Distants, and\u00a0Eddie Kendricks\u00a0and\u00a0Paul Williams\u00a0of the Primes. In 1964, Bryant was replaced by\u00a0David Ruffin, who was the lead vocalist on a number of the group&#8217;s biggest hits, including &#8220;My Girl&#8221; (1964), &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ain%27t_Too_Proud_to_Beg\">Ain&#8217;t Too Proud to Beg<\/a>&#8221; (1966), and &#8220;I Wish It Would Rain&#8221; (1967).<\/p>\n<p>Ruffin was replaced in 1968 by\u00a0Dennis Edwards, with whom the group continued to record hit records such as &#8220;Cloud Nine&#8221; (1968), &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/I_Can%27t_Get_Next_to_You\">I Can&#8217;t Get Next to You<\/a>&#8221; (1969), and &#8220;Ball of Confusion (That&#8217;s What the World Is Today)&#8221; (1970). The group&#8217;s lineup has changed frequently since the departures of Kendricks and Paul Williams from the act in 1971. Later members of the group have included singers such as Richard Street,\u00a0Damon Harris, Ron Tyson, and\u00a0Ali-Ollie Woodson, with whom the group scored a late-period hit in 1984 with &#8220;Treat Her Like a Lady&#8221; and in 1987 with the theme song for the children&#8217;s movement program\u00a0\u201cKids in Motion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Temptations celebrated their 60th\u00a0Anniversary through 2022.\u00a0To mark this milestone, The Temptations released a brand-new album,\u00a0\u201cTemptations 60,\u201d\u00a0with nearly all-original songs in January 2022 and are still touring in the U.S, as well as abroad to the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands, fall of 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Ranked #1 in Billboard\u00a0magazine\u2019s most recent list of the \u201cGreatest R&amp;B\/Hip-Hop Artists of All Time,\u201d The Temptations also appear in the magazine\u2019s 125th\u00a0Anniversary list of the \u201c125 Greatest of All Time Artists.\u201d In addition,\u00a0Rolling Stone\u00a0magazine named the group among the \u201c100 Greatest Artists of All Time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The group\u2019s popularity is ever-increasing, and they are one of the most iconic, bestselling brands in the entertainment world today. In 1989, The Temptations were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<p>While the group has evolved over the years, Dr. Otis Williams has continued to lead the group and carry the torch forward for the next generation of Temptations\u2019 fans. Williams, the sole surviving, original member of The Temptations, turned 80 on October 30, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Stepping into the role of Otis Williams in the musical will be original first national tour cast member, Michael Andreaus, and joining the tour from the Original Broadway Company is E. Clayton Cornelious as Paul Williams. They join the current Classic Temptations Jalen Harris as Eddie Kendricks, Harrell Holmes Jr. as Melvin Franklin, and Elijah Ahmad Lewis as David Ruffin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe started touring in December 2021 \u2013 not long after the lockdown ended,\u201d said Andreaus, during a recent phone interview from a tour stop in Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started as Berry Gordy and covered Otis. When the guy playing Otis took off, I moved into the role in 2022. Philly will be a year since the change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Broadway production weas running while we were rehearsing. Two other members of our tour cast were in the Broadway production.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Andreaus, a graduate of University of Central Oklahoma, was familiar with the music of the Temptations for most of his life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMotown music \u2013 especially the Temptations \u2013 was a staple in my house when I was little. My mom and dad both loved Motown. \u2018My Girl\u2019 was one of the songs I first remember as a great song I listened to when I was a kid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Christmas Day in 1964, the Temptations were doing a Motortown Revue show at the Brooklyn Fox Theater with the Supremes, the Marvellettes, Marvin Gaye, the Miracles and Stevie Wonder. The next day Motown released \u201cMy Girl.\u201d It charted at #76 three weeks later.<\/p>\n<p>It was 1965, when \u201cMy Girl\u201d became a #1 Pop chart hit, that was a game changer for Williams and The Temptations.\u00a0The Temptations were performing at the Apollo Theater in Harlem when they received a telegram from Berry Gordy, The Supremes, The Beatles and many others, congratulating them on their #1 success.<\/p>\n<p>The Temptations\u2019 fan base went global and like The Beatles, they became a household name worldwide. This was a mic drop moment in Williams\u2019 iconic career.\u00a0It was The Temptations\u2019 first #1 million copy chart hit. \u201cMy Girl\u201d would become the group\u2019s magnum opus, and it was inducted into The Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998, and in 2018 it was entered into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Temptations\u2019 catalog has been a great influence ever since I was really young,\u201d said Andreaus. \u201cI had seen the mini-series. I read the book. And I met Otis a few times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Otis Williams and The Temptations are still lighting up concert stages around the world. The Temptations embarked on a national concert tour in 2022 that crisscrossed the U.S. They also headlined concerts in fall 2022 in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>Williams and the current Temptations lineup will perform locally twice in spring 2024 \u2013 May 4 at the American Music Theater in Lancaster and May 9 at the Grand Opera House in Wilmington.