The Charm of the Grift: River City and Prof. Harold Hill

“The Music Man.” It opened on Broadway in 1957 and closed three years later after 1,375 performances. It won 5 Tony awards, including Best Musical, beating out “West Side Story” and “Most Happy Fella.” Its original cast album “won the first Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album and spent Continue Reading

A Musical Interlude: The Chicago Symphony plays Liszt, Wagner and Brahms/Schoenberg

Yes, this blog is about lots of different things. Sometimes it will be about music, usually a review of a concert or other musical event. This one is about the Thursday, June 6, 2019 Chicago Symphony concert at Orchestra Hall. Last night at the Chicago Symphony concert we saw guest Continue Reading