Curtain up! Light the lights! This course featuring a who's who of brilliant talent, including Jule Styne, Comden & Green, Frank Loesser, Charles Strouse, and Tim Rice—songwriters responsible for some of the greatest musicals of all time (Gypsy, Funny Girl, On the Town, Guys and Dolls, Annie, Evita, and more).

This class will also review the careers of the greatest entertainers of the past and present, including Elaine Stritch, Bernadette Peters, Ethel Merman, Mary Martin, Audra MacDonald, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and more. If you like great songs and great singing, you'll want to explore all there is to these legends of the stage and screen. 

Instructor: For five decades (and counting), Steve Barri has been a major force in popular music spanning the decades as a successful producer and songwriter and being one of the more enduring music makers of the 1960's. His name is associated with some of the most beloved and heavily played records of that decade though his credits and successes trail outright to the new century: Barry McGuire, Johnny Rivers, Three Dog Night, The Grass Roots, The James Gang, Steppenwolf, Jim Croce, Rufus, Steely Dan, Tommy Roe, The Four Tops, Bobby Bland and B. B. King are just a few of the performers for whom Barri's abilities as a judge of talent or his own talent as a producer or songwriter has proved essential at various times. 

Steve continues to create and is presently enjoying sharing his extensive knowledge of music and the music industry by giving lectures for UCLA’s Osher Program, Skirball Cultural Center, and other venues across southern California.

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