This Summer, the Hollywood Bowl celebrates its 100th year as an essential Los Angeles venue for unique cultural experiences. In this virtual program, we will look at the Bowl’s origins, the women who championed the concept of an outdoor amphitheater and the figures who performed there during the Art Deco era.
Historian Walter Nelson presents a review of social dancing in Paris during the era between the wars when it was a mecca and refuge for artists, unconventional thinkers, and dreamers from all over the world - the era when Paris brought Art Deco to the world in a city where everyone danced.
Operetta remained a popular and vibrant form of musical storytelling throughout the Art Deco era. Indeed, the modern musical theater form owes as much to operetta as it does to early musical comedy. In the United States especially, the 1920s and 30s were a period of rich experimentation in which the two styles were combined in countless ways on stage and in film until they finally emerged as what we recognize today as “musical theater.” In this lecture by Mary Stanford, we will explore the history of Jazz Age Operetta.
Operetta remained a popular and vibrant form of musical storytelling throughout the Art Deco era. Indeed, the modern musical theater form owes as much to operetta as it does to early musical comedy. In the United States especially, the 1920s and 30s were a period of rich experimentation in which the two styles were combined in countless ways on stage and in film until they finally emerged as what we recognize today as “musical theater.” In this lecture by Mary Stanford, we will explore the history of Jazz Age Operetta.
Historian Walter Nelson will present a review of social dancing in Paris during the era between the wars when it was a mecca and refuge for artists, unconventional thinkers, and dreamers from all over the world - the era when Paris brought Art Deco to the world in a city where everyone danced.
