Rockin’ On and ‘Don Juan’ at Guild Hall This Weekend
Guild Hall will celebrate Labor Day weekend with George Bernard Shaw and rock ’n’ roll, though not on the same program. A concert staging of “Don Juan in Hell,” the third act dream sequence of Shaw’s play “Man and Superman,” will be presented tomorrow at 8 p.m. The performance will star Anna Bergman, Dick Cavett, Harris Yulin, and Stephen Lane. Mr. Yulin will direct.
Because of its 80 to 90-minute length, “Don Juan in Hell” is often cut from “Man and Superman” or performed separately. It consists of a philosophical debate among Don Juan, the Devil, Doña Ana, and the talkative Statue of Don Gonzalo, Ana’s father. The debate concerns the advantages of Hell, which the Devil equates with art, beauty, love, and pleasure, and Heaven, which Don Juan links with rational discourse and the life force.
Tickets range from $30, $28 for members, to $50 and $48.
Spin Doctors will bring its brand of pop, rock, and blues to Guild Hall on Saturday evening at 8. The band’s first studio album, “Pocket Full of Kryptonite,” released in 1991, sold 10 million copies worldwide, and one cut, “Two Princes,” was the most-played rock song in the world in 1993. Their most recent album, “If the River Was Whiskey,” reconnects the band with the deep-blues style that gave it its start. Tickets start at $40 and $38 and rise to $150 and $145 for premium seats.
The Hit Men will give two performances on Sunday at 7 and 9:30 p.m. Members of the group performed with some of the most popular acts of the 1960s and 1970s, including Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Tommy James and the Shondells, Carly Simon, Cat Stevens, Elton John, Barry Manilow, and others. Their look back at rock ’n’ roll history includes not only the music but also recollections of their days in studios and on the road. Tickets are $40, $38 for members; premium seats are $75 and $70.