 Join us as we explore the themes of Follies with an intergenerational panel of musicians, dancers, writers and actors. A Forum on Themes of Follies Saturday, May 3, 2008 1:30 - 4:30pm Veterans Memorial Building 200 Grand Avenue, Oakland, CA Admission: FREE to the Public  FOLLIES Book by James Goldman Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Produced originally on Broadway by Harold Prince Presented by Michael Morgan and Oakland East Bay Symphony Co-sponsored by Downtown Oakland Senior Center and StageBridge Special Guest Ronn Guidi Keynote Speaker Ted Chapin, Author of "Everything was possible: The Birth of the Musical Follies," President and Executive Director, Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization. Panelists Barbara Oliver, Actor & Founder, Aurora Theatre Lucha Corpi, Writer & Poet Diane Tembey-Stawicki, Choreographer Marie Mazza, Dancer Glen Pearson, Chair, Music Department College of Alameda Kathryn Pomilia, Writer & Graduate Student, Sonoma State University Nkili Birmingham, Drama Student, Berkeley High School Moderator John Kendall Bailey, Music Director, Trinity Lyric Opera & Voices of Music Sacra, Associate Conductor San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra Plus performance by Stagebridge & live music The Forum is generously supported by: Bell Investment Advisors, Inc. National Endowment for the Arts City of Oakland's Cultural Funding Program & Members of Sound Investment. |
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 "One of Sondheim's greatest works… the timeless story of aging, learning from past mistakes and passing wisdom down from generation to generation." ~ Michael Morgan |
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