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Chicago’s Best Broadway – 2019

Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Senior Center 100 E. Old Mill Road, Lake Forest, IL, United States

Each year, Cultural Historian (and self-described Broadway nerd) Barry Bradford offers a fun, fast anddynamic program looking at some of the best Broadway musicals that will be playing in the Chicagoland area this year!   Every year brings a new … Continue reading

Best Of Recent Broadway – Part 1

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With Broadway shut down until next year, I want to share some of the best musicals to have played on 'The Great White Way' in the last five years. Today's session will feature the backstory, music and a critical review … Continue reading

Women Writers Of Broadway Musicals (AM)

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With a few noticeable exceptions, writing lyrics for Broadway has been the domain of men.  Oscar Hammerstein. Lin-Manuel Miranda. Irving Berlin. Stephen Sondheim. Call Porter. All were great! But it is no longer just a man's world! Today, we feature … Continue reading

Women Writers Of Broadway Musicals (PM)

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With a few noticeable exceptions, writing lyrics for Broadway has been the domain of men.  Oscar Hammerstein. Lin-Manuel Miranda. Irving Berlin. Stephen Sondheim. Call Porter. All were great! But it is no longer just a man's world! Today, we feature … Continue reading

Women Writers Of Broadway Musicals

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With a few noticeable exceptions, writing lyrics for Broadway has been the domain of men.  Oscar Hammerstein. Lin-Manuel Miranda. Irving Berlin. Stephen Sondheim. Call Porter. All were great! But it is no longer just a man's world! Today, we feature … Continue reading

Women Writers Of Broadway Musicals

North Shore Senior Center 161 Northfield Road, Northfield

With a few noticeable exceptions, writing lyrics for Broadway has been the domain of men.  Oscar Hammerstein. Lin-Manuel Miranda. Irving Berlin. Stephen Sondheim. Call Porter. All were great! But it is no longer just a man's world! Today, we feature … Continue reading

Women Writers Of Broadway Musicals

Highland Park Country Club 1201 Park Avenue West, Highland Park IL, IL, United States

With a few noticeable exceptions, writing lyrics for Broadway has been the domain of men.  Oscar Hammerstein. Lin-Manuel Miranda. Irving Berlin. Stephen Sondheim. Call Porter. All were great! But it is no longer just a man's world! Today, we feature … Continue reading

Barry’s Best Of Broadway

Private Venue

As a professional cultural Historian (and a self-described Broadway fanatic) I have actually seen well over 200 performances on Broadway! I truly love going to the theater in New York City! Accordingly, I make several trips a year to Manhattan … Continue reading

Barry’s Broadway Blockbusters Part I

Private Venue

This is a program that I am so excited about! Barry's Broadway blockbuster part one will look at some of the show-stopping moments on Broadway in the last 25 years. In this exciting brand-new program, cultural historian and Broadway maven … Continue reading

Barry’s Broadway Blockbusters Part I

Private Venue

This is a program that I am so excited about! Barry's Broadway blockbuster part one will look at some of the show-stopping moments on Broadway in the last 25 years. In this exciting brand-new program, cultural historian and Broadway maven … Continue reading