C – The Belles of Broadway

Wednesdays, 10:15 am – 12:15 pm | April 9 – April 30
Location: Baker Free Library, Bow
Instructor: Paul Brogan

From the 1930s until the end of the 1990s, Carol Channing, Ethel Merman, and Mary Martin lit up the stage with thousands of performances. In fact, Carol Channing performed the title role in ‘Hello, Dolly’ more than 5,000 times, a show business record.

Although they also appeared in films, on television, and in recordings, it was the stage where they truly shone. All of the great composers from Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Jerry Herman, Jule Styne, and the Gershwins eagerly wrote scores for them to sing.

We’ll talk about them and listen to and watch some of their most memorable work. It was a time when any of their names on a theater marquee was a guarantee for a sell-out.

Paul Brogan, after attending Plymouth State University, set out on a life adventure that eventually took him to Los Angeles where he worked at CBS Television City. Paul has written several plays, musicals, and screenplays. He is the author of three books, most recently “A Sprinkling of Stardust Over the Outhouse,” which was released in the summer of 2022.