Introduction to Broadway: FIRST CLASS FREE
Musical theater from Show Boat to Hamilton starting Tuesday, November 16
Great news! The first meeting of The Broadway Maven’s “Introduction to Broadway” course starting next month will be FREE so potential students can try it out. Registration required: bitly.com/MavenIntro.
The first class, on Tuesday, November 16 at Noon ET, covers the earliest years of Broadway, from Show Boat (1927) to Kiss Me, Kate (1948).
Topics include:
• Which was the real first modern musical? Show Boat or Oklahoma!? How do you know?
• The career of Ethel Merman
• “List songs” by Cole Porter and others
• The Gershwins on Broadway
• Is Porgy and Bess a musical or an opera?
• Kern & Hammerstein vs. Rodgers & Hammerstein
• Rodgers & Hart vs. Rodgers & Hammerstein
• Music, lyrics, and themes from Anything Goes; Pal Joey; Carousel; Annie Get Your Gun; Kiss Me, Kate; and more
With more than 20 brief clips from the eight shows we’ll be covering, students will get a sense of the breadth of Broadway’s creativity during this crucial period.
Here is a “sampler” with one song each from terrific high school productions of the eight shows covered in the first session:
After the FREE first class, students will have 24 hours to register for the course at the rate of $79 for nine sessions.