No Work and all Play

In downtown Birmingham is a little theater that brings in a lot of big names. Workplay theater has two rooms, one which is more of a coffee shop setting that allows you to get up front with the artists. The other room is a lot larger and is standing room only, much more like your typical concert. The entire theater, though, has a personal, close feel about it that makes their concerts not only special for audience, but for the performer too.

At the beginning of spring break, a group of us went to concert in the big "Hollywood" room at the theater with Sara Bareilles, Ingrid Michaelson, and Joshua Radin. This probably has to be the best concert I have been to! The artists seemed to think so too! They kept saying how great it was play at Workplay because they are so close to the audience and everyone in the audience is so into the music and really seemed to appreciate it. I have never been to a concert where the artist and the guitar player just get up there and make a song up as they go, but that is exactly what Sara Bareilles did. Also I have never heard someone say we are going to try this trio, we just learned it 3 hours ago on the bus! But somehow Sara Bareilles, Ingrid Michaelson, and Ingrid's back up singer, Allie Moss, got up on stage and sang the prettiest trio I have ever heard! It is things like this that you cant get anywhere else! We all walked out in awe of what we had just heard!  It is a unique experience and one that we all enjoyed! I know for a fact we will be back there this summer for some of their shows! It is really cool that we have a place like this and if you want something fun to do over the summer check out their calender and try to go to a show! It is definitely worth the price, which is not much, around $15 and you wont regret going! 

Ingrid Michaelson

Joshua Radin

Sara Bareilles

The Trio!