THE MOST HAPPY FELLAS THE MOST HAPPY FELLAS – The Great Men of Broadway salutes the great men of Broadway. From George M. Cohan to Brian Stokes Mitchell, from Ezio Pinza to Hugh Jackman, from Ray Bolger to Tommy Tune, audiences have cheered the Broadway song and dance men who have charmed and enchanted us for over one hundred years. The leading men of the Golden Age of Musical...
Read MoreLETʼS FACE THE MUSIC AND DANCE The Magic of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers “Heaven, I’m in heaven and my heart beats so that I can hardly speak! And I seem to find the happiness I seek, When we’re out together dancing cheek to cheek.” From 1933 to 1939, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers captured the hearts of American moviegoers in a series of chic, elegant and witty movie...
Read MoreHooray For Hollywood! HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD! cheers the movie musical and traces its growth and development from The Jazz Singer to Chicago and Dream Girls to Into The Woods. Hooray For Hollywood! celebrates the contributions of America’s great musical performers, composers, lyricists, directors, producers and studios who made the movies sing and dance. There are certain cultural periods...
Read MoreLook Ma, I’m Dancin’! LOOK MA, I’M DANCIN’! The Art of the Broadway Choreographer celebrates the Broadway choreographers who elevated dance in the American Musical from “bring on the girls” entertainment to art. Agnes de Mille, Jerome Robbins, Bob Fosse, Michael Kidd and Gower Champion created masterpieces that expanded the vocabulary of show dance and...
Read MoreAnything Goes! ANYTHING GOES! The Wit & Wisdom of Cole Porter dazzles with the chic, elegant and witty world of the great Cole Porter. His music: Lush, lively, romantic and bright. His lyrics: Always sophisticated, bawdy, sensual and sly! A Cole Porter song is like a Faberge egg – exquisitely crafted and one of a kind Cole Porter lived in two worlds: the smart, international...
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