AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATER
The lecture will include the development of American Musical Theatre through the years including Minstrel Shows, Ragtime, Vaudeville, George White’s Scandals, operettas, the Golden Age, Disney, Juke Box and contemporary musicals. The great composers (a partial list includes Gershwin, Kern, Porter, Rodgers, Sondheim, Lloyd-Webber etc) will be discussed as well as the famous librettists (Hart, Hammerstein, Sondheim etc).
A live demonstration with a singer can be included in the lecture, if a piano is available.
Acton Senior Center
Ashland Senior Center
Boston Public Library
Callahan Center, Framingham
Carlisle Senior Center
Center Communities, Brookline
Chesnut Park at Cleveland Circle
Commons, Lincoln
Evans Park, Newton
Fox Hill Village, Westwood
Forge Hill, Franklin
Fuller Village, Milton
Heritage, Framingham
Hopkinton Senior Center
Lasell Village Newton
Linden Ponds, Hingham
Medfield Senior Center
Newbridge on the Charles, Dedham
New Pond Village, Walpole
Northborough Senior Center
North Hill, Needham
River Bay Club, Quincy
Orchard Cove, Canton
Overlook, Charlton
Sudbury Senior Center
Walpole Senior Center
Westwood Senior Center
Youville Hospital, Cambridge