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Get ready to shake your groove thing as the Space Coast Symphony Orchestra takes a bellbottomed ride through 70’s & 80’s Broadway. The season-opening concert of musicals and disco gets underway Sunday, June 18 at 3:00 PM, at the Emerson Center, 1590 27th Avenue in Vero Beach, 32960. The high energy program will feature some of the 1970’s most popular musicals, including Evita, Chicago, Hair, Annie, A Chorus Line, Jesus Christ Superstar, and The Who’s Tommy. The concert will also feature music from the epic shows that defined the 1980’s, including Les Miserables, Cats, and Grease. The concert is rounded out with a medley of scorching disco and funk hits like “YMCA,” “D.I.S.C.O,” “Funky Town,” “Sugar Baby Love,” “What a Feeling” and more. $30 tickets are available through the orchestra website www.SpaceCoastSymphony.org or at Marine Bank & Trust, beachside and mainland branches. Tickets at the door are $35. Concertgoers aged 18 and under or with a college ID are admitted free to every SCSO concert. For more information about 70’s & 80’s Broadway, call toll free to 855-252-7276 or visit www.SpaceCoastSymphony.org.   

The 70’s and the 80’s marked a generational change for theater music. Space Coast Symphony Orchestra Conductor and Artistic Director, Aaron T. Collins explains more about 70’s & 80’s Broadway.

“The rock-vibe musicals were grittier than the earlier generation of musical theater –and much more modern in their storytelling,” said Collins. “At the same time, disco and funk were emerging and dominating the dance floor in a sexy expression of pure American joy.”  

Concertgoers aged 18 and under or with a college ID are admitted free to every SCSO concert. For more information about the Space Coast Symphony 2023-24 season or the Symphony for Everyone ticket program, visit SpaceCoastSymphony.org or call toll-free (855) 252-7276.