THE HUMANITIES SEMINARS SPRING 2014 THERE IS NOTHING LIKE A DAME! THE GREAT WOMEN OF BROADWAY Instructor: RICHARD T. HANSON Email: [email protected] _________________________________________________________________ THERE IS NOTHING LIKE A DAME celebrates the women of Broadway who wrote the scripts, composed the songs, penned the lyrics, designed, directed, choreographed and starred in classics of the American Musical Theatre. The Seminar will toast the women of the Golden Age of Musical Theatre who paved the way for the women now working on new musicals for the Millenium. Fighting social and theatrical sexism, the great women of the Broadway created a musical heritage that endures today. __________________________________________________________________ SESSION #1 - 1/21 THE BELLES OF NEW YORK 1880-1920 Starring Lillian Russell, Anna Held, Nora Bayes and Fanny Brice. SESSION #2 - 1/28 I CAN’T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE 1920-1930 Starring Adele Astaire, Dorothy Fields, Marilyn Miller, Alberta Hunter and Helen Morgan. SESSION #3 - 2/04 ANYTHING GOES! 1930-1940 Starring Ethel Merman, Mary Martin, Anne Brown, Kay Swift and Ethel Waters. SESSION #4 - 2/11 MANY A NEW DAY 1940-1950 Starring Agnes DeMille, Pearl Bailey, Gertrude Lawrence, Betty Comden, Celest Holm, Nanette Fabray and Carol Channing. SESSION #5 - 2/18 I COULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT 1950-1960 Starring Julie Andrews, Vivian Blaine, Rosalind Russell, Gwen Verdon, Judy Holliday, Chita Rivera, Lena Horne, Carol Burnett and Barbara Cook. SESSION #6 - 2/25 I’M THE GREATEST STAR 1960-1970 Starring Barbra Streisand, Diahann Carrol, Barbara Harris, Tammy Grimes and Angela Lansbury. SESSION #7 - 3/04 THE LADIES WHO LUNCH 1970-1980 Starring Elaine Stritch, Nell Carter, Alexis Smith, Glynis Johns, Ruby Keeler, Liza Minnelli and Patti Lupone SESSION #8 - 3/11 I AM WHAT I AM 1980-1990 Starring Lauren Bacall, Jennifer Holliday, Bernadette Peters, Sandy Duncan, Betty Buckley and Twiggy. SPRING BREAK - NO CLASS MARCH 18 SESSION #9 - 3/25 ALL THAT JAZZ 1990-2000 Starring Lea Salonga, Rebecca Luker, Susan Stroman, Faith Prince, Audra McDonald, Donna Murphy, Ann Reinking and Glenn Close. SESSION #10 - 4/01 DEFYING GRAVITY 2000-2013 Starring Sutton Foster, Jane Krakowski, Kristin Chenoweth, Idina Menzel, Kelli OʼHara, Kerry Butler and Harvey Fierstein..