Enjoy an evening of memorable film clips, musical recordings, and historical anecdotes with American music specialist Robert Wyatt. Be entertained by the emergence of Barbara Streisand, witness Julie Andrews’ transformation from a nanny to a nun, and revisit a decade in which the movie musical tradition reached heights in terms of story, song, star power, and box-office success that it would never again achieve.

Join pianist and Gershwin-authority Robert Wyatt, co-editor of Oxford University Press’ The George Gershwin Reader, in this lively lecture and recital exploring Gershwin’s life and legacy.

Walk through Porter's life on Broadway and in Hollywood, 40 years that produced 33 stage shows and almost 20 films. Rare archival film clips and recordings of original cast members.

Walk through Porter's life on Broadway and in Hollywood, 40 years that produced 33 stage shows and almost 20 films. Rare archival film clips and recordings of original cast members.

Robert Wyatt's program features original cast recordings, film clips, interviews, and correspondence. Learn about the lives of these two icons of the American musical, experience their great productions, and listen to their music.

Join music specialist Robert Wyatt as he raises the curtain on a lively evening that examines and celebrates Andrew Lloyd Webber’s theatrical artistry, filled with clips and recordings that cover the full range of his career from his earliest to most recent works.

Join music specialist Robert Wyatt as he raises the curtain on a lively evening that examines and celebrates Andrew Lloyd Webber’s theatrical artistry, filled with clips and recordings that cover the full range of his career from his earliest to most recent works.

Learn the origins of immortal songs like “Almost Like Being in Love,” “Thank Heaven for Little Girls,” “I Could Have Danced All Night,” “If Ever I Would Leave You,” and “They Call the Wind Mariah,” explore their film adaptations, while delving into the personal lives of the songwriting team, underscored with correspondence, testimonials and film footage.

Join music specialist Robert Wyatt as he raises the curtain on a lively evening that examines and celebrates Andrew Lloyd Webber’s theatrical artistry, filled with clips and recordings that cover the full range of his career from his earliest to most recent works.

Delight in some of his immortal tunes— “A Fine Romance,” “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes,” “All the Things You Are,” “The Way You Look Tonight”— while hearing Robert Wyatt play transcriptions of songs.

Delight in some of his immortal tunes— “A Fine Romance,” “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes,” “All the Things You Are,” “The Way You Look Tonight”— while hearing Robert Wyatt play transcriptions of songs.

Delight in some of his immortal tunes— “A Fine Romance,” “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes,” “All the Things You Are,” “The Way You Look Tonight”— while hearing Robert Wyatt play transcriptions of songs.

Be guided through the life of Frank Sinatra, which was punctuated by meteoric shifts of popularity and despondency. Sway with some of the songs that Sinatra immortalized—“Strangers in the Night,” “Fly Me to the Moon,” “My Way,” “The Way You Look Tonight,” “Three Coins in a Fountain,” “New York, New York”.

A historical narrative of the Bluegrass musical style will be included, and you will listen to recordings and see clips of dozens of artists who have made Bluegrass music a national treasure.

Although ragtime music was first heard at the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893, it took another seven years for the syncopated music to become the rage of the new century. This program includes scores of archival recordings and clips, as well as live performance by Robert Wyatt.