What The Worlds Need Now, The Burt Bacharach Songbook in Concert in Akron OH With Todd Rundgren
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AKRON, Ohio - OhioPen -- Rundgren Radio will be presenting "What The Worlds Need Now, The Burt Bacharach Songbook in Concert" featuring Todd Rundgren, Kasim Sulton, Rob Shirakbari, Wendy Moten, Probyn Gregory, Tori Holub, Woody Mankowski, Kenny Dickinson, & Elise Trouw.

The concert is being held on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at the Akron Civic Theatre. Tickets are available now on https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0500622DCE66... .

Rundgren said, "I can't think of another artist whose tribute could make me break my vow and rise to the challenge of audience expectations around the greatest songwriter of my lifetime."

WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW is a show dedicated to honoring the award-winning music of songwriting icon Burt Bacharach. With a catalog that spans seventy-three U.S. and fifty-two UK Top 40 hits (six of which hit #1), six Grammy Awards, three Academy Awards and an Emmy, there is no shortage of songs known across the world. Just citing "The Look of Love," "What The World Needs Now," "Walk On By," "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head," and "Do You Know The Way To San Jose" speaks to how deeply this body of work has become the soundtrack to our lives.

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Bacharach is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential figures of 20th-century popular music. Over 1,000 artists have recorded Bacharach songs such as The Beatles, Dusty Springfield, Tom Jones, Sheryl Crow, The Pretenders, Aretha Franklin, Elvis Costello, Christopher Cross, The White Stripes, The Carpenters, Michael McDonald, Herb Alpert, Stevie Wonder and, of course, Dionne Warwick.

THE AKRON CIVIC THEATRE

The Akron Civic Theatre, built in 1929 as Loew's Theatre, is a theater in Akron, Ohio. It is one of only sixteen remaining atmospheric theaters designed by John Eberson in the United States and is an excellent example of the great movie palaces of the 1920s. The Akron Civic Theatre is the last remaining theater of 11 opened by Marcus Lowe, founder of the Lowe's theater chain. The Civic is located on South Main Street in Akron and seats 2,480 people. The theater has been exhibiting shows and special events for about eighty-five years.

The Akron Civic Theatre regularly hosts a vast range of up & coming local, national and international talent.