Course Description

Instructor: William Allen MA, MPhil, MLn
Technical Assistance: Michiyo Allen, BS


We will study the differences in these stage musicals and their depiction on film - Rodgers & Hart’s 1940 PAL JOEY with dancer Gene Kelly and the 1957 film with singer Frank Sinatra; Rodgers & Hammerstein’s 1943 musical OKLAHOMA! on film in 1955 and its acclaimed 1998 RSC stage version; and Lerner & Loewe’s 1951 PAINT YOUR WAGON California Gold Rush musical with its bi-ethnic love story and its complete revision into a 1969 “buddy” film with actors Clint Eastwood & Lee Marvin taking on some of the classic songs. We will study the transitional “how’s and why’s” of all these stage and film works through their memorable songs and scenes.