GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY – FALL 2025 VIDEOS
Coordinators: Peter Dichter, Arlynn Greenbaum
Give My Regards to Broadway is a performing arts course that explores all aspects of Broadway productions and the people who create them.
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GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY
Failures of the Famed
Presenter: Peter Dichter
Presentation Date: September 8, 2025
Even the giants of Broadway had their flops. But their shows that bombed were still created by geniuses. So what went wrong? And were the failures total failures? Some of them were first efforts that showed enough promise to allow the teams to go on to create subsequent masterpieces. Some were just book miscalculations that contained a thrilling song. We will analyze these flops and listen to selected moments from them and judge their “faults” by ourselves.
GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY
Meredith Willson’s The Music Man
Presenter: Ellie Schaffer
Presentation Date: September 22, 2025
The Music Man is not a simple depiction of Willson’s small-town mid-Western upbringing. It reflects a 30-year musical career including years as a flutist with the New York Philharmonic, one of his many musical accomplishments. We look briefly at Willson’s extraordinary career and then explore his unique approach to musical storytelling. From the opening scene where salesmen on a train speaks in the rhythm of its motion, to rapid-fire patter songs and soaring ballads, to the growing unity of the townsfolk expressed through barbershop quartet harmonies — we marvel at the musical’s authenticity and charm.