John Kander
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Born:  March 18, 1927

 

“John Kander Interview.”  Interview by Mike Wood.  Camera by Lonny Quattlebaum.  Edit by Steve Worley.  January 27, 2002.   New York, New York.  Site hosted by The William Inge Center for the Arts.  Video hosted by Wichita State University.  

 

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Learning to play piano in Kansas City
 
Summer Stock in Rhode Island
 
West Side Story (1957) and Gypsy (1959)
 
Irma la Douce: Dance music (1960)
 
A Family Affair (1962)
  The Goldman Brothers
  Hal Prince
   
Meeting Fred Ebb
 
Two songs for Kaye Ballard
 
Golden Gate
 
Flora, the Red Menace (1965)
  Liza Minnelli
  Allowed to fail
   
Cabaret (1966)
  What if?
  Listening and soaking
  Joel Grey
  “Tomorrow Belongs to Me”
 
“I Don’t Care Much”
 
The Happy Time (1968)
 
70, Girls, 70 (1971)
  A geriatric theme
  David Burns
 
Chicago (1975)
  Dark themes
  1975 vs. 1996
  Bob Fosse
 
 “New York, New York” (1977)
 
The Rink (1984)
  The set
  Chita and Liza
 
Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993)
  “Yes!”
  A rocky beginning
 
Steel Pier (1997)
  Creating a Theme
  Research
 
The next generation
 
The Visit
 
Over and Over
 
Writing music with a computer
 
Improvising
 
The keyboard is a friend
 
Writing in the country
 
Kander & Ebb on writing
  Getting started
  Simplicity
  Collaboration
  Digital vs. analog
  Still revising
  First things first
  Have courage; believe in yourself; say yes to opportunities
 
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