George Dansker announces Harold Rome lecture on 60th anniversary of ‘I Can Get It For You Wholesale’

George Dansker, a noted lecturer and musical theatre expert, who has held a Jewish Composer Lecture series at Touro Synagogue on Broadway luminaries for the past decade, is holding a lecture-concert on Friday, June 17, to usher in summer.

HAROLD ROME

Dansker, whose events are typically held at Touro Synagogue in January, is selecting Harold Rome to be spotlighted and in particular to celebrate the Columbia Record release “I Can Get It For You Wholesale,” noted for its being the debut album for a very young, unproven Barbra Streisand.

The lecture will follow regular unified Reform services that begin at 6:00 p.m. at Touro, 4238 St. Charles Avenue. The lecture-concert will begin at approximately 7:00 p.m. and will be held in the social hall. The lecture and concert is free and open to the public.

In addition to Dansker’s lecture, singers Megan Kuckro and Alix Paige Lewis will sing numbers from the album and will be assisted by Touro Senior Rabbi Katie Bauman and Cantor Kevin Margolius. Pianist Jesse Reeks will be on hand to accompany them.

Those that cannot attend in person will be able to live stream the lecture on the Touro Synagogue website.