Wednesday, May 20
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Registration Required Below
To celebrate America’s 250th anniversary, Professor and Musicologist Gil Harel presents a three-part series exploring the bold, evolving voice of American composers and storytellers.
Celebrate two transformative geniuses of musical theater: Stephen Sondheim, who redefined the form with intricate, psychologically rich scores and groundbreaking subject matter in masterpieces like Company, Sweeney Todd, and Into the Woods, and Lin-Manuel Miranda, whose innovative fusion of hip-hop, history, and multicultural storytelling in In the Heights and Hamilton brought Broadway to a new, diverse audience. Miranda has openly credited Sondheim as a lifelong mentor and inspiration — sharing early drafts, receiving guidance, and drawing on his mentor’s emphasis on surprise, variety, and rigorous craft to push theater forward.
About Our Presenter
This presentation will take place both in-person, at the Library, and virtually, over Zoom. For the optimal experience, we recommend attending programs in-person. Register for the virtual event by scrolling to the registration form below and a Zoom link will be emailed the day of the program. Include a cell for a text reminder. Click here to register for the in-person program.