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DANIEL O’DONNELL DISCOGRAPHY
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Beloved Irish crooner Daniel O’Donnell has a familiar voice that speaks to multiple genres and generations. His religious faith informs plenty of his music, which is a collection of old favorites and songs of his homeland. A sampling: • “Through The Years,” a four-CD compilation set of 60 Irish, American cover and religious favorites. • “Together Again,” with singing companion Mary Duff. 15 favorites, including “Top of the World” and “Hey, Good Lookin’ ” • “Can You Feel The Love,” on DVD and double CD. A live PBS concert of 27 songs. • “Live From Branson” and “Branson Encore,” PBS concerts on DVD and double CD • “Songs of Faith,” a PBS live concert with the Irish Philharmonic Choir and “Faith & Inspiration,” a studio recording of 16 inspirational songs, including “Nearer My God To Thee” and “Wind Beneath My Wings.”
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lection, which encompasses many different styles and eras. “IjustsingthesongsIlove,andInevergettiredofsinging them,” he said. “When I go to a show, I want to hear the songs I love to listen to, no matter how many times I have heardthem.SoIalwaysmakesureIdothesameforthepeople who come to see me. “Ilovedoingtheshows,andIlovetheinteractionwiththe audience,” he continued. “I have never not wanted to do a show, and I don’t even call it work. Doing something you love is really a wonderful way to spend your life.” O’Donnell also said his current five-week tour of North Americawillbeoneofhislastfortheforeseeablefuture,soit may be quite some time before he comes to Wilkes-Barre have been touring quite extensively for the past 25 years, so I am taking some time to have a rest. again. “I will still be recording, but I am looking forward to hav“I am still going to do a few shows in Branson and a few others, but I won’t be doing any tours next year,” he said. “I ing a little more down time.”
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ry about two young missionaries whose faith is rocked when they come face-to-face with famine, war and AIDS in Africa. “The Book of Mormon,” which stars Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells, has foul language, some brilliantly sarcastic songs, references to genital mutilation, plenty of suppressed homosexuality, tapdancing Mormons, war crimes threatened on an infant, Darth Vader and a character who repeatedly complains about having maggots in his scrotum. While the show makes fun of several Broadway shows including “Fela!” and “The Lion King,” audience-members at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre may be surprised that Parker and Stone have maintained the structure and feel of a traditional musical. “Wethoughtfromtheverybeginning that the biggest challenge was to write a real Broadway musical,” Stone says. “With unconventional material, sure. But to do unconventional material conventionally.” They’ve largely succeeded: There’s certainly more than a nod in the Mormon musical to Rodgers and Hammerstein, the great musi-
Andrew Rannells stars in ’The Book of Mormon,’ written by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of ’South Park.’
cal team — and a Parker childhood favorite—thatalsodealtwithfreshfaced Americans confronting other culturesinshowssuchas“SouthPacific”or“TheKingandI.”Parkerand Stone also say a show about Mormons isn’t that strange when you consider other religious-themed musicals such as “Fiddler on the Roof” and “Jesus Christ Superstar.” It’s clear the team is banking on more than rabid “South Park” fans to keep the musical afloat. “We’re hoping it’s a pretty broad group,” Parker says.
To which Stone adds: “It better be.” Parker then turns hopeful: “We haven’t had a lot of walkouts so far.” Parker, 41, and Stone, 39, have been working on the musical on and off for about seven years, putting the story and songs away each timetheyhadtomakeanotherepisodeof“SouthPark”orfinishtheir films “South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut” and “Team America: World Police.” “We’re trying to do something really different. If we wanted to do ‘South Park: The Musical’ we could have done that. It probably would have made a lot more money,” Stonesays.“Wewantedtodosomething ... a little more sophisticated.” They’ve mulled the idea of a Mormon musical since college and found that their dream was shared by Lopez, who they met after watching and loving “Avenue Q,” a musical that featured foulmouthed puppets and sassy songs. The three were determined not to waiver from their original mission: a musical. “Even though there were a few times where we got tempted during the process to go, ‘Oh, let’s just make this a movie’ — because it
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So popular is Irish crooner Daniel O’Donnell WilkesBarre’s F.M. Kirby Center had to book two back-toback shows.
would be already out on DVD by now — it’s great we stuck through it and did it this way.” Picking on Mormons isn’t new for the “South Park” dudes: In Season 7, they also went after The Church of Latter-day Saints, mostly by mocking participants as relentlessly cheery and by humming “dum, dum, dum” over the animated stories about founder Joseph Smith. It’s not personal, they insist. “Mormons are pretty darn good atturningtheothercheek,”Parker says. “They’re really good at being really nice,” Stone agrees. The two, both atheists, don’t anticipate the same sort of backlash they got when a radical Muslim group was angered after they depicted the prophet Muhammad in a bear suit. Why not? For one thing, the Mormon church has been, in a word, polite. “The production may attempt to entertain audiences for an evening,” the church says in a statement,“buttheBookofMormonas a volume of scripture will change people’s lives forever by bringing them closer to Christ.” To be sure, the musical is not terriblyanti-Mormonorevenveryanti-
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