BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Richard Murphy Musicology Colloquium: Jeffrey Magee ’83 X-WR-TIMEZONE:Eastern Time (US & Canada) BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260813T214613Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52003062934393 DTSTART:20260409T203000Z DTEND:20260409T213000Z DESCRIPTION:Professor Jeffrey Magee of University of Illinois Urbana-Champa ign will present “Black Rose and Her Dream Deferred” as part of the Ri chard Murphy Musicology Colloquium Series in Bibbins 223.\n\nIn this talk\ , he will discuss the 2025 Broadway production of Gypsy\, directed by Geor ge C. Wolfe and starring Audra McDonald. This production inspired much com mentary about the implications of its color-conscious casting and\, as wit h all the divas who have starred in the show\, about McDonald’s performa nce in the arduous role of Rose. This talk will place that production and commentary in the context of his book- in-progress\, tentatively titled Gy psy and the American Dream\, and reflect on how the show’s newly raciali zed framing invites comparison with another classic play that\, like Gypsy \, premiered in 1959: A Raisin in the Sun. Both shows feature a strong sin gle mother determined to realize a dream deferred\, with different results . Together\, they illuminate meanings of the American dream that became co ntested during the 1950s and early 1960s\, meanings that still resonate to day.\n\nAbout Jeffrey Magee\nMagee is an Oberlin alum and professor of mus ic at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of two books\, The Uncrowned King of Swing: Fletcher Henderson and Big Band Jazz and Irving Berlin’s American Theater\, both published by Oxford Univers ity Press. His research has been supported by the National Endowment for t he Humanities and recognized with awards from ASCAP\, the Society for Amer ican Music\, the Association for Recorded Sound Collections\, and the Kurt Weill Foundation. In administrative roles\, he has served as director of the school of music (2012-2019) and as associate dean of the college of me dia (2019-2022)\, and he is currently interim head of the department of jo urnalism (2025-27). His current book project\, tentatively titled Gypsy an d the American Dream\, is under contract with Oxford University Press.\n\n About the Colloquium Series\nThe Richard Murphy Musicology Colloquium was begun in 1992 by Professor Claudia Macdonald to foster an exchange of idea s on music between colleagues in both the Conservatory and the College. Th e series was expanded in 1997 to include outside speakers as well\, and na med in honor of Richard Murphy\, who taught music history at Oberlin from 1946 to 1978\, and was much revered and beloved by his students. He died i n 1993.\n\n-----\n\nConservatory visitors are asked to enter the complex t hrough either Bibbins Hall’s east entrance (off College Place) or the Co nservatory Lounge’s west entrance (off S. Professor St.\, adjacent to th e Conservatory Pond). All other entrances will be closed to the public GEO:41.291672;-82.219704 LOCATION:Bibbins Hall (Conservatory of Music)\, 223 SUMMARY:Richard Murphy Musicology Colloquium: Jeffrey Magee ’83 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.oberlin.edu/event/richard-murphy-musicology- colloquium-jeffrey-magee-83 CATEGORIES:Arts CATEGORIES:Music CATEGORIES:Lectures/Symposia/Workshops END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR