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From: 07:00 PM to 08:30 PM
ACADEMY ICONS: SUSAN LACY
LEONARD BERNSTEIN: REACHING FOR THE NOTE
WITH SUSAN LACY, JAMIE BERNSTEIN, AND FRED BERNER
A presence on Broadway, in Hollywood, at Carnegie Hall, and the New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein was a major force in 20th-century music. His exuberant and dramatic style caught the heart of America, bringing classical music to thousands of people from diverse backgrounds. This includes interviews with Bernsteins family, friends, colleagues, peers, and critics, as well as Bernsteins own written and recorded words.
The film will be followed by a talk with Susan Lacy, Jamie Bernstein, Leonard Bernsteins daughter, and Maestro producer Fred Berner.
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Guild Hall introduces Academy Icons, a new program that spotlights Guild Hall Academy of the Arts members and their work. Inaugurating the series is Susan Lacy, an acclaimed director and producer best known for creating American Masters, the PBS biography series, which began in 1986, profiling artists and visionaries who have helped shape our countrys culture. Her subjects have included James Baldwin, Bob Dylan, Judy Garland, David Geffen, Lena Horne, Joni Mitchell, and hundreds more. American Masters garnered unprecedented awards over the years. Susan earned the series 71 Emmy nominations and 28 wins, including a remarkable ten for Outstanding Non-Fiction Series, in addition to 13 Peabody Awards, three Grammy Awards and a nomination, and an Academy Award and four nominations. Since moving to HBO in 2013, Susan has directed and produced Spielberg, Jane Fonda in Five Acts, Very Ralph, and executive produced The Janes, all for HBO Documentary Films. Among many other distinctions, Susan served as the Governor of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for eight years, is an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences member and a cherished member of Guild Halls Academy.
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American Masters: Leonard Bernsteon. Image courtesy of Susan Lacy/PBS.
Performing Arts programming is supported in part by funding from The Melville Straus Family Endowment, and Monica and Peter Tessler. Music Programming is supported in part by The Ellen and James S. Marcus Endowment for Musical Programming.
Additional support provided by Friends of the Theater: John and Joan DAddario, Michèle and Steve Pesner, The Schaffner Family Foundation, Jayne Baron Sherman and Deborah Zum, and Susi and Peter Wunsch
Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Guild Hall of East Hampton
158 Main Street East Hampton, NY 11937
TICKETS $25 ($22.50 FOR MEMBERS)
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