Description
Judy Garland was an icon of the screen. She is best known for the Wizard of Oz, which was filmed when she was only 16. Despite many successes at MGM studios, her career there ended when she was dismissed 12 years later. Loved by her fans, Judy Garland immediately went on to a hugely successful career outside of the movies as a concert performer. This course fills in the background of Garland’s life and career with little-known facts and shows many clips that present the emotional depth she projected until her death at age 47 in 1969.
Dan Sherman, PhD, is an economist whose interests include opera and American musical theatre. Since 2010, Dan has given many talks and classes on film, film music, classical composers, and great musical theatre composers and lyricists. He has spoken to lifelong learning groups, university groups, and social groups in the Washington, DC area and throughout the country via Zoom.