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SUMMER 2026
Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy
Discover the remarkable story of how generations of Jewish composers, lyricists, playwrights, and producers helped create the American musical. This acclaimed documentary features insights from Broadway legends including Stephen Sondheim, Sheldon Harnick, John Kander, Jerry Herman, Arthur Laurents, Charles Strouse, and Harold Prince, celebrating the artists whose work forever changed American theater. This highly acclaimed film won the prestigious Peabody Award which celebrates excellence in broadcasting.
Following the screening, enjoy a live talkback and audience Q&A with producer Al Tapper and a special guest.
BROADWAY MUSICALS: A Jewish Legacy
Followed by a Q&A
WITH
MARC SHAIMAN
Marc Shaiman is an acclaimed composer, lyricist, arranger, and performer whose work spans Broadway, film, and television. A seven-time Academy Award nominee, he is best known for his longtime collaboration with lyricist Scott Wittman. Their Broadway credits include Hairspray, which earned Shaiman Tony, Grammy, and Drama Desk Awards, as well as Catch Me If You Can, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Some Like It Hot. His extensive film work includes When Harry Met Sally…, Sister Act, Sleepless in Seattle, The American President, and Mary Poppins Returns. Shaiman has also served as musical director and arranger for numerous celebrated performers.
He will also sell autographed copies of his book, Never Mind the Happy.
BROADWAY: THE GOLDEN AGE
Followed by a Q&A
WITH
EMMY AWARD WINNER PENNY FULLER
Penny Fuller is an Emmy Award-winning actress whose career spans Broadway, television, film, and cabaret. She first gained attention as a replacement Corie Bratter in Barefoot in the Park and Sally Bowles in Cabaret before creating one of her signature roles, Eve Harrington, opposite Lauren Bacall in the musical Applause, earning a Tony Award nomination. She received a second Tony nomination for Neil Simon’s The Dinner Party and has appeared on Broadway in Rex, An American Daughter, Dividing the Estate, and the 2017 revival of Sunday in the Park with George. Fuller won an Emmy for her performance as Mrs. Kendal in the television adaptation of The Elephant Man and received several additional Emmy nominations. Her screen credits include All the President’s Men, The Beverly Hillbillies, China Beach, ER, NYPD Blue, and Judging Amy.
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ANIMATION BY JACK FELDSTEIN
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"An Unbalanced Mind" is a collection of Al Tapper songs, some of which have been seen in his Off Broadway shows, some of which are new, some of which have never been heard before. 'When you write music for as long as I have, you develop a 'trunk' full of songs,' Tapper explains. 'I've used a lot of these in shows such as "Sessions," "National Pastime," "The Paparazzi," etc., but invariably you wind up leaving some on the cutting room floor.'
Since 2008 it has been rare that a season has passed without an Al Tapper musical. "Sessions", his show about group therapy, played 300 performances at the Algonquin Theater before transferring to Guadalajara, Mexico, where it won the award for Best Musical. His other work includes the 6-month New York run of "An Evening at the Carlyle", and "National Pastime", which played in New York, Washington, D.C., Austin, Phoenix, Scranton, and the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
The five character revue will be directed by Kelli Maguire, with music direction by David Wolfson.
