Wyoming Chronicle  Musical Theater Composer James Olm

Jim Olm talks about the experience of writing, revising and staging a musical. Details

 

Program: Wyoming Chronicle

Episode: Musical Theater Composer James Olm

Broadway musicals, everyone knows, are about cats on roller skates, cowboys singing about a surrey with a fringe on top, and Julie Andrews dancing about as Mary Poppins. But Jim Olm, a music professor at Casper College, has written a musical based on the Gnostic Gospels, the ancient books left out of the Bible, and a very different portrayal of Mary Magdalene, and her relationship with Jesus.

Duration: (28:56)
Premiere Date: 10/14/2011
Episode Expires: Never
TV Rating: TV-G


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