Dinner and a Show

LIFE + STYLE

Concerts Broadway BoysBring your appetites — starting this month, concertgoers can reserve a pre-show dinner at the Augusta Amusements concert series.

Local audiences can enjoy two evenings of musical entertainment when Augusta Amusements presents the Broadway Boys and Billy Joel Tribute, The Stranger featuring Mike Santoro, this month. New this year, Augusta Amusements also is offering a limited quantity of pre-show dinners at Jabez S. Hardin Performing Arts Center, where the concerts are held.

The Broadway Boys will appear Thursday, October 15. Reserved seat tickets are $43. The Broadway Boys completely reinvent classic songs by adding elements of pop, funk, gospel, jazz and folk to show tunes and classic pop songs. Performing in groups of six, the Boys explore harmonies rarely presented by Broadway singers.

The group was created in June of 2005 to play a single night at a New York City club. The overwhelming response and a packed bar brought the Boys back again for another sold-out evening.

Performances by the Broadway Boys, a collection of the hottest male voices currently working on the New York stage, have two main objectives. The singers strive to introduce audiences outside the theater community to different music genres by fusing Broadway tunes and pop styles. The group also tries to present the Broadway community and its audiences with new arrangements of familiar songs.

Billy Joel Tribute, The Stranger featuring Mike Santoro, is scheduled for Saturday, October 24. Reserved seat tickets are $35. The six-piece band offers an authentic replication of Joel’s music, which has entertained fans for decades.

Like Joel, founder and front man Santoro, the lead vocalist who also plays piano, was born and raised in Levittown, New York. The performance will feature everything from Joel’s radio hits to his classic B-sides. The singers also will perform songs by other artists such as Elton John and Paul McCartney.

The dinner includes grilled Alaskan salmon with dill sauce, rice and grain medley, kale salad and brownie cake. (Beef carving steak can be substituted for the salmon.) The dinner costs $25, which includes tax and gratuity. A glass of wine can be added for $5. Meals must be reserved at least 48 hours in advance of the show, and dinner guests must arrive between 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Both performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available online at

www.augustaamusements.com or by calling the box office at (706) 726-0366. Dinners can be reserved by calling the box office.