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Robert Burke Warren and Dennis Yerry perform the music of Randy Newman at The Local in Saugerties on 4/18

By Sarah LaDuke

Published April 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM EDT

Robert Burke Warren, Sarah LaDuke and Dennis Yerry

The Hudson Valley's own Robert Burke Warren and pianist Dennis Yerry present an evening of multi-Grammy/Oscar/Emmy-award-winning songwriter Randy Newman at The Local in Saugerties, New York on Friday, April 18 at 8 p.m.

Robert and Dennis' set will span Newman's career as an acclaimed songwriter and composer, from early selections to latter-day soundtrack gems.

Robert Burke Warren is a writer, performer, teacher, and musician, author of novel "Perfectly Broken" and one-man show "Redheaded Friend," editor of "Cash on Cash: Interviews & Encounters with Johnny Cash," and producer/front-man of The Bowie Bash and I’m Your Man: An Evening of Leonard Cohen.

Dennis Yerry is a musician, composer, arranger and musical director. He composed and music-directed the theatrical production of “Black Elk Speaks” in Denver, Colorado and Los Angeles, California — in which he also performed. His film and TV credits include performances for the Ken Burns documentaries, “Lewis and Clark” and “The West.” He is currently the musical director and composer for “Unto These Hills,” the outdoor drama in Cherokee, North Carolina.

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Sarah LaDuke

Sarah has worked in public radio since 2006. She grew up in Saranac Lake, New York where she worked part-time at Pendragon Theatre all through high school and college. She graduated from UAlbany in 2006 with a BA in English and started at WAMC a few weeks later as a part-time board-op in the control room. Through a series of offered and seized opportunities she is now the Senior Contributing Producer of The Roundtable and Producer of The Book Show. During the main thrust of the Covid-19 pandemic shut-down, Sarah hosted a live Instagram interview program "A Face for Radio Video Series." On it, Sarah spoke with actors, musicians, comedians, and artists about the creative activities they were accomplishing and/or missing. She is on the board of WAM Theatre and lives in Albany, New York with her husband, Paul, and their dog, Doritos.

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