Whose Line Guys at Warner Tomorrow

Need something to do tomorrow night? Well, Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood from "Whose Line Is It Anyway" will be at the Warner in Torrington for their 3rd Annual Farewell Tour.

Tickets range from $29.50 to $100, and more info on the event and tickets can be found here: http://www.warnertheatre.org/colinbrad.htm

Here's the event description:
"Following the success of ABC’s Emmy-nominated “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” they return to the Warner for another evening of extraordinary improvisational comedy. Using their quick wit, Mochrie and Sherwood take contributions from the audience to create hilarious and original scenes."

I saw them twice at UConn, and they perform the same wacky improv games like on "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" along with some other stunts, and it's a lot of fun.

Celebrating Queen - the review

If you closed your eyes or looked away, you could almost pretend that Freddie Mercury was on the Warner Theater stage in Torrington Saturday night.

Joe Archambeault, who also goes by J.J. Midnight, lead singer of Celebrating Queen, a Queen tribute band, sounded like Mercury trying to do an impression of himself. His voice shrilled as he hit the higher notes, he carried around the half microphone, painted his nails and wore leather pants. He didn't look like Mercury, but he did a good impression, and when he wasn't trying too hard to sing, he really pulled it off. Celebrating Queen played all the hits, starting with "Princes of the Universe" and fake-ended with "Bohemian Rhapsody" featuring students from the Warner performing arts center. They came back for an encore with "We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions."

Some highlights: This was the home crowd. Archambeault, his brother who was on keyboards and another guitarist are all from Bristol, which isn't too far away from Torrington. The lead guitarist was from Naugatuck, and he definitely had friends and family there. Also, there was a pair of little kids from St. Louis with a band called "Pickletank." They sang "We Will Rock You" earlier in the show, before the big encore version. The red-headed kid was adorable and really into it. The best highlight of all, though, was that I got to sit next to the biggest Queen/Celebrating Queen fan in the world. He sang every lyric to every song and even harmonized with Archambeault. I was going to tell him that he should form his own Queen cover band, but as soon as the show ended, he left before I could.

Tonight: Celebrating Queen

I'm going to see Celebrating Queen, a Queen cover band, tonight at the Warner in Torrington. It should be a good show. Fellow Bristol Press staff writer James Drzewiecki interviewed the lead singer from Celebrating Queen for our entertainment page this weekend because the singer's from Bristol. James told me earlier this week that real Queen members have told this band they're doing a good job. It's all in his article here: Celebrating Queen is a killer tribute to Freddie.

The show's tonight at 8 at the Warner Theater, 68 Main St., Torrington.

Foreigner - Oct. 4

Garrett's mom won Foreigner tickets on the radio. Twice. That means that she got a pair for her and her husband and a pair for me and Garrett, and it was awesome.

We thought it was pretty hilarious that we were seeing Foreigner in the first place. I mean, they have some pretty big hits, but how is "Hot Blooded" not funny? How can you not giggle a little with "I Want to Know What Love Is" even if it is emotional? Also, it's kind of funny that lead guitar Mick Jones is the only original member left in the band. You can tell who he is, too, because he's the only one with gray hair. The replacements are all young musicians, and there's a long list of former members.

All silliness aside, it was a really good show there at the Warner Theater in Torrington. We couldn't believe how many Foreigner songs we knew. They played them all - "Cold As Ice," "Feels Like the First Time," "Juke Box Hero," "Double Vision" and "Head Games."

Garrett made a good point - we knew more songs at this Foreigner show than a lot of other concerts we go to.

The crowd was really into it. I'm sure for some people there, it was their favorite band. "I Want to Know What Love Is" was probably some couple's song. The audience's enthusiasm also made the show.

In the end, we had a lot of fun. And it was free.