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Todd S. Purdum

Author
Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution
Participates in 1 Session
Todd S. Purdum is the author of "Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution," "An Idea Whose Time Has Come," and "A Time of Our Choosing." He is a staff writer for The Atlantic, having previously worked for more than twenty years at The New York Times, where he covered beats from City Hall to the White House and served as Los Angeles bureau chief. He has also been a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and a senior writer at Politico. A native of Macomb, Illinois, and a graduate of Princeton University, he lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Dee Dee Myers, and their two children. Photo credit: Jeffrey MacMillan

Sessions in which Todd S. Purdum participates

Sunday 13 January, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
1:45 PM
1:45 PM

New York Hilton Midtown - Trianon Ballroom

Panel

Randi Zuckerberg, American Theatre Wing, Lincoln Center (Moderator)

Ted Chapin (Participant)

Todd S. Purdum, Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution (Participant)

Eva Price (Participant)

Damon Daunno, Oklahoma! (Participant)

Tatiana Wechsler, Oregon Shakespeare Company's Oklahoma! (Participant)

When Rodgers and Hammerstein's OKLAHOMA! took Broadway by storm in 1943, it revolutionized the modern American musical. To celebrate the 75t...