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Irving Berlin
Highland Park Senior Center 1677 Old Deerfield Rd, Highland Park, ILIrving Berlin has often been called the most quintessentially American songwriter of all time. This is high praise for anyone – especially for an immigrant from Russia who came to America and not speaking a word of English. As with … Continue reading
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Holiday Inn The Irving Berlin Musical
Algonquin Area Public Library District 2600 Harnish Dr. , lgonquin, IL 60102Come and celebrate the holidays with the music of the incomparable Irving Berlin! "Holiday Inn" is a brand-new stage adaptation of the timeless 1942 Irving Berlin omnibus musical movie. That classic film starred Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby. The original "Holiday … Continue reading
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Offbeat Broadway
Highland Park Senior Center 1677 Old Deerfield Rd, Highland Park, ILSome Broadway musicals that are not big hits still produce unforgettable music, delightful characters, and fascinating plots. After all, who would have guessed a musical about singing pussycats in a London alley would be a hit!? Join Broadway historian Barry … Continue reading
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Offbeat Broadway
College of Lake County 1120 S Milwaukee Ave, Vernon Hills, IL, United StatesSome Broadway musicals that are not big hits still produce unforgettable music, delightful characters, and fascinating plots. After all, who would have guessed a musical about singing pussycats in a London alley would be a hit!? Join Broadway historian Barry … Continue reading
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Offbeat Broadway
College of Lake County 1120 S Milwaukee Ave, Vernon Hills, IL, United StatesSome Broadway musicals that are not big hits still produce unforgettable music, delightful characters, and fascinating plots. After all, who would have guessed a musical about singing pussycats in a London alley would be a hit!? Join Broadway historian Barry … Continue reading
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Offbeat Broadway
College of Lake County 1120 S Milwaukee Ave, Vernon Hills, IL, United StatesSome Broadway musicals that are not big hits still produce unforgettable music, delightful characters, and fascinating plots. This fun multimedia presentation will introduce you to wonderful Broadway that you probably don't know! After all, who would have guessed a musical … Continue reading
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South Pacific – A Multimedia Presentation on South Pacific
Highland Park Senior Center 1677 Old Deerfield Rd, Highland Park, ILSouth 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
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Offbeat Broadway
Private VenueSome Broadway musicals that are not big hits still produce unforgettable music, delightful characters, and fascinating plots. After all, who would have guessed a musical about singing pussycats in a London alley would be a hit!? Join Broadway historian Barry … Continue reading
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Cole Porter – Risque Master Of American Music
Cook Memorial Library 413 N. Milwaukee Ave, Libertyville, United StatesCole 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
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South Pacific – A Multimedia Presentation on South Pacific
Algonquin Area Public Library District 2600 Harnish Dr. , lgonquin, IL 60102South 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