Broadway Legacy, 1948-1960:
Kiss Me Kate to Camelot
A Celebration of the American
Musical Stage
Celebrate a century of one of America’s
greatest contributions to the world of art - the Broadway musical - through
word and song with Michael Ballam.
Possessing a PhD in Music History and Literature, Dr. Ballam has performed
on the major stages of America and Europe in a vast repertoire that spans every
form of the musical stage, from Broadway shows such as “Carousel,”
“Oliver,” “West Side Story,” “Man of La Mancha,”
“Stop the World,” and “Paint Your Wagon” through operettas
including “Merry Widow,” “Mikado,” “Pirates of Penzance,”
and “Die Fledermaus,” to grand opera such as “Carmen,” “La
Boheme,” “La Traviata,” and “Madame Butterfly.”
Survey the development of one of
the most fertile fields of art, planted and cultivated on American soil, through
the passionate perspective of this consummate performing historian.
Includes excerpts from the following:
Tape Five - Kiss Me Kate
to Damn Yankees (1948-1955)
Lyricists/Composers: Jule
Styne, Frank Loesser, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick
Loewe, Kurt Weil, Richard Adler, Jerry Ross, Rodgers and Hammerstein
Shows: “Where’s Charley,”
“Kiss Me Kate,” “South Pacific,” “Guys and Dolls,”
“The King and I,” “Paint Your Wagon,” “Can-Can,”
“Kismet,” “Peter Pan,” “Pajama Game,” “Damn
Yankees”
Songs: So in Love, Some
Enchanted Evening, Younger Than Springtime, Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Getting
to Know You, Hello Young Lovers, Maria, I Love Paris, Stranger in Paradise,
Mack the Knife, Hey There, You’ve Gotta Have Heart
Tape Six - My Fair Lady
to Camelot (1956-1960)
Lyricists/Composers: Harold
Rome, Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe, Frank Loesser, Betty Comden, Adolf Green,
Jule Styne, Meredith Wilson, Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein, Rodgers and
Hammerstein
Shows: “Fanny,”
“My Fair Lady,” “Most Happy Fella,” “Music Man,”
“West Side Story,” “Flower Drum Song,” “Gypsy,”
“Sound of Music,” “Camelot”
Songs: I Could Have Danced
All Night, On the Street Where You Live, The Party’s Over, Till There Was You,
Seventy-Six Trombones, Tonight, Maria, You Are Beautiful, Ev’rything’s Coming
up Roses, The Sound of Music, Climb Ev’ry Mountain, Camelot, If Ever I Would
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