NVOH Presents Performing Pets, Comedian Dana Carvey, and Jazz Musician David Benoit 12/3-12/21
By: Erica Anker Dec. 03, 2010
Napa Valley Opera House Presents Performing Pets, Comedian Dana Carvey, and Jazz Musician David Benoit this December.
Events:
Performing Pets Take the Spotlight in the Popovich Comedy Pet Theater
World-Famous Pet Circus Returns to Opera House for Four Performances
Saturday, December 4, 2:00 p.m. & 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, December 5, 2:00 p.m. What: Popovich Comedy Pet Theater
Where: Napa Valley Opera House - 1030 Main Street, downtown Napa
Price: Adults: $23Children 12 and under: $15
Tickets: 707.226.7372 or NVOH.org
As seen on The Tonight Show, The Late Show with David Letterman, and America's Got Talent, Gregory Popovich's Comedy Pet Theater is a blend of unique comedy, world-championship juggling, and the extraordinary talents of performing pets. His amazing cast of dogs and cats have been rescued from animal shelters and transformed into stars! Comedy Pet Theater is guaranteed to surprise and delight every audience and is a perfect family show. The Popovich Comedy Pet Theater currently appears nightly at The V Theater inside Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, NV. The touring performance has been seen in more than twenty countries and makes its way to Napa the first weekend of December.
Each of the show's 15 cats and 10 dogs were once strays, rescued from animal shelters. These critters love to show off onstage - by performing a variety of stunts and skits. Audiences will be delighted to see this extravaganza of European-style clowns, amazing juggling and balancing acts, and of course, very talented performing pets. It's a show that both adults and kids of all ages enjoy.
Special hotel discount for ticket holders: 20% off rates on Dec 3, 4 & 5 with our hotel sponsor, Embassy Suites Napa. Call 707.253.9540 and mention the POP Special Offer (note: you will be required to show proof of ticket purchase upon check-in).
Spend an Evening with Legendary Comedian Dana Carvey
Star of Saturday Night Live and Wayne's World Promises a Night of Laughs
Where: Napa Valley Opera House - 1030 Main Street, downtown Napa
In partnership with Toolbox Wine Company, the Napa Valley Opera House is pleased to welcome comic legend Dana Carvey to the stage in a rare Bay Area appearance.
Emmy-award winning comedian Dana Carvey has maintained a tremendous career. Dana attended college at the San Francisco State University where he won the San Francisco Standup Comedy Competition. After his graduation (with a degree in communication arts), he played at numerous clubs in the Bay Area and then moved to Los Angeles to pursue his career.
A repertory member of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE since the 1986-87 season, Carvey left in 1992 after seven seasons. Carvey is best known for his characters the Church Lady; Hans, of the Hans and Franz bodybuilding duo; Garth, Wayne Campbell's (Mike Myers) "Excellent Cohost" on the immensely popular sketch "Wayne's World," and Weekend Update's Grumpy Old Man.
In addition to these characters, Dana has received widespread praise for his uncanny and exaggerated comedic impersonations of such political figures as Ex-President George Bush, H. Ross Perot, Jerry Brown, David Duke and Bob Dole. He also does impersonations of George Burns, Johnny Carson, Jimmy Stewart, John McLaughlin, Mickey Rooney, Casey Casem and Regis Philbin.
On television, he hosted the 1992 presentation of the MTV Music Awards, costarred in two pilots and was a member of the Showtime special SALUTE TO THE IMPROVISATION, with Billy Crystal, Robin Williams and Robert Klein. In 1995, Dana performed standup in his own one-hour comedy special on HBO aptly named CRITICS' CHOICE.
In 1992, Carvey appeared in the blockbuster film WAYNE'S WORLD, based on the hit SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE sketch. The film grossed over $160 million and was produced by SNL creator Lorne Michaels. The public demanded a sequel, and in 1993, Carvey appeared in WAYNE'S WORLD 2, recreating his role of Garth, alongside Mike Myers' Wayne. The film was hugely successful.
