Sonoma sings along with 'Bohemian Rhapsody' at Sebastiani Theatre

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? You won't find out Monday at Sebastiani Theatre.|

MAKE A BIG NOISE

WHEN: Monday, Feb. 17 at 6 p.m.

and Feb. 17 at 6 p.m.

WHERE: Sebastiani Theatre

WHAT: ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ sing-along

TICKETS: $11 atsebastianitheatre.com

Iconic music sears itself into a culture, eliciting a Pavlovian response when it’s heard. We drop what we’re doing and bellow along, temporarily unhindered by temperance, sense or taste.

For generations of people, the arena rock of Queen qualifies for that category, irresistibly familiar, pitched in our key. Or near enough.

You already know the words to all their greatest hits, and the Sebastiani Theatre knows that you do. So they’re staging a “Bohemian Rhapsody” sing-along on Feb. 17, with “We Are the Champions” and “We Will Rock You,” queued up and ready, chased by “Another One Bites the Dust,” et al.

The movie has raked in $800 million and been nominated for three Oscars, a legitimate blockbuster by anyone’s measure.

Rami Malek turns in a spot-on impression of Freddie Mercury, the band’s frontman and star. But it’s the music itself that feels somehow eternal, moving from lyrical to headbanging without so much as a bridge.

Come sing along to the songs of a definitive era, cloaked in the anonymity of a dark room. Behind the beat or slightly ahead of it, on Mercury’s pitch or mildly under, it’s all good. The point is harmless fun on an otherwise ordinary Monday night, in the company of other good people who want to believe, really believe, that they might be the champions – of the world.

Email Kate at kate.williams@sonomanews.com.

MAKE A BIG NOISE

WHEN: Monday, Feb. 17 at 6 p.m.

and Feb. 17 at 6 p.m.

WHERE: Sebastiani Theatre

WHAT: ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ sing-along

TICKETS: $11 atsebastianitheatre.com

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