On Broadway! A Salute to the Broadway Musical!
Presented by Jacquelyne Silver
Thursday, April 29, 2021
6:30 PM
Individual tickets: $17/22
Curtain up! Light the lights! The sparkling magic of the Broadway Musical has held the world in thrall from its early beginnings in vaudeville right up to the present. It is America’s proud gift to musical culture—it speaks of the high energy, the indomitable spirit and the optimism that is America. Jacquelyne Silver will take you on an imaginative and colorful journey through the beginnings of the Broadway Musical to today—and a fascinating trip it will be—curtain up!
Gypsy! The team of Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim created the colorful life of Gypsy Rose Lee, with Ethel Merman as Mama Rose. Rogers and Hammerstein’s giant anthem to freedom, The Sound of Music, was a huge success, and when Fiddler on the Roof came to Broadway, nothing was ever the same. Translated into 45 languages, Fiddler is one of the major success stories. Sondheim’s glorious A Little Night Music filled us with a sensual beauty, and John Kander and Fred Ebb’s Cabaret gave us a message never to forget.
Open a list of selected Athenaeum resources on Broadway, including books and CDs.
The lecture will be livestreamed via YouTube Live. Ticket holders will receive a link before the lecture via email. Following the lecture, ticket holders will have 48-hour access to a recording.
About Jacquelyne Silver:
Pianist and stage personality Jacquelyne Silver has performed at the major music centers of North America. A graduate of The Juilliard School, she worked in close collaboration with such luminaries as Leonard Bernstein, Luciano Pavarotti, Benny Goodman, Marilyn Horne, Dame Joan Sutherland, Barry Tuckwell, and Tony Randall. She has been a guest on The Tonight Show, The Dick Cavett Show, and The Alan King Show, as well as on radio and television specials. Her tailor-made series at the Athenaeum as well as her one woman shows have been performed for sold-out audiences at the Cygnet Theatre, the La Jolla Playhouse, the San Diego Repertory Theatre, as well as The Jazz Bakery in Los Angeles.