Broadway Stories Sweet and Hot:
The Enduring Legacy of the Jazz Age on Broadway
Greg Brown, lecturer
In the nascent years of the 1920s and early 1930s, theater writers and composers like George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Vincent Youmans and Eubie Blake created shows that would become the template for what we now call the Broadway musical. Despite nearly a century since their creation, their works stand as the inspiration for and apotheosis of the form, with contemporary writers turning out works like Some Like it Hot, Thoroughly Modern Millie and The Drowsy Chaperone that continue to derive inspiration from the time. Come explore why this uniquely creative era has held such an enduring legacy in the history of Broadway.
This presentation is part of Greg Brown's Broadway Stories series.
Greg Brown
Greg Brown
As music director and musician, Greg Brown’s work in musical theater includes The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Broadway, Chicago), Monty Python's Spamalot (first national tour), The Boy Friend directed by Julie Andrews (international tour), Manhattan Theatre Club, The Atlantic Theater, Theatreworks USA, New York Musical Theatre Festival, National Alliance For Musical Theatre Festival of New Musicals, North Shore Music Theater, Two River Theater, CAP 21, Weston Playhouse, The Music Theatre Company, The Adrienne Arsht Center, Capitol Repertory Theater, and Goodspeed Musicals, among others. He has played more than 40 touring Broadway productions, including Wicked, Evita, Kinky Boots, Beautiful – The Carole King Musical, Something Rotten!, and many others.
Brown served on faculty of the Theatre Arts Department at the University of Miami for 11 years, helping to shepherd in new and developing works along with creating curriculum in musical theater history, performance and applied music theory. He has acted as vocal coach for the Miami City Ballet's West Side Story Suite. His arrangement and concert work includes collaborations with Lea Salonga, Tommy Tune, Stephen Schwartz and Il Divo. His roles in entertainment on land and at sea have included Lead, Talent Casting for Royal Caribbean Productions; vice president, talent casting and recruitment for RWS Entertainment Group; and his current position as manager, guest entertainers for Princess Cruises.
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