Broadway lectures Tucson AZ

Richard T Hanson

Tuesdays Oct 21-Dec 9
A Fine Romance
Jewish Community Center

  A FINE ROMANCE   Jewish Songwriters and The Great American Songbook A Fine Romance celebrates the American Jewish composers and lyricists whose collective genius created the Golden Age of the American Musical Theatre and The Great American Songbook. Irving Berlin  Dorothy Fields  George & Ira Gershwin  The musical magicians of Tin Pan Alley, Broadway, and the Movies...

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Some Enchanted Evening

  SOME ENCHANTED EVENING The Golden Age of Musical Comedy Once upon a time, before the Concept Musicals of Stephen Sondheim and the Pop Operas of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Musical Comedy ruled Broadway. Each season, the Great White Way was chockfull of musicals that swept audiences into a magical world of zany characters in joyful plots, all wrapped up in sumptuous productions that featured...

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Another Op’nin’ Another Show!

Another Op’nin’ Another Show!The Saga of the American Musical Theatre   In 2020, for the first time in the history of the Great White Way, Broadway went dark and the theatres closed. Broadway Times Square Times Square Times Square There is a legend that every performer leaves a bit of themselves on those magical stages. As the lights of Broadway went out, the spirits of all the...

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Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas!

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas!The Holiday Music of Hollywood and Tin Pan Alley It’s Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas so kick off the holiday season with a celebration of the Christmas music of the Great American Songbook. The tunesmiths of Hollywood and Tin Pan Alley created holiday memories for generations of Americans with songs that have become the sound of Christmas....

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