Playing Around

I, in a very modest manner, shall walk about with bowed head; I’ll have rave reviews… I can become immortal… My mind is vast, my [...]

Gentleman’s Agreement 1947 Based on the novel by Laura Z. Hobson. Directed by Elia Kazan. Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress (Celeste [...]

Inspector Ellen Lucas joins an elite group, women police officers  – Helen Mirren as Jane Tennison in Prime Suspect and Kyra [...]

Blood and Sand 1941 based on Sangre y arena, a 1908 Spanish novel by Vincente Blasco Ibanez that’s critical of bullfighting. Directed [...]

American Songbook Association’s fourth online fundraiser featured the organization’s first Lifetime Achievement Award Winner, the [...]

We’ve all had Miley Cyrus’ Heart of Glass cover on repeat for the past two weeks. Oh, you haven’t? Well, give it a listen! And while [...]

Showboat 1951 Based on the novel by Edna Ferber, the 1927 Broadway production and earlier film versions. Music and Lyrics by Jerome [...]

With tonight’s class, Louis Rosen continues his summer series on pivotal writer/performers of an era when popular music turned a corner. [...]