TOMORROW: Early Broadway
Oklahoma!, Annie Get Your Gun, Finian's Rainbow, Kiss Me Kate, South Pacific
Tomorrow’s Broadway Maven will be a different kind of class. Instead of group analysis of one or two shows, I’ll make a FREE presentation about shows in the 1940s, focusing on five musicals: Oklahoma!, Annie Get Your Gun, Finian’s Rainbow, Kiss Me Kate, and South Pacific.
What are the best numbers from these shows? What are they about? Which one(s) should you seen next? How was Broadway in the 1940s different than Broadway today? Register: bitly.com/MavenEarly.
For homework, watch the video below, and put your score in the comments. Which show or shows are you more interested in seeing/seeing again having watched the clips?
On Thursday, July 22 The Broadway Maven will host a FREE class looking at three recent Broadway shows with strong Jewish elements Dear Evan Hansen, Come From Away, and The Band’s Visit. What’s Jewish about the plots, themes, and creators of these shows? Register: bitly.com/MavenJewish
For your homework, watch the video below. What other shows would like to know more about its Jewish background? Put your answers in the comments below the video.
See you soon!
-David Benkof
The Broadway Maven