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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Broadway, Up With A Twist!

    Broadway, Up With A Twist! It’s happy hour with Richard Hanson and you’re invited! Each week sit back, relax and enjoy a cocktail with the composers of the Great American Songbook: George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hart, Harold Arlen, and Frank Loesser. The way we party may have changed, but the music of the great tunesmiths of Broadway and Tin Pan Alley...

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ON THE TOWN! -The Broadway of Bernstein, Comden & Green

ON THE TOWN!The Broadway of Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden & Adolph Green On The Town! celebrates the inspired collaboration between a boy from Boston, a girl from Brooklyn, and a boy from the Bronx who created musical theatre masterpieces that changed the face of the American Musical. In 1944, twenty-somethings Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden and Adolph Green created the smash hit On The...

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As Time Goes By-The Forgotten Tunesmiths

AS TIME GOES BYThe Forgotten Tunesmiths of The Great American Song Book Shine On Harvest Moon, My Melancholy Baby, For Me and My Gal, Happy Days Are Here Again – who wrote these songs? As Time Goes By celebrates the forgotten composers and lyricists who created musical memories alongside George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Harold Arlen, and Cole Porter.   You may not recognize the names of Gus...

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