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOtis has come to see this tour a few times,\u201d said Andreaus, whose resume includes Broadway:\u00a0\u201cA Soldier\u2019s Play\u201d\u00a0(Roundabout), Off-Broadway:\u00a0\u201cLove and Yogurt\u201d\u00a0(NY Theatre Barn), and Film\/TV:\u00a0\u201cFinding Carlos,\u201d and \u201cWhen They See Us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe loves the show. Also, I\u2019ve had the chance to ask him questions. He saw my performance in Nashville and gave it his seal of approval.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe loves it. He\u2019s still overwhelmed that there was a show about his life. He loves us and tells people to come out and see us and support the show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a guarantee that at every show, there will be people around the audience who (loudly) exclaim \u2013 \u201coh, I didn\u2019t know this was a song by the Temptations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe catalog is so vast,\u201d said Andreaus. \u201cPeople hear a song and didn\u2019t realize it was a Temptations\u2019 song or a song that the Temptations did first \u2013 like \u2018Papa was a Rolling Stone.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe story also reaches people \u2013 realizing what the group endured. There were conflicts within the group especially with Motown \u2013 especially during the Vietnam war when Berry wanted to keep the music upbeat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe song \u2018War\u2019 was originally supposed to be a Temptations\u2019 song, but Berry Gordy didn\u2019t want the Temptations to do a protest song. There were a lot of ups-and-downs over the years. The story is what really gets to the people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Video link for \u201cAin\u2019t Too Proud \u2013 The Life and Times of the Temptations\u201d \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/cdrUhqleHxI\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/cdrUhqleHxI<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAin\u2019t Too Proud \u2013 The Life and Times of the Temptations\u201d will run now through January 21 at the Academy of Music.<\/p>\n<p>Ticket prices start at $27.<\/p>\n<p>In this era of political divisiveness, war, climate problems, fear, hate mongering and despair, a musical that celebrates truth, love, hope, happiness is a welcome event.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19077\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19077\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19077\" src=\"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/0122-The-2022-company-of-ANNIE.-Photo-credit_-Matthew-Murphy-and-Evan-Zimmerman-for-MurphyMade-2-350x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-19077\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Annie<\/p><\/div>\n<p>From January 5-7, the\u00a0Playhouse\u00a0on\u00a0Rodney\u00a0Square (1007 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegrandwilmington.org\/\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"2\">www.thegrandwilmington.org<\/a>) is presenting a three-day, four-show run of \u201cAnnie.\u201d This tour is produced by\u00a0Crossroads Live North America.<\/p>\n<p>The structure of this show is different than many other shows. The main character has the arc and everyone around Annie transforms. It was the Great Depression. Everyone was suffering and there was this little girl with an indomitable spirit. The show is funny but it\u2019s also about truth and love.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnnie\u201d\u00a0is directed by\u00a0Jenn Thompson, choreographed by\u00a0Patricia Wilcox\u00a0(Motown, A Night with Janis Joplin), music supervision by\u00a0Matthew Smedal,\u00a0with orchestrations by\u00a0Dan DeLange.\u00a0Talitha Fehr\u00a0is the Music Coordinator and\u00a0Jennifer Christina\u00a0is the Music Director.<\/p>\n<p>According to director Jenn Thompson, who at the age of 10 stepped into the role of \u201cPepper\u201d in the Original Broadway production, \u201cThis show, with its iconic title character, continues to delight generations of theatre-lovers old and new by joyfully singing directly into the face of great adversity with perseverance, guts and guile.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor decades,\u00a0\u2018Annie\u2019\u00a0has continued to shine brightly, not only as an appeal to our better angels, but also as an example of the thrill of hope, hard-won: promising a better \u2018Tomorrow\u2019 not only for\u00a0Annie\u00a0herself, but for all who need her message now more than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The National Tour of \u201cAnnie\u201d features a stellar cast. In the title role of\u00a0Annie\u00a0is Rainier \u201cRainey\u201d Trevi\u00f1o, an 11-year-old from Chesapeake, Virginia making her national tour debut.\u00a0 Returning principal cast includes\u00a0Stefanie Londino\u00a0as \u201cMiss Hannigan,\u201d\u00a0Christopher Swan\u00a0as \u201cOliver\u00a0Warbucks,\u201d\u00a0Julia Nicole Hunter\u00a0as \u201cGrace,\u201d and\u00a0Mark Woodard\u00a0as \u201cFDR.\u201d Also starring in the tour are\u00a0Jeffrey T. Kelly\u00a0as \u201cRooster\u201d and\u00a0Samantha Stevens\u00a0as \u201cLily.