LET’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...
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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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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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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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AND THE BEAT GOES ON . . . THE SAGA OF TELEVISION AND AMERICAN ROCK AND ROLL From Doo-Wop to Disco, American Rock and Roll was the soundtrack of the lives of Post World War II teenagers who moved and grooved to a new sound that roared out of radios and television sets. Rock and Roll was the first popular music to define a specific age group who were ready to Shake, Rattle and Roll!...
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