Broadway lectures Tucson AZ

Richard T Hanson

For more information contact
The Learning Curve at (520) 777- 5817
or info@thelearningcurvetucson.com.

Coming Attractions Thank you for your interest in my sessions about Musical Theatre and Classic Hollywood Musicals! The Loft Cinema   is at 3233 E Speedway Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85716 For information and to register call (520) 777-5817, e-mail at info@thelearningcurvetucson.com or go to The Learning Curve. If you’re interested strictly in signing up for a tour, please click here.   We also...

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Anyone Can Whistle: The Musical Theatre of Stephen Sondheim

ANYONE CAN WHISTLE THE MUSICAL THEATRE OF STEPHEN SONDHEIM In December 2021, the lights of Broadway were dimmed in honor of the passing of a giant of the American Musical Theatre: Stephen Sondheim. Sondheim was the most influential composer-lyricist of the last half of the 20th Century. Mentored by Oscar Hammerstein II, he revolutionized Musical Theatre, creating the Concept Musical.  ...

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And The Beat Goes On…Television And American Rock And Roll

AND THE BEAT GOES ON . . . THE SAGA OF TELEVISION AND AMERICAN ROCK AND ROLL   From Doo-Wop to Disco, American Rock and Roll was the soundtrack of the lives of Post World War II teenagers who moved and grooved to a new sound that roared out of radios and television sets. Rock and Roll was the first popular music to define a specific age group who were ready to Shake, Rattle and Roll!...

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THIS JOINT IS JUMPIN’ Swingin’ With The Big Bands

THIS JOINT IS JUMPIN’      Swingin’ With The Big Bands     Hey all you hep-cats and rug cutters! This Joint is Jumpin’  is a sentimental journey down musical memory lane where Americans hit the dance floor and jitterbugged to the Big Band sounds of Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw, Jimmy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, Harry James, Chick Webb, Xavier Cugat, and Cab Calloway.   Tracing the...

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