Ben & Brad - Lectures and Demonstrations

Ben & Brad give popular lecture/demonstrations on the songwriters, singers, films, and the world of the Great American Songbook. These entertaining programs blend live performance, recordings, and film clips to create a lively and informative presentation.

Great Songwriters in Hollywood

Irving Berlin (with clips from There's No Business Like Show Business)
Herb Nacio Brown & Arthur Freed (featuring Singin' in the Rain, and The Broadway Melody)
George & Ira Gershwin (featuring They Can't Take That Away From Me)
Jerome Kern (songs from Show Boat and others)
Cole Porter (including Kiss Me Kate and his original Hollywood scores)
Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart (featuring Love Me Tonight)
Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II (their Broadway hits on film, including Oklahoma! and The Sound of Music)
Harry Warren and the Busby Berkeley Films (42nd Street and more)

Songwriter Series

Harold Arlen ("Blues in the Night," "Stormy Weather")
Irving Berlin (Alexander's Ragtime Band, Annie Get Your Gun, and the Music Box Revues)
Leonard Bernstein (West Side Story)
Jerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick (Fiddler on the Roof)
Dorothy Fields ("On the Sunny Side of the Street")
George & Ira Gershwin (their Broadway and Hollywood hits for Fred Astaire, Ethel Merman, and others)
E.Y. Harburg (The Wizard of Oz)
Jerry Herman (Hello Dolly and Mame)
John Kander & Fred Ebb (Cabaret and Chicago)
Jerome Kern (Show Boat, the Princess Theatre shows, and more)
Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe (My Fair Lady)
Frank Loesser (Guys and Dolls)
Cole Porter (Kiss Me Kate and shows for Ethel Merman)
Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart ("Manhattan" and classic Broadway scores)
Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II (Oklahoma!, Carousel, and the other beloved Broadway shows
Stephen Sondheim ("Send in the Clowns")
Jule Styne (Funny Girl)

Film Stars

Julie Andrews
Fred Astaire
Bing Crosby
Alice Faye
Judy Garland
Ethel Merman
Dick Powell
Ginger Rogers
The Teaming of Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers

Classic Hollywood Musicals

An American In Paris
The Band Wagon
Singin' in the Rain
The Musical Films of Walt Disney