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08 October 2015 ~ 0 Comments

Bless Your Beautiful Lyrics- Inside “American Showstoppers: An Evening with Johnny Mercer

On Friday, October 9, Fred Barton is back with his 14-piece orchestra and cast of Broadway singers and dancers to pay tribute to yet another American showman. But this time, instead of paying tribute to the music of a composer, Barton focuses on a master of the lyric. Johnny Mercer was a prolific lyricist whose […]

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17 October 2014 ~ 0 Comments

Hey, Look (Him) Over!: An inside look at the show-stopping composer, Cy Coleman

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On Saturday, October 18, Fred Barton, his 13-piece orchestra and star studded cast of Broadway performers will be back to celebrate yet another show-stopping composer. On this occasion our audience will be treated to the jazzy, big-band melodies of Cy Coleman. Coleman was known to Broadway audiences as one of the last, truly great composers […]

Tags: American Showstoppers, Broadway, City of Angels, Cy Coleman, Fred Barton, Musical Theatre, On the Twentieth Century, Sweet Charity

Bless Your Beautiful Lyrics- Inside “American Showstoppers: An Evening with Johnny Mercer

Hey, Look (Him) Over!: An inside look at the show-stopping composer, Cy Coleman

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