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...
Read MoreComing 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...
Read MoreANYONE 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. ...
Read MoreBroadway, 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...
Read MoreON 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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