\u00a0\u00a0Georgie, rescued by William Berloni, stars as \u201cSandy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not your daddy\u2019s \u2018Annie\u2019,\u201d said Londino, during a phone interview. \u201cWe\u2019ve got something new for you. The music is stunning with all new orchestrations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a Jersey girl \u2013 born and raised. I was born in New Brunswick and raised in Elizabeth. From there, I went to college at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. They have a great Shakespeare program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI studied in their actor training program. I wanted the challenge. Then, the East Coast called me back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Londino has performed in \u200bBroadway national tours of \u201cA Bronx Tale\u201d (Rosina) and \u201cFiddler on the Roof\u201d (Shaindel). Her Off-Broadway credits include \u201cThe Mayor of Williamsburg,\u201d \u201cWhat Do Critics Know?,\u201d \u201cFlak House\u201d\u00a0\u00a0and\u201cRed Wine in Paper Cups.\u201d She is also an original rock musician who has recorded several albums and opened for Bon Jovi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like playing the role of Miss Hannigan because she is a female powerhouse,\u201d said Londino. \u201cIt\u2019s such a delight to have a force in the play.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s often portrayed as a cartoon. Jenn (director Jenn Thompson) looks at her as a real person. She is the dark side of the Annie coin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn terms of structure, she\u2019s a villain \u2013 but she has to deal with the circumstances. The humor in her and the darkness play off each other. The darker she can be, the more hilarious she becomes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The original production of\u00a0Annie\u00a0had its world premiere on Aug 10, 1976, at the Goodspeed Opera House in Haddam, Connecticut, and opened on Broadway on April 21, 1977, at the Alvin Theatre (Neil Simon Theatre).\u00a0 The production, featured Andrea McArdle as Annie, went on to win the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical, seven Drama Desk Awards including Best Musical, the Grammy for Best Cast Show Album, and seven Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Book (Thomas Meehan) and Best Score (Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin).\u00a0It closed on Broadway after playing 2,377 performances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnnie\u201d was revived on Broadway in 1997 and again in 2014. It\u00a0has been made into a film three times (1982, 1999, 2014) and was most recently featured as a live television production on NBC. The show remains one of the biggest Broadway musical hits ever. It has been performed in 28 languages and has been running somewhere around the world for 45 years.<\/p>\n<p>The beloved score for \u201cAnnie\u201d includes \u201cMaybe,\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s the Hard Knock Life,\u201d \u201cYou\u2019re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile,\u201d \u201cEasy Street,\u201d \u201cI Don\u2019t Need Anything But You,\u201d and the eternal anthem of optimism, \u201cTomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The show has gone on numerous national tours and featured notable cast members such as child star Amanda Balon as Annie and television\/movie\/stage\/rock band veteran Mackenzie Phillips as Lily St. Regis.<\/p>\n<p>Video link for \u201cAnnie\u201d &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/3ylwnM6MLBg\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/3ylwnM6MLBg<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ticket prices start at $50.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-19078\" src=\"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwcm9kLXNpaC5zZWV0aWNrZXRzdXNhLnVzIiwia2V5IjoiNjY5Y2ViMGMtYWI2Ni00YzA3LTljODgtMDVmOGYyOGJiMGQxIiwiZWRpdHMiOnt9fQ-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" \/>A lot of current music fans are too young to have seen Sublime perform. Not surprisingly since the band has been gone for more than two decades.<\/p>\n<p>Sublime may be gone but the music of the ska punk band from Southern California lives on.<\/p>\n<p>When a trio loses its guitarist\/vocalist\/primary songwriter, it usually spells the end of the band. Such was the case with Sublime when the trio\u2019s main man Brad Nowell died in 1996.<\/p>\n<p>The music of Sublime lives on through Badfish \u2013 A Tribute to Sublime. In addition to being the best Sublime tribute band, it is one of the premier tribute acts in America.<\/p>\n<p>There are many, many Sublime fans who wish they were concertgoers during its eight-year run from 1988-1996. Fortunately for them and for longtime sublime fans, there is Badfish, a band from Rhode Island featuring Joel Hanks on bass, Scott Begin on drums, Dorian Duffy on Keyboards and Pat Downes on vocals and guitar.<\/p>\n<p>Ardmore Music Hall (23 East Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ardmoremusic.com\/\">www.ardmoremusic.com<\/a>) will present Badfish on January 10.<\/p>\n<p>Badfish covers virtually the entire catalog of songs from Sublime\u2019s three albums \u2013 1992\u2019s \u201c40oz. to Freedom,\u201d 1994\u2019s \u201cRobbin\u2019 the Hood\u201d and 1996\u2019s \u201cSublime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve pretty much learned all the tracks from all three albums,\u201d said Begin, during a phone interview Wednesday afternoon from his home in South Kingston, Rhode Island.