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GREAT AGE DAYTIME PROGRAMS PRESENTS "OLD-TIME RADIO & GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK"

GREAT AGE DAYTIME PROGRAMS PRESENTS
OLD-TIME
RADIO & THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK

Those
Were the Days host/producer Steve
Darnall
talks about how radio helped to create the “Great American
Songbook” by offering songs and singers an unprecedented opportunity to present
their songs to a national audience.  You’ll hear from some of the 20th century’s
leading songwriters as they were heard on radio…including words and music from
Johnny Mercer, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and a rare 1934 performance from
George Gershwin. 

Tickets:
$10 advance; $12 at door.
Tickets
for all events available online at www.wilmettetheatre.com or call Box Office at
847-251-7424

Wednesday, June 6 @ 2:00pm

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