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Guthrie Benefit Concert at Shakespeare & Company a Success
Posted by Gail M. Burns - December 2009
{Lenox, Mass.}—Shakespeare & Company celebrated a successful benefit event featuring Arlo Guthrie this past weekend. The Saturday evening concert enjoyed a very full house in the 406-seat Founders’ Theatre, with a paid attendance of 339, plus employees and members of the S&Co. family. The box office yield was over $23,000. Most audience members stayed for a post-show dessert reception, with sweet treats donated by Savory Harvest Catering Company.
Additional contributions to Shakespeare & Company’s internationally renowned performance, education and training programs came from a robust list of local businesses who served as co-sponsors of the event by providing a percentage of business done this weekend to S&Co. Final contributions from each participating business have not yet been tallied, so the complete yield from the benefit weekend is not yet known.
Event co-sponsors, who generously contributed to S&Co. this weekend, include Alta Restaurant and Wine Bar, Berkshire Harvest, Betty’s Pizza Shack, Bizen/Kaiseki, The Cornell Inn, Dreamaway Lodge, Firefly, Haven Café & Bakery, Jonathan’s Bistro, The Lion’s Den at The Red Lion Inn, Cranwell Resort & Spa, The Village Inn and Zinc.
Guthrie performed a solo set on acoustic guitar, old favorites like “The Chilling of the Evening” and “In My Darkest Hour,” newer songs like the Hurricane Katrina response “In Times Like These,” favorites of the folk tradition like “St. James Infirmary Blues,” and a vigorous audience sing-along with “My Peace,” a set of previously unpublished lyrics by Woody Guthrie set to music a few years ago by his son. Guthrie responded to thundering ovations by returning for two encores.
Photos are available HERE