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Great Age Daytime Programs presents: Old Time Radio and the Great American Songbook

 GREAT AGE DAYTIME PROGRAMS PRESENTSOLD-TIME RADIO & THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK Those Were the Days host/producer Steve Darnall talks about how radio helped to create the “Great American Songbook” by offering songs and singers an unprecedented opportunity to present their songs to a national audience.  You’ll hear from some of the 20th century’s leading songwriters as they were heard on radio…including words and music from Johnny Mercer, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and a rare 1934 performance from George Gershwin.   Tickets:  $10 advance; $12 at door. Tickets for all events available online at www.wilmettetheatre.com or call Box Office at 847-251-7424 Wednesday, June 6 @ 2:00pm

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