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Excellent show with a host who genuinely loves what he is doing! Chris Thile is an amazing talent in his own right who loves nothing more than putting other talented musicians together and making great music. I highly recommend this show for any age!
I've been wanting to see the show for a while now and finally had the chance. Chris put on a great show and the guest musicians were great. It was entertaining from start to finish.
This show in December has now become a holiday tradition. Chris Thile is not only a great MC for the show but also an amazing performer. The rest of the cast of characters are very talented and it is fun to watch as they go through their various parts during the show. The guest performers are not your typical mainstream stars but because of this show I have become a fan of many of them...the Staves and yMusic to name just two of them. Bottom line...Go See This Show.
Awesome show! Chris Thiele is a master, so are every one of the musicians on stage! I've attended many Home Companion shows over the years and was uncertain how the show would evolve. Chris took the baton and is carrying it well! This 2+ hour performance was unbelievable, time flew. I brought a few friends who never heard of this show or any of the musicians and they are hooked!
We had terrible luck with parking next door in Quik Park (even though we reserved parking a month ago) but when we got inside to the show, all of the stress of the city faded away. I grew up listening to A Prairie Home Companion (now Live From Here), so being there in person was just kind of magical. Would love to go again.
An evening with Chris Thile & friends is a guaranteed great time!
The show had many talented musicians. It was a wonderful exciting show. I would recommend it to anyone who loves music.
As sublime as Chris Theile(sp) leading a raucous enthusiastic crowd in a quiet heartfelt “silent night”. A great mix of artists, genres, humor, and while the prairie is gone, a wonderful community feel remains. Happy holidays all!
Although it's not the "Prairie Home Companion" it was from years ago it is nice. Chris Thiele on his mandolin is wonderful and his music along with the other musicians is quite a treat. What is missed is the humor and comedy skits. Now with the name change to "Live from Here" I get an awkward feeling the show may not go on much longer.
We saw Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion a number of times and loved him - we still do! The new show is different but still great. The music variety was wonderful. Chris Thile does an excellent job as M.C. and his mandolin playing is amazing. I hope they don't change the title! The seating in the balcony at Town Hall is challenging. You have to duck and dive to see around the person in front of you.
We really enjoyed the show. The musical and comedy guests were excellent. A wonderful blend of humor and talent! The new and improved Prairie Home Companion..
The show is fun and different. Great venue. The music was great and the new host is also an impressive musician
Let's face it, the show is not the same without Garrison Keillor - However, Chris Thile is doing a great job bringing in new talent and skits - I prefer more stories but this show is really very entertaining - at Town Hall we saw Spoon, Cecile McLorin Salvant, and Carmen Lynch. All performed great at and the 2 hours just flew by. The band and cast are fabulous - I hope that Chris with all of his visible love and passion for the show can keep PHC alive for the next several decades. My Rating is actually a 5 for the show and 3 for the Town Hall. The seats are comfortable and the theater easy to move around in My only gripe was that the Town Hall now screens ticket holders with metal detectors (a necessary evil?) and the process is SLOW at 5:50 we were still waiting in line nearly a half block from the theater - we missed the beginning of the show. IMO - the theater needs to open the doors earlier especially for a live radio program.
Loved the entire show. Excellent music and great talents.
Show was a great disappointment. The acts booked were totally out of sync with anything remotely close to the original PHC format. We appreciate that there was a desire to not present a clone show of the original PHC but it should have been more or less in the same bluegrass/story telling genre. Musical acts featuring jazz, cabaret and loud and annoying rock music are not what a PHC audience would want. The humorous "story telling" segment featuring the narrator's photograph on an easel was just silly. Chris Thile is a fabulous mandolin player but not really suited to be the host of a show like this. We know people listening on radio who turned the show off mid-way. We left early and won't return.
This is the second time we have seen the new version of a Prairie Home Companion, now known as "Town Hall". Great music in swarm and welcoming setting.
I understand that when one host retires and another takes over, there will be changes. Chris Thile is extremely talented and a great host, but the essence of what PHC was is slowly being phased out. I have attended the show for the last 4 years and there is a clear difference in the program from then till now. I prefer the old-world, quirky, variety style show of PHC to the newer, more modern format. Spoon is a great band, but I don't think it had any business performing at PHC. On the fence about going back next year.
There was music, comedy, entertainment all over. Great cast and energy.
Outstanding event! Chris Thile is a great MC, not to mention a dynamite musician. I'd go to another live performance of PHC in a heartbeat!
Not only were all of the musicians incredibly talented, but the radio actors were charismatic and funny. I can't say enough about how please I was with this performance!
