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This week, The Broadway Maven looks at Gershwin’s Broadway and The Sound of Music.
• On Sunday, July 24 at Noon ET and Monday, July 25 at Noon and 7 pm ET there will be a FREE class about the contributions of the Gershwin brothers to musical theater. Register here.
• On Thursday, July 28 at Noon and 7 pm ET we’ll complete our Rodgers & Hammerstein series with a class on The Sound of Music. $5. Register here.
• This Weekly Blast includes:
A) an essay distinguishing Brigitta as the best of the Von Trapp children in The Sound of Music;
B) an article explaining what “song pluggers” (like Gershwin) did;
C) a guest RAVE about the musical SIX;
D) a YouTube GEM from a recent “Final Jeopardy!” about Broadway;
E) a poll about seeing original casts; and
F) Last Blasts about Gypsy, Carousel, and Hello, Dolly!.
