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YAAMNY Education: Yale Press Author James Leve on "Kander & Ebb: Duo Behind Cabaret & Chicago"

Saturday, June 6, 2009 from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM (ET)

New York, United States

YAAMNY Education: Yale Press Author James Leve on

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The Educational Programs Committee and the Arts & Entertainment Committee of the Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York (YAAMNY), in collaboration with the Tisch School of the Arts’ Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program at New York University, present...

an afternoon with Yale University Press author Professor James Leve on the collaboration between composer Kander and lyricist Ebb on Saturday, June 6th, 2009 from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at 113-A 2nd Avenue. James Leve is associate professor of musicology and coordinator of music history at Northern Arizona University. Professor Leve's Kander and Ebb was recently published by Yale University Press as part of its Broadway Masters Series.

Composer John Kander and lyricist Fred Ebb collaborated for more than forty years, longer than any such partnership in Broadway history. Together they wrote over twenty musicals. Their two most successful works, Cabaret and Chicago, had critically acclaimed Broadway revivals and were made into Oscar-winning films.

Professor Leve's book, the first study of Kander and Ebb, examines their artistic accomplishments as individuals and as a team. Drawing on personal papers and on numerous interviews, James Leve analyzes the unique nature of this collaboration. Leve discusses their contribution to the concept musical and he examines some of their most popular works including Cabaret, Chicago, and Kiss of the Spider Woman 

Students of musical theater and lovers of Kander and Ebb’s songs and shows will enjoy hearing firsthand from Professor Leve. His talk will be followed by a question and answer session and an informal reception. This program will take place in the Graduate Musical Theater Writing program's wonderful black box theatre in the heart of the East Village.

All are welcome including friends and family.

If you have any questions, please e-mail the Educational Programs Committee at: yaamnyeducationalprograms@gmail.com.


Relevant Links:

"Impertinent Questions with James Leve", Humanities, May/ June 2009 Issue:

http://www.neh.gov/news/humanities/2009-05/Questions.html

When & Where



Graduate Musical Theatre Writing, Tisch School of the Arts
113-A 2nd Avenue
New York, 10003

Saturday, June 6, 2009 from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM (ET)


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