Garden State 20th Anniversary Concert Review, Set List

It Sounded Like 2004, Back on the plane with Andrew Largeman.

The Sun Had Already Gone Down Over Los Angeles' Greek Theater On Saturday Night for the Sold-Out Garden State 20th Anniversary Concert, When the Curtain Opened and Zach Boff Stood on Stage Underneath a Spotlight as the prayer to ganesh played over the speaker.

The Crowd Applauded and Boff Made His Way Over To A Covered Prop Nearby and Tore The Sheet Off to Reveal the Iconic Green Motorcycle His Character Rode in The Early-Aught Cult Classic-Sidecar Included.

“I Cannot Believe We Managed to Pull This Off,” BRAFF TOLD THE GREEK, “AND YOU GUYS ARE IN FOR A REALLY, REALLY, REALLY SPECIAL NIGHT.”

Tea Garden State Star, Writer, and Director Said it was “Dream” to Have His Co-Star, Natalie Portman, Who Plays His Love Interest Sam, At the Show, Making It Sound Like She Couldn'T Make It Because She Lives in Paris.

“Well, Dreams Come True,” Portman Said, Walking Out Out The Stage, “… and sidecars are for bitches” – a nod to one of Her Character's Most Quote Lines About The Bike Behind Them. The Two Hugged and Boff Thanked Portman For Playing Sam Nearly Two Decades Aug in the Film.

“You'd Think I Was Going to Miss This Special Night? No Way,” Portman Replied. “These Incredible Artists Have Never Played Together On The Same Stage – and Who Knows If It'll Happen Again.”

For Nearly Two-and-a-Half Hours on Saturday Night, Fans of BRAFF'S 2004 Indie Hit Celebrated Its Grammy-Winning, Platinum-Selling Soundtrack with Behind-The-Scens interviews from the Movie, Clips From Some of the Most Quote Scenes, And, Of Course, Live Performances from articles featured on the soundtrack.

The One-Night-Only Benefit Concert, Which Will Also Stream April 6 On Veeps, Helped Raise Money For the Los Angeles-Based Midnight Mission, at Homeless Services And Shelter Nonprofit Boffit Started to Work With During the Pandemic. (The Concert Even Ended With Confetti Raining From The Sky and A Group Performance of Tom Petty's “Free Fallin '” Because Midnight Missioni was, As Boff Put It, The Rock Legend's “Favorite Charity.”)

“We Got Really Good at this Assembly Line, and We Made Bethaeen 100 and 200 Lunches Every Saturday,” BRAFF Recently Told Rolling Stone In An interview. “IT Made Us Feel Like We Were Doing Something At A Time When We All Felt Like There Was Nothing We Could Do.”

AFTER A Screen Intro From Garden State Co-Star Jean Smart, Who Played Peter Sarsgaard's Mom Carol in the Movie, Singer-Songwriter Bonnie Somerville Kicked Off The First Performance of the Show with “Winding Road,” The Final Track That Appears on the soundtrack.

Danny Devito, Whose Company Jersey Films Produced The Movie, Hopped on the Stage To Welcome The Next Act, Sophie Barker from Zero 7, Who performed “In the Waiting Line,” with a still from the slow-motion party project project behind them, where braff's largeman Gets His with his Old Friends and Plays Spin The Bottle. “I Float on This Wonderful Song,” Devito Said During His Introduction.

'Sidecars are for bitches.'

Natalie Portman

Although the Show Featured Mostly Members From The Cast Up to this point, The Night Also Saw Special Guests and presentrs from BRAFF's Other Projects, Including ScrubsThe TV Comedy Series Boff Sturred in While He Was Writing The Screenplay for Garden State. His Co-Stars, Donald Faison and Sarah Chalke, Joined Him on Stage to Welcome Boff's “Old Friend,” Songwriter Cary Brothers, Who Sang “Blue Eyes.”

The night of indie nostalgia continued with a set from What What Boff Called “One of My Favorite Bands,” Remy Zero. The band Reunited for the first time in 15 years to play their Garden State Cut “Fair,” as a Fireplace Appered on the Screen Behind the Group, A Visual Nod to a Pivotal Scene in Which Portman Tap-Dances in the Front of BRAFF.

Later in the night, Buff Took it back to one of Garden State'S Most Iconic Shots, standing in Front of a Wall Wearing The Same Pattern on his shirt as the wallpaper Behind Him. The Wall-and Boff-Moved to the side to reveal one of the actor-director's “True Favorites,” Colin Hay. Backed by An Image of Sam and Andrew After they Just Buried Sam's Pet Hamster Jelly, Hay Launched Into the Gorgeous Acoustic Number “I Just Don't Think I'L Ever Get Over You,” With Rows Of Lightbulbs Moving in Unison Above, Followed by His Own Crowd-Relever “Down under.”

While Paul Simon Didn'T Sign are at the Anniversary Concert, BRAFF AND COMPANY ENLISTED THE HELP OF THE MILK CARTON KIDS FOR ONE OF THE SOUNDTRACTRACK'S MEMORABLE MOMENTS WITH A COVER OF SIMON & GARFUNKEL'S “THE ONLY LIVING BOY in New York.” The Song Comes At a Special Time in The Film Where Largeman, Sam, and Sarsgaard's Character Mark Scream Into the “Infinite Abyss,” in Quarry in Newark, As the Rain Pours Down.