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WEST END TO WEST SIDE: BRITS ON BROADWAY (CA329)

CA – Performing Arts Appreciation

Whether a Noël Coward comedy, a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical or Richard Burton in Shakespeare, creative artists from across the pond have brightened New York’s stages even before we had a “Great White Way.” Using bright graphics and video clips, this class examines the many British contributions to the American stage and cultural life.

This offering meets for a total of 5 session(s).

INSTRUCTOR: Thomas Powderly

POWDERLY, THOMAS — Native New Yorker, degrees from Niagara University and The New School for Social Research. A long career in the travel industry, circumnavigator, travel centurion, and theatre lover on both sides of the Atlantic. Created and taught over a dozen courses at OLLI. Member of the Curriculum Committee. (CA236, CA331, CA345, D297)

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