Name: Five for Fighting with String Quartet
Start: 2026-10-01T19:30:00-04:00
End: 2026-10-01
Location: Johnson Hall Opera House

Five for Fighting with String Quartet

Website: https://www.johnsonhall.org/organizer/johnson-hall-2/

Johnson Hall

An evening with Five For Fighting with String Quartet and special guest Lace & Lee

Johnson Hall Opera House

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<blockquote>The only way for a story to progress is to turn the page.John Ondrasik— the songwriter and performer known as the platinum-selling, Grammy-nominated, Five For Fighting—knows this well. In the twodecades since his first major single, “Superman (It’s Not Easy),” hit thestratosphere, the artist has both evolved and come back ‘round full circle.Creativity, if nothing else, is paradoxical.To date, Five For Fighting, has released six studio LPs, including theplatinum certified America Town and The Battle for Everything; and the top-10 charting Two Lights, along with an EP and live albums. Ondrasik haspenned major hits, including the chart-topping “100 Years,” “The Riddle,”“Chances,” “World,” and “Easy Tonight,” which have earned over onebillion streams and place him as a top-10 Hot Adult Contemporary artist forthe 2000s. The reflective “100 Years” has joined “Superman (It’s NotEasy)” as part of the American Songbook and continues to stand the test oftime at weddings, birthdays, graduations, memorials, and many a homevideo. Five For Fighting’s music has also been featured in more than 350films, television shows, and commercials, including the Oscar-winning TheBlind Side, Hawaii Five-O, The Sopranos and the CBS drama, Code Black.Referencing Fight For Fighting’s success in the 2000s, AllMusic calledOndrasik “one of the decade’s leading balladeers.” But perhaps his biggestachievement is performing “Superman (It’s Not Easy),” at the 2001 Concertfor New York, a benefit show at Madison Square Garden that honored firstresponders and the fallen about a month after the tragic September11th attacks. Ondrasik performed alongside other big -name artists like PaulMcCartney, The Who, Elton John, Billy Joel, and dozens more. Opening for this show will be Lace &amp; LeeLace &amp; Lee is a folk rock duo heavily influenced by the mystical wisdom of 60s and 70s storytelling, with a twist of humor and bard-like prose. Caroline Lace and Olivia Leebegan their musical journey at NYU Tisch, and have since toured with Five For Fighting. Their ethereal vocals and risky harmonies carry the spirit and charm of Celtic music, often holding a mirror up to the 21st century.</blockquote> This performance will take place on the Reehl Stage(3rd Floor)This space is handicap accessibleDoors open at 6:30/Show Time is 7:30

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