Broadway Begins: The Lights and Legends 1890-1920 (Part One)
($48 temple members/$60 non-members)
Mondays, September 13, 20 and 27; October 4 (10:30 a.m.-noon)
Course Summary: Get your ticket to the world of Broadway musicals. From 1890-1920, immigrants flocked to the United States. Many of them had extraordinary talent and found their way into the theatres of lower Manhattan and then to the new theatre district called “Times Square”.
In the first four weeks of this two-part course, we will briefly review the early entertainment venues as minstrels, operetta and vaudeville which preceded the musical. Then we shall launch into the lives and careers of the greatest names in show business who created “Broadway”. We’ll explore the life and career of Florenz Ziegfeld who glorified the American woman in his spectacular Ziegfeld Follies. We’ll see the Follies come to life via film clips of the gorgeous partially clad dancers along with hilarious performances of Fanny Brice, Will Rogers, and Eddie Cantor. This four week course will be an opportunity for an enriching and enlightening experience of how America’s dynamic entertainment industry began.

Facilitator: Ellen Katz is an “edutainer” extraordinaire. Her audiences now consist of adults up and down the East Coast. She provides extremely lively and interactive programs. Dressed in costumes that go along with the musical being discussed, Ellen will transport you and make you feel as if you are a part of these iconic musicals.

Registration: Reservations may be made via email to sboxerbell@gmail.com or by phone to Sherri Bell, SPICE Chair at 410-833-2409. If you are a temple member, payment may be made by requesting to have your account billed. Other accepted methods of payment include credit card, cash, or by a check made out to HSOSC, with SPICE and the course name in the check memo, mailed to 1 Clifton Court, Pikesville, MD 21208.

Registration Policies:
All SPICE courses must be registered for and paid for in their entirety by the first session. Due to a new MD sales tax regulation, we are now required to charge 6% sales tax on all courses delivered electronically.
All SPICE courses for January-June 2021 will be presented on Zoom.
SPICE fees are per head, not per household, with a 50% off fee for second registrants within the same household.
A minimum of 15 enrollees per class is required. 

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