Carvey's transfer from the small screen to the large screen included roles in Alan Parker's THE ROAD TO WELLVILLE, for Columbia Pictures, Richard and Lili Zanuck's CLEAN SLATE for MGM, and Twentieth Century Fox's TRAPPED IN PARADISE. His early film work includes his debut in THIS IS SPINAL TAP, RACING WITH THE MOON, ONE OF THE GROUP, where he portrayed Mickey Rooney's grandson, BLUE THUNDER with James Farentino, TOUGH GUYS, with Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas, and starring in the comedy OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS.
Carvey won an Emmy Award in 1993 for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program. He has received a total of six Emmy nominations, one of which was for a guest appearance on HBO's highly acclaimed LARRY SANDERS SHOW. Also, he was honored with the American Comedy Award as Television's Funniest Supporting Male in 1990 and 1991.
Jazz Musician David Benoit Brings A Charlie Brown Christmas to Opera House
Concert to feature The Napa Valley Children's Chorus
Where: Napa Valley Opera House - 1030 Main Street, downtown Napa
Price: $30 / $35(10% discount for senior citizens, students and children 12 years old and under)Tickets: 707.226.7372 or NVOH.orgFeaturing a collection of holiday favorites and Vince Guaraldi-penned Peanuts classics -- such as the instantly recognizable Linus and Lucy -- this smooth jazz evening was created by five-time Grammy-nominated musician, composer and arranger David Benoit, who has been writing music for Peanuts television specials for more than 10 years, including the 2000 recording, Here's to You, Charlie Brown. The Napa Valley Children's Chorus, under the direction of Kim Markovich, will be featured with Benoit and his musical ensemble.
About David Benoit
Since launching his recording career in 1977, David Benoit's expansive career as a contemporary jazz pianist has included over 25 solo recordings. His ‘80s releases This Side Up, Freedom at Midnight and the GRAMMY nominated Every Step of the Way are considered influential genre classics. Among his other Grammy nominations are those for Best Instrumental Composition (for "Dad's Room," from 1999's Professional Dreamer) and Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance (for the GRP All-Star Big Band). His prolific output since 2000 includes several prominent Charlie Brown related projects (including Here's To You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years and the star-studded 40 Years: A Charlie Brown Christmas) that reflect his lifelong passion for the music of original Peanuts composer Vince Guaraldi and solidify Benoit's role as his musical heir. Benoit has also released the Billboard Contemporary Jazz charting albums Fuzzy Logic, Right Here, Right Now, Full Circle and Heroes, which paid homage to the pianist's top jazz and pop influences.
Benoit's ever-expanding slate of orchestral music endeavors include his ongoing role as conductor of the Asia America Symphony Orchestra and leading such eminent orchestras as the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the symphonies of London, Nuremberg, San Francisco, Atlanta, San Antonio and San Jose. Concurrent with his burgeoning career as a conductor, he recorded 1996's American Landscape with The London Symphony Orchestra and 2005's Orchestral Stories with members of the Asia America Symphony Orchestra and the Czech National Symphony Orchestra. Orchestral Stories featured his first piano concerto "The Centaur and the Sphinx" and his acclaimed symphonic piece "Kobe," both of which he has performed in live settings across the country. In 2009, Benoit performed and conducted Leonard Bernstein's "West Side Story" with the Asia America Symphony Orchestra in a show that included Broadway great Lea Salonga; he later conducted Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the same orchestra in his critically acclaimed debut at Los Angeles' Disney Hall. Benoit's notable film scores include The Stars Fell on Henrietta, produced by Clint Eastwood and starring Robert Duvall; and The Christmas Tree, produced by Sally Field, voted Best Score of 1996 by Film Score Magazine. Benoit has also been a longtime guest educator with the Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation, winning the organization's "excellence in music education" award in 2001.
Through 2010, Benoit will head on the road to perform his latest inspiration from the April 2010 release, Earthglow. And on October 29, 2010, the Pianist was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at The American Smooth Jazz Awards in Michigan City, Indiana.
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