AFTERNOON ON BROADWAY

Afternoon on Broadway: Broadway Legend Thomas Z. Shepard

PWPL is proud to present America’s pre-eminent producer of Broadway cast albums, Thomas Z. Shepard, winner of 12 Grammy Awards, as part of its popular Afternoon on Broadway series. He’s a gifted composer, pianist, orchestrator and even forensic musicologist, but his most enduring legacy is etched in the grooves of hundreds of records. If you’ve ever listened to the recorded versions of Ain’t Misbehavin’, Crazy for You, Dames at Sea, 42nd Street, George M.!, Jelly’s Last Jam, Kiss of the Spider Woman, La Cage aux Folles, Me and My Girl, The Secret Garden, 1776, Victor/Victoria or Zorba, you’ve heard the work of Thomas Z. Shepard. His long relationship with Stephen Sondheim has produced iconic recordings of such shows as Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Marry Me a Little, Merrily We Roll Along, Pacific Overtures, Side by Side by Sondheim, Sunday in the Park with George and Sweeney Todd. Shepard will talk about the historic shows he’s worked on and the memorable personalities with whom he’s worked, including stars such as Julie Andrews, Sarah Brightman, Yul Brynner, Betty Buckley, Barbara Cook, Joel Grey, Danny Kaye, Angela Lansbury, Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, Anthony Quinn, Debbie Reynolds, Barbra Streisand and more, as well as legendary Broadway creators such as Harold Arlen, Leonard Bernstein, Fred Ebb, Jerry Herman, Sheldon Harnick, John Kander, Richard Rodgers and, of course, Stephen Sondheim.