Speaker: Steven Abramowitz

Presented by the Lifelong Learning Institute, Manassas

This event is open to the public. For more information about the Lifelong Learning Institute, Manassas, visit lli-manassas.org

If Rodgers & Hammerstein were the “Kings of Broadway,” then Lerner & Loewe would be the “Princes of Broadway.” Together they created some of the most well-known Broadway musicals and movies during the “Golden Age” of Broadway musicals from the 1940s to the 1960s. Through the use of video clips, Steven Abramowitz will look at the careers of Lerner & Loewe and include a number of the memorable scenes and songs from their plays and movies. They will feature numbers from “Brigadoon,” “My Fair Lady,” “Gigi,” “Camelot,” and more, as well as interesting stories about some of the many actors and actresses appearing in the productions and movies generations have grown to love.

Steve Abramowitz grew up in Queens, New York and graduated from C.W. Post College of Long Island University. For four years he served as an officer in the United States Navy on aircraft carriers and on a destroyer escort, where he was a navigator and intelligence officer. Following his time in the Navy, Steve and his wife settled in New York, where he worked in advertising and marketing for advertising agencies. For the last 16 years of his career, he worked in advertising sales for USA Today . Upon retiring in 2013, Steve found time to explore his love of musical theatre. Coupled with his love of history and writing, he began to develop presentations on the lives of many of Broadway’s greatest contributors, including Lerner & Loewe. Steve and his wife moved to Bristow in December 2023.