A REALLY BIG SHOW! The Golden Age of Television Variety Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, there were only three national television networks. You actually had to get up out of your chair to change the channel! From late 40s to the late 60s, the TV variety show ruled the airways. On any night you could tune into The Ed Sullivan Show, The Star Texaco Hour, Your Show of Shows,...
Read MoreA 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 MoreLET’S FACE THE MUSIC AND DANCE! Let’s Face The Music And Dance celebrates the movie musicals which starred the greatest dancers of the 20th Century. This golden age of musicals fired the imagination of audiences who sat in the dark, watching celluloid images leap and spiral on the silver screen. Let’s Face The Music And Dance explores the rich history of dance in movie musicals and toasts the...
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 MoreWith A Song In My Heart With A Song In My Heart: Jewish Songwriters and American Songs toasts the American Jewish composers and lyricists whose collective genius created the Golden Age of the American Musical Theatre. With A Song In My Heart traces the musical evolution of Jewish immigrants and their children who took us “Over The Rainbow” and led us through the Great American Song...
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