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Randy Newman in Concert

With songs that run the gamut from heartbreaking to satirical and a host of unforgettable film scores, Randy Newman has used his many talents to create musical masterpieces widely recognized by generations of audiences.

After starting his songwriting career as a teenager, Newman launched into recording as a singer and pianist in 1968 with his self-titled album Randy Newman. Throughout the 1970s he released several other acclaimed albums such as: 12 Songs, Sail Away, and Good Old Boys. In addition to his solo recordings and regular international touring, Newman began composing and scoring for films in the 1980s. The list of movies he has worked on since then includes The Natural, Awakenings, Ragtime, all three Toy Story pictures, Seabiscuit, James and the Giant Peach, A Bug’s Life, and most recently, Disney/Pixar’s Monsters University, the prequel to Monsters Inc. (which he also scored).

The highly praised 2008 Harps and Angels was Newman’s first album of new material since 1999. The Austin Chronicle wrote “the characters are memorable, the satire sharp, the music luxurious, and the arrangements maybe the most gorgeous in all pop music.”

The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 2, which is the second in a series of new solo piano/vocal recordings of his songs spanning his five-decades, was released in 2011. Time Out New York said of the series, which will receive a third volume soon, “The Songbook records strip away the orchestrations of his regular albums, leaving Newman alone at the piano, singing...three-minute masterpieces from throughout a half-century career.” 

That same year, Nonesuch Records released a live CD and DVD recorded at London’s intimate LSO St. Luke’s, an 18th-century Anglican church that has been restored by the London Symphony Orchestra, where he was accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Robert Ziegler. The 22-song set features some of his best-known songs like “Short People,” “Louisiana 1927,” and “I Think It’s Going to Rain Today,” as well as newer songs such as “A Few Words in Defense of Our Country” and “Laugh and Be Happy.”

Randy Newman’s many honors include six Grammys, three Emmys, and two Academy Awards, as well as a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013—the same year he was given an Ivor Novello PRS for Music Special International Award. Mostly recently, Newman was presented with a PEN New England Song Lyrics of Literary Excellence Award in June 2014.

Reviews

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 based on 160 reviews
  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    VERY ENTERTAINING

    by CONCERTADDICT1969 on 1/30/18Birchmere - Alexandria

    SHOW WAS FUN AND ENTERTAING HE PLAYED ALL HIS HITS A SOME NEW MATERIAL. I AM A CASUAL FAN. I WOULD RECOMEND SEEING HIM A LEAST ONCE. YOU WILL LEAVE FEELING GOOD AFTER CONCERT.

  • Rating: 4 out of 5

    Randy Newman at Orpheum in New orleans

    by MSMaryAnne on 12/24/17Orpheum Theater - New Orleans

    He is so funny and an awesome piano player and writer. Did perform some new ones he's written. Fun interplay with the audience. If you like Randy Newman you should buy his new compilation album whenever it is released. I did not know he wrote some hit songs in the '60s like Three Dog Night's hit "Mama Told Me Not to Come". I loved hearing him live. I would do it again.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    mr. newman was prime...

    by theo45 on 12/17/17Count Basie Theatre - Red Bank

    randy newman @ the count basie theatre in red bank was brilliant... enough said!

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Great

    by vjdayvic on 12/17/17Count Basie Theatre - Red Bank

    Newman really seemed to enjoy himself. He didn't sing my favorite, Love Story, but he hit everything else. He's funny and delightful.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Never disappoints

    by CarbonAtomGuy on 12/15/17Orpheum Theater - New Orleans

    Lots of love to and from New Orleans' son, lost to LA but always welcome back

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Best Randy Newman Show Yet

    by Bubba921 on 12/15/17Orpheum Theater - New Orleans

    I've seen Randy Newman at the Jazz Fest and the Theatre of the Performing Arts and the show at the Orpheum Theater was the best. He had the best setlist, it was the smallest venue and the sound was excellent. His connection to New Orleans, his humor, his songwriting and his performing skills are great. Actually, I'd give him a 4 1/2 star rating because he's not the best singer and he doesn't perform Rednecks but it was a wonderful show.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    A great Show!

    by Gelaw on 12/15/17Orpheum Theater - New Orleans

    A great show in a beautiful, well-staffed venue with awesome acoustics. Started a little after 7 to allow for late-comers (good move for all parties). Two 45-minte sets with a 20-minute intermission-perfect!

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Randy Newman awesome at the Orpheum!

    by bkcw on 12/15/17Orpheum Theater - New Orleans

    The Orpheum and Randy Newman were the perfect combination for me. Just a beautiful and small enough old theatre, a grand piano, and a songwriter, singer, humorist! What a night.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Loved watching greatness!

    by MaryMarie8 on 12/15/17Orpheum Theater - New Orleans

    Randy Newman is still amazing! We enjoyed his storytelling and sense of humor throughout. His casualness and ease made you feel like you were sitting in his living room requesting your favorite songs...even better than we expected.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Randy was his usual awesome self

    by RandyNewbie on 12/15/17Orpheum Theater - New Orleans

    Great music venue at the Orpheum, hard to have bad seats. Sound was awesome. Randy played most of his favorites. I "found" his music in 1981 and have liked him ever since. Would repeat a visit agsin, for sure