David Foster and Katharine McPhee book a January night at Foxwoods' Great Cedar Showroom

The producer's piano-side "Intimate Evening" plays Mashantucket on Friday, Jan. 29, the middle of a four-night Northeast run.

There's a particular kind of January night at Foxwoods: the parking garage full by seven and the casino floor humming. People are here less for the slots than for the showroom. David Foster just added one of those nights.

David Foster plays the Great Cedar Showroom at Foxwoods on Friday, Jan. 29, 2027, with Katharine McPhee. The show was announced Oct. 19 and is billed as "An Intimate Evening with David Foster." It's on Foxwoods' show calendar, and tickets are on sale through Ticketmaster. The showroom holds about 4,000. That's big for something called intimate, but it's the casino's main concert room, and it's set up for exactly this sort of sit-down evening.

This is a format Foster has been refining for years. His own site has promoted the show as An Intimate Evening With David Foster – The Hitman Tour. Foster sits at the piano between songs and tells the stories behind the records he produced and wrote, while guest vocalists bring those songs to life. McPhee has been part of it for a while. Foster's site announced a North American tour with her for 2020, billed as an extension of a sold-out 2019 run. A later post promoted new tour dates with McPhee, and the two have also recorded a Christmas song together.

The Foxwoods date sits inside a tight Northeast swing. Ticketmaster has the pair at the Count Basie Center in Red Bank, N.J., on Jan. 27, a date moved there from February 2026. They're at Bergen Performing Arts Center in Englewood, N.J., on Jan. 28, then Lowell, Mass., on Jan. 30. If you're in Southeastern Connecticut, Mashantucket is the closest stop by a long way, and the only one on a Friday night.

A songbook built in recording studios, told from a piano bench in a 4,000-seat room.

Why this room? The Great Cedar Showroom has become the region's default for this crowd: people who want a reserved seat, a show that starts on time, and dinner beforehand without a highway drive to Hartford or Providence. Foxwoods has hosted Foster and McPhee before, according to an earlier Ticketmaster listing, so for some locals this is a return visit as much as a debut.

On tickets: a 4,000-seat room sounds like a lot until you remember this is a single Friday in winter. The better seats close to the piano are where an evening like this pays off, and that's what goes first. If you want to see Foster's hands on the keys rather than on the screens, buy early. Check Foxwoods' own page for hotel packages before you go.

The rest is simple. Bundle up, leave room for the Route 2 traffic, and settle in for a night of songs you probably know better than you think you do.

Sources: Foxwoods — Shows (foxwoods.com); Foxwoods Presents (foxwoods.com); Ticketmaster — An Intimate Evening with David Foster, Mashantucket, Jan 29, 2027 (ticketmaster.com); Ticketmaster — David Foster & Katharine McPhee, Red Bank, Jan 27, 2027 (ticketmaster.com); Ticketmaster — David Foster & Katharine McPhee, Englewood, Jan 28, 2027 (ticketmaster.com); Ticketmaster — David Foster artist page (ticketmaster.com); David Foster — The Hitman Tour tickets post (davidfoster.com); David Foster — 2020 North American tour announcement (davidfoster.com); David Foster — News (davidfoster.com); David Foster — Christmas song with Katharine McPhee (davidfoster.com); Count Basie Center — David Foster & Katharine McPhee (thebasie.org); Pianist/producer David Foster, singer/actress Katharine McPhee make a Hard Rock power couple (chicagoconcertreviews.com); Foxwoods FAQ (foxwoods.com)