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe middle album \u2013 \u2018Robbin\u2019 the Hood\u2019 \u2013 has some instrumental tracks that we might not do exactly as they were recorded but the rest is all pretty true. With \u201840oz\u2019 and the self-titled album, we know them front-to-back. We\u2019ve even performed them in their entirety from start to finish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Badfish has always been a Sublime tribute band. It took its name from the title of a song appearing on the album\u00a0\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/40oz._to_Freedom\">40oz. to Freedom<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe band started in 2001 at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston,\u201d said Begin. \u201cI met Joel there. We started the band as college students looking to do something on weekends. When we first started, we were jamming on reggae and punk tunes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe decided right away to be a Sublime tribute band. We booked a show two weeks out and rehearsed every day. Our first show was April 13, 2001, at Ocean Mist in South Kingston. We still play there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter a while, we started taking it seriously. It evolved into a full-time touring band. Joel and I both were computer science majors at URI. We graduated in 2002 and 2003\/2004 was when we really started to get serious. It was a lot of risk, but we knew it was worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, two decades later, Badfish is still going strong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe core of the four of us remains the same \u2013 Joel on bass, Pat as the singer, Dorian on keys and samplers and I play drums and do backup vocals.\u201d said Begin. \u201cWe rotate in horn players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur old singer \u2013 David Ladin \u2013 was with us for five or six years. He was a local guy from Kingston. He left the band because he had started a family. Then, Pat Downes, who had played sax with us at times, took over vocals and guitar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPat is a great singer. That\u2019s a good thing for us because the main challenge for any tribute band is to sound like the vocalist. For me, the biggest challenge was learning the distinctive style of Sublime\u2019s drummer Bud Gaugh.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, Badfish have conquered all the challenges and that has allowed the music of Sublime to live on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re playing the music of Sublime, and they had three major releases,\u201d said Begin. \u201cSo, we don\u2019t have a large set list.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Badfish does have some recorded material that it will be releasing in the new year \u2013 recordings of original songs.<\/p>\n<p>According to Begin, \u201cPutting out original music alongside being a tribute band has always been a point of interest to us. It\u2019s been a tricky path to walk, though. Yet as the years have gone by and we\u2019ve gotten to witness our little show turn into somewhat of a movement within the scene, we are at the point where we feel we have something of real heart and value to add not only to our show but to the American reggae scene.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the lockdown, Badfish did some livestream shows featuring Sublime songs and, at the same time, began looking in a different direction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe started toying with the idea of doing our own music,\u201d said Begin. \u201cOriginal music \u2013 the idea that we were coming out with our music \u2013 what was being presented by certain guys in the band. We started and stopped with originals over the years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce we turned the corner, it started moving. The summer of 2022 was when it really got moving. Just as Sublime owed a debt to reggae bands, our new material is rooted in reggae.\u201d<br \/>\nBadfish will never abandon Sublime\u2019s music.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe never will run out of Sublime songs \u2013 well-known tracks and lesser-known songs,\u201d said Begin. \u201cWe probably could do five hours if we really dug into it. We\u2019ve always tried to strike a balance between well-known cuts and album cuts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have five originals in the can that are 90 per cent of the way there with the intent of releasing it as an EP after a few singles over the next few months. We have another 8-10 demos in the works.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Badfish has already released the first \u201coriginal\u201d single \u2013 \u201cHigh With You.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe started recording it in summer 2022,\u201d said Begin. \u201cWe completed it last fall when the band Little Strangers contributed a verse. Now, we\u2019ll sneak the new single into the live show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Video link for Badfish &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/0iJ312cXiWI\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/0iJ312cXiWI<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The show in Ardmore on January 10 will start at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Ticket prices range from $20-$49.<\/p>\n<p>Other upcoming shows at the Ardmore Music Hall are Southern Rock Night on January 5, The Bowie Birthday Bash with Candy Volcano on January 6, and BVTLive on January 8.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times The first two national tours of Broadway shows visiting the area have touched down this week. Coincidentally, both \u201cfirsts\u201d have titles that start with the first letter of the alphabet \u2013 \u201cAin\u2019t Too Proud \u2013 The Life and Times of the Temptations\u201d in Philadelphia and \u201cAnnie\u201d in Wilmington. 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