THE LULLABY OF BROADWAY

Welcome to Richard Hanson’s world of Musical Theatre which celebrates America’s unique cultural gift to the world. University of Arizona Professor Emeritus Richard Hanson invites you to join him in this musical adventureland where you can go backstage and behind the curtain and explore every aspect of the American Musical Theatre, Hollywood’s Golden Age of movie musicals, and the Great American Songbook. It’s an All Singing, All Dancing extravaganza. I promise you will leave with a song in your heart!

COMING SOON TO THE LOFT CINEMA

RICHARD HANSON’S

SHAKE, RATTLE & ROLL!

THE SONGWRITERS OF ROCK & POP MUSIC

Shake, Rattle & Roll! celebrates the tunesmiths who created Rock & Roll memories for generations of American teenagers. This new generation of composers and lyricists wrote songs which created a song history of their times.

Lennon & McCartney’s Hey Jude, Carole King’s I Feel The Earth Move, Chuck Berry’s Johnny B. Goode, Billy Joel’s Piano Man or Simon & Garfunkel’s Bridge Over Troubled Water are part of the Rock & Roll soundtrack of our lives.

Shake, Rattle & Roll! chronicles three decades of American Rock & Pop which can remind us now of who we were, where we were, and how we felt. It’s an extravaganza of 50s, 60s, and 70s Rock & Roll sold gold!

I don’t care what people say, Rock & Roll is here to stay!
(Danny & the Juniors 1958)

Eight Sessions, Tuesdays January 19 – March 9, 2027

The Loft Cinema

3233 E Speedway Blvd.

Registration begins December 1, 2026