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The Great American Songbook: Introduction

Throughout a long golden era, the American movie musical transformed Hollywood into a Mecca for the biggest singing stars and leading songwriters of the ’30s, ’40s, and ’50s. Hosted by Michael...

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The Great American Songbook: Mr. Music and Mr. Words

In 1938, TIME magazine wrote these prophetic words: “As Rodgers and Hart see it, what was killing music comedy was its sameness, its tameness, its eternal rhyming of June with moon. They decided it...

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The Great American Songbook: Creating “Porgy and Bess”

Not many people may know that for a short, precarious time, “Porgy,” the opera by Gershwin, nearly became “Porgy,” the musical comedy by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II. This renowned Broadway...

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The Great American Songbook: Production Credits

Web Credits Producer: Anu Krishnan Art Director: Sabina Daley Designer & Flash Programmer: Karen Mattson Graphic Art: Karen Mattson Technical Director: Brian Lee PHP Scripting: Ben Chappel...

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Rod Stewart: Merry Christmas, Baby: About the Show

Grammy Award®-winning, two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Rod Stewart, hosts his first holiday special, Rod Stewart: Merry Christmas, Baby, on THIRTEEN’s Great Performances beginning this...

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Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy: About the Film

As Sir Robin carols merrily to King Arthur in Monty Python’s Spamalot, “In any great adventure, if you don’t want to lose…you won’t succeed on Broadway if you don’t have any Jews.” Eric Idle’s cheeky...

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Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy: Watch the Full Film

Watch the full film Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy. (View full post to see video) Why has the Broadway musical proven to be such fertile territory for Jewish artists of all kinds? From Broadway’s...

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