The University of Georgia’s triple-threat musical theater students have added another skill to their resumes, as their newly installed exhibit goes on display at the UGA Special Collections Libraries.
The Golden Age of Broadway, a class-curated exhibit of classic Broadway musical posters and artifacts, opened in the Rotunda Gallery March 4, and the students will show off their singing, acting, and dancing skills with a special performance to celebrate the display this spring. The free event is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 24, and members of the university and Athens community are welcome.
The exhibit and corresponding performance are the results of two semesters of creative research by students under the guidance of George Contini, Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor in the UGA department of theater and film studies, as well as archivists Jan Hebbard and Mazie Bowen from the Special Collections Libraries. The genesis of the project dates back to 2021, when Contini was selected as a member of the Special Collections Faculty Teaching Fellows, a program which helps faculty members to design archives-centered courses that ignite students’ curiosity and strengthen their research and critical thinking skills.