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  • Offbeat Broadway

    Lake Shore Men's Club 1301 Clavey, Highland Park, IL, United States

    The Tony Awards are right around the corner, so let's celebrate with laughs and some great music! I've learned that some Broadway musicals that are not big hits still produce unforgettable music, delightful characters, and fascinating plots. If you think … Continue reading

  • Chicago’s Best Broadway – 2019

    College of Lake County 1120 S Milwaukee Ave, Vernon Hills, IL, United States

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

  • Cole Porter – Risque Master Of American Music

    Cook Memorial Library 413 N. Milwaukee Ave, Libertyville, United States

    Cole Porter is one of the greatest songwriters in American history. His melodies were sublime. His lyrics were clever, witty, sophisticated, original and naughty. Cole Porter was the ultimate European oriented sophisticate - yet he was born in tiny Peru, … Continue reading

  • Chicago’s Best Broadway – 2019

    College of Lake County 1120 S Milwaukee Ave, Vernon Hills, IL, United States

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

  • Chicago’s Best Broadway – 2019

    North Shore Senior Center 161 Northfield Road, Northfield

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

  • South Pacific – A Multimedia Presentation on South Pacific

    Algonquin Area Public Library District 2600 Harnish Dr. , lgonquin, IL 60102

    South Pacific is one of the greatest works of musical theater ever created. The masterpiece by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein combines a unique and fascinating story of American nurses and GI on a remote island during World War II … Continue reading

  • Chicago’s Best Broadway – 2019

    College of Lake County 1120 S Milwaukee Ave, Vernon Hills, IL, United States

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

  • Chicago’s Best Broadway – 2019

    North Shore Senior Center 161 Northfield Road, Northfield

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

  • Chicago’s Best Broadway – 2019

    Aspen Drive Library 701 Aspen Drive, Vernon Hills, United States

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