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Why Movie Musicals Matter

Singin’ in the Rain, The Sound of Music, Camelot—love them or love to hate them, movie musicals have been a major part of all our lives.

Join award-winning historian Richard Barrios for an exploration of movie musicals and why they matter. Barrios combines history, film analysis and a touch of backstage gossip, for an informed, energetic and humorous look at the powerful, complex bond musicals forge with their audiences—from early hits, The Jazz Singer and Broadway Melody, to present-day Oscar winners Chicago and Les Misérables, to animated musicals from Snow White to South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut.











When: Tue., Jun. 10, 2014 at 12:00 pm
Where: The 92nd Street Y, New York
1395 Lexington Ave.
212-415-5500
Price: $21
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Singin’ in the Rain, The Sound of Music, Camelot—love them or love to hate them, movie musicals have been a major part of all our lives.

Join award-winning historian Richard Barrios for an exploration of movie musicals and why they matter. Barrios combines history, film analysis and a touch of backstage gossip, for an informed, energetic and humorous look at the powerful, complex bond musicals forge with their audiences—from early hits, The Jazz Singer and Broadway Melody, to present-day Oscar winners Chicago and Les Misérables, to animated musicals from Snow White to South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut.

Buy tickets/get more info now