Sat. Sept. 5

Chandler Travis has to be one of the hardest working men in Massachusetts showbiz, what with a new solo album, constant gigs the the Incredible Casuals and the Chandler Travis Philharmonic and now, well, this: Five songs  for "Boyce & Melinda Peterson's Investment Strategies For the Post-Money World", a play by Gip Hoppe that is up at the Payomet Center For the Performing Arts for three more (final) shows, the last of which is tonight Sat. 5ept 5. It's in Truro, which is at the tip of the Cape and a good hike, but hey, it's one of the most beautiful idyllic towns out that way and it's next door to Provincetown if you're in the mood to say, take in this musical, and then party.

We asked Travis about "Investment Strategies. "I've been trying to talk Gip Hoppe into doing a musical together for years (albeit mostly on the golf course)," he e-mails, "and he's finally cooked up a whopper: an investment seminar set in 2019, after the complete collapse of the economy and  the resignation of President Palin. this thing is going to be hilarious ... I just love the idea of doing an investment seminar as a theater piece, and getting proximity to words and phrases like "financial", "bailout", "pork futures" and "credit derivative mortgage backed securities" - I'm telling you, I'm like a kid in a candy store!! Luckily for me, Gip needed some really bad music to go along with the horrible words, so I've prepared grueling adaptations of horrid, long-dead ideas by folks like Metallica, Porter Wagoner, Celine Dion, and Bruce Springsteen -there won't be a dry seat in the house."

Late breaking good news for the "Investment Seminar." It's been held over for the following Thurs-Sat. run, Sept. 3 - 5.

The show is up at 8 p.m. Tickets: $25. (You'll want to check the website below for directions)

Old Dewline Rd., Truro, 508-487-5400 www.payoment.org