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April 2024

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Curtain Call Conversations: From Stage to Screen

Curtain Call Conversations: From Stage to Screen

April 4 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Stafford Opera House – Buddy Rau Room, 425 Spring Street
Columbus, TX 78934 United States

Taking Broadway to the Silver Screen From casting to reimagining, editing to dubbing, the road to making a successful screen adaptation of a Broadway musical isn’t easy. In this lecture, Debra Dickinson will give guests a behind-the-scenes look at some of the biggest blockbuster transfers from stage to screen. The Sound of Music: How did a somewhat saccharin star vehicle for Mary Martin turn into one of the biggest movie hits ever, breaking box office records in 29 countries? West…

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April
Wednesday
Curtain Call Conversations: Girl Power on Broadway

Curtain Call Conversations: Girl Power on Broadway

April 24 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Stafford Opera House – Buddy Rau Room, 425 Spring Street
Columbus, TX 78934 United States

The Importance of Women on Broadway From Ethel Merman to Patti LuPone, strong female performers have always held the spotlight on Broadway. But behind the scenes, it’s been a different story. In this lecture, we will explore some of the women who have broken the barriers in a predominantly male-based hierarchy of directors and choreographers, and we will examine ground-breaking musicals that present empowered female characters. Video clips will include scenes from Gypsy, Wicked, The Lion King, and The Secret Garden. Agnes De Mille –…

May 2024

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May
Thursday
Curtain Call Conversations: Hammerstein to Sondheim, A Creative Legacy

Curtain Call Conversations: Hammerstein to Sondheim, A Creative Legacy

May 23 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Stafford Opera House – Buddy Rau Room, 425 Spring Street
Columbus, TX 78934 United States

A Legacy to Stand the Test of Time The most famous mentorship in Broadway history is that of Oscar Hammerstein II taking a young Stephen Sondheim under his wing and encouraging his growth as a budding composer and lyricist. They are links in a chain of mentorships dating from the days of operetta to Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton. Otto Harbach and Jerome Kern mentored Oscar Hammerstein, leading to Hammerstein’s groundbreaking collaboration with Kern on Showboat. Rodgers and Hammerstein went on to change